This image is a mosaic of visible light and infrared views of the same frame from the Pillars of Creation visualization. The three-dimensional model of the pillars created for the visualization sequence is displayed alternately in the Hubble Space Telescope version (visible light) and the Webb Space Telescope version (infrared light). Credits: Greg Bacon (STScI), … Read more
This infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was taken by the Near-Infrared Camera for the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey program – Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Brant Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), Ben Johnson (CfA), Sandro Tacchella (Cambridge), Phill Cargile (CfA) For two years, an international team has been studying what astronomers call … 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
It’s no secret that the International Space Station has an expiration date. The only variable is how it will be delivered to Earth. NASA has now enlisted SpaceX for the mission and is paying the company $843 million to return the ISS safely. SpaceX, a private space venture owned by Elon Musk, will use the … 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
The return to Earth of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely pending the results of new thruster tests and continued analysis of helium leaks that emerged during the ship’s rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA said Friday. But agency officials continued to insist that Starliner commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams … Read more
The return to Earth of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been put on hold indefinitely pending the results of new thrust tests and ongoing analysis of helium leaks that occurred during the ship’s rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA said Friday. But agency officials insisted that Starliner commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams … Read more
This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. WCCF TECH INC has a disclosure and ethics policy. Nine years ago today, SpaceX’s first and only in-flight anomaly with the Falcon 9 occurred after the rocket carrying a cargo mission for NASA exploded in mid-air. The launch was … Read more
Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is seen docked with the International Space Station on June 13. NASA and Boeing officials dismissed headlines Friday that the commercial Starliner crew capsule was stranded at the International Space Station. However, they said they need more time to analyze the data before formally allowing the spacecraft to undock and … Read more
WASHINGTON – NASA and Boeing plan to keep the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard the International Space Station well into July to conduct additional tests, stressing that the two-person crew is not “stranded” in space. At a June 28 briefing on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, the first in 10 days, agency and company officials … Read more