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What is happening with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft?

Among the options NASA and Boeing are considering: a Starliner cargo flight Boeing's Starliner spacecraft safely landed empty in the New Mexico desert about eight weeks ago, marki.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaNov 1st, 2024

‘Ready or Not 2’ is happening with the star and directors returning

The 2019 horror comedy has become something of a cult phenomenon in the years since its 2019 release, prompting interest in a sequel......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 13th, 2024

SpaceX captures Starship booster for the first time in historic test

SpaceX hit a major milestone as it caught the returning Starship booster with giant metallic arms, while the spacecraft made a targeted splashdown......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 13th, 2024

Europa Clipper mission to investigate potential habitability of Jupiter"s moon

A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 12th, 2024

Hubble and New Horizons offer dual perspectives on Uranus to inform exoplanet research

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different viewpoints. The results inform future plans to study l.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

NASA announces a new class of space missions: Probe explorers

NASA has sent a whole host of spacecraft across the solar system and even beyond. They range from crewed ships to orbit and to the moon to robotic explorers. Among them are a range of mission classes from Flagships to Discovery Class programs. Now a.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Scientists long urged NASA to search for signs of life near Jupiter; now it"s happening

In 2015, Bill Nye was on Marine One with President Obama......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Hera probe heads off to see aftermath of DART"s asteroid impact

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is on its way to do follow-up observations of Dimorphos, two years after an earlier probe knocked the mini-asteroid into a different orbital path around a bigger space rock......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

SpaceX launches Europe’s Hera asteroid mission ahead of Hurricane Milton

The launch of another important mission, NASA's Europa Clipper, is on hold due to Hurricane Milton. Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of mile.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Weather may delay launch of mission to study deflected asteroid

Stormy weather has threatened to delay the launch of Europe's Hera spacecraft, which is scheduled to blast off on Monday, SpaceX has said......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

NASA"s Europa Clipper spacecraft will investigate whether an icy moon of Jupiter can support alien life

Discovering extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific and philosophical revelations that our species has ever made. But such a big discovery won't come easy. Our starting point is to first search other worlds for signs of hab.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 6th, 2024

NASA can now talk to its spacecraft using lasers

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications test has completed its first phase, showing that laser communications in space are possible and faster than radio......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024

NASA can talk to its spacecraft using lasers now

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications test has completed its first phase, showing that laser communications in space are possible and faster than radio......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024

NASA turns off another of Voyager 2’s instruments to save power

The Voyager spacecraft, launched in the 1970s, has turned off its plasma science instrument to save power for exploring interstellar space......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 4th, 2024

Gmail Gets Refreshed Summary Cards, New “Happening Soon” Section

Gmail is getting several big changes to the way it presents information for purchases, events, bills, and travel emails. The summary cards you may have experienced in the past are about to get an overhaul that will bring you clearer information with.....»»

Category: mobileSource:  droidlifeRelated NewsOct 4th, 2024

NASA powers down Voyager 2 plasma instrument to extend mission

To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Solar Sails and Comet Tails: How Sunlight Pushes Stuff Around

It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

NASA"s instruments capture sharpest image of Earth"s radiation belts

From Aug. 19–20, ESA's (European Space Agency's) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the spacecraft zipped past our moon and home planet.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

Boeing suppliers fear long-term jobs hit from strike

Boeing suppliers fear long-term jobs hit from strike.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

US warns foreign operators may be using Boeing 737s with suspect rudder control parts

US warns foreign operators may be using Boeing 737s with suspect rudder control parts.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

Watch the Crew Dragon hurtling through space at 17,500 mph

Watch this footage showing a Crew Dragon spacecraft zipping through space, high above the Pacific Ocean, as it travels to the space station......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024