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Boeing’s Starliner capsule poised for second try at first astronaut flight

"It is safe, and that is why we determined that we can fly with what we have.” Enlarge / Boeing's Starliner spacecraft sits on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. (cred.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaJun 1st, 2024

SpaceX to launch more private astronaut missions to ISS

Elon Musk's SpaceX is planning to fly private crew missions to the International Space Station in partnership with a Calfornia-based startup, the two companies said on Thursday......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsDec 19th, 2024

Boeing Starliner astronauts will stay in space a little while longer

Two astronauts who traveled to space on the troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft will have their stay extended a little longer......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 19th, 2024

Astronaut-on-a-chip: Multi-organ tissue chips simulate space radiation"s impact on human health

As astronauts venture further into space, their exposure to harmful radiation rises. Researchers from Columbia University are simulating the effects of space radiation here on Earth to determine its impact on human physiology using multi-organ tissue.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsDec 18th, 2024

Flying this holiday season? Here"s why air travel makes us so cranky—and what to do about it

The holidays are coming, airports are packed and emotions are running high. You've probably seen it or even been part of it: that tense moment when a passenger snaps at a flight attendant, or a near-meltdown over a seat reclining too far. Why does fl.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 18th, 2024

This is the coolest video you’ll see of a SpaceX Dragon capsule heading home

Watch a spacecraft depart the space station in a way that you've never seen before......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 18th, 2024

Image: Artemis II core stage moves to High Bay 2

In this image from Dec. 11, 2024, the 212-foot-tall SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is lowered into High Bay 2 at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With the move to High Bay 2, NASA and Boeing technicians n.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 17th, 2024

Blue Origin edges closer to New Glenn rocket’s maiden flight

Blue Origin is set to conduct a wet dress rehearsal ahead of the inaugural flight of the New Glenn rocket, which it wants to perform before the end of the year......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 17th, 2024

Watch SpaceX fire up Starship spacecraft engines ahead of 7th test flight

As part of key tests for the Starship's seventh test flight, SpaceX has test fired the spacecraft's engines at the Starbase facility in Texas......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 16th, 2024

NASA successfully integrates Roman mission"s telescope, instruments

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission's telescope and two instruments onto the instrument carrier, marking the completion of the Roman payload. Now the team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Gree.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsDec 12th, 2024

NASA believes it understands why Ingenuity crashed on Mars

Engineers are already beginning to plan for possible follow-on missions. Eleven months after the Ingenuity helicopter made its final flight on Mars, engineers and scientists at NA.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 11th, 2024

NASA astronaut Don Pettit talks photography from the space station

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is an exceptional space photographer, and he's just been talking about his work......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

SpaceX video shows awesome power of Starship rocket in new fire test

SpaceX has performed a static fire test of the mighty Super Heavy booster ahead of the seventh test flight of the Starship rocket......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsDec 10th, 2024

Wix and Pantone introduce a new and exclusive web capsule

An exclusive new collection of web assets in "Mocha Mousse" is now available to Wix users only......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsDec 9th, 2024

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket is getting ready to fly again

SpaceX has shared an image of its Super Heavy booster standing tall on the launchpad ahead of the Starship's seventh test flight......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 9th, 2024

Astronaut’s photos from ISS make clouds look otherworldly

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has posted another set of stunning shots, this time showing clouds as you’ve never seen them before......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 9th, 2024

Former flight director who reviewed Orion heat shield data says there was no dissent

"If this isn’t raising red flags out there, I don’t know what will." Within hours of NASA announcing its decision to fly the Artemis II mission aboard an Orion spacecraft with.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

NASA flights map critical minerals from skies above western US

On a crystal-clear afternoon above a desert ghost town, a NASA aircraft scoured the ground for minerals. The plane, a high-altitude ER-2 research aircraft, had taken off early that morning from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Cali.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

The moon"s biggest and most ancient crater is more circular than previously thought

The South Pole-Aitken basin is the moon's oldest and largest visible crater—a massive geological wound 4 billion years old that preserves secrets about the moon's early history, much like a lunar time capsule......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Rocket Report: NASA delays Artemis again; SpinLaunch spins a little cash

A report in which we read some tea leaves. Welcome to Edition 7.22 of the Rocket Report! The big news is the Trump administration's announcement that commercial astronaut Jared Is.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024

Europe"s Vega-C rocket launches satellite into orbit after delays

Europe's new Vega-C rocket launched Thursday from French Guiana and put a satellite into orbit in its first takeoff since a failed flight two years ago......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2024