NASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as a backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign. Douglas will train with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen. If a NASA astronaut is unable to participate … Read more
A future civilization on Mars could be accompanied by a very special and resilient plant. A type of moss found in the desert – called Syntrichia caninervis—may be able to survive and thrive in the harsh conditions of Mars, according to a new paper in the journal Mars The innovation. This moss can grow in … Read more
Astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the first crew of Boeing’s Starliner, are stranded on the ISS. What happens now? ADVERTISEMENT The two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) with no return date likely have “a big smile on their faces and are happy to be there,” said former French astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy. … Read more
NASA officials said that despite an indefinite delay in their return to Earth, the Boeing Starliner crew stuck on the International Space Station due to mechanical problems with their spacecraft are not “stranded” in space. Starliner commander Butch Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams have been cooped up in the space station for weeks following their … Read more
Two NASA astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station in early June were originally scheduled to return home a few weeks ago to complete a test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Instead, the astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will remain on the station for several weeks longer while NASA and Boeing engineers continue … Read more
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were strapped into their “lifeboat vehicles” and prepared for an emergency evacuation after a defunct Russian satellite broke into hundreds of pieces. That also applied to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which officials said could have reached Earth if debris had crashed into the ISS. “We used Starliner for that … Read more
INTERPRETER A series of problems with the new Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft have delayed the return of the International Space Station. Two NASA-trained astronauts who were testing Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner spacecraft have been forced to remain aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which orbits about 250 miles (400 kilometers) around Earth, after encountering technical … Read more
By Stacy Liberatore for Dailymail.com 17:15 Jun 27, 2024, updated 17:16 Jun 27, 2024 The delayed return of NASA astronauts from the International Space Station due to a malfunctioning Boeing Starliner has raised concerns that the crew could be “stranded.” While Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s stay was recently extended to an indefinite date, experts … Read more
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A defunct Russian satellite has disintegrated into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an hour and adding to the mass of space junk already in a orbit around the Earth is enlarged. agencies said. There … Read more
Nine astronauts on the space station briefly moved to their docked return spacecraft late Wednesday (June 26) when a satellite in low Earth orbit disintegrated. The crew of Expedition 71 of the International Space Station (ISS) took off to their three spacecraft, including Boeing Starliner, shortly after 9:00 PM EDT (02:00 GMT), according to a … Read more