Boeing’s Starliner capsule is performing well enough on its first-ever astronaut mission to remain in orbit longer than the originally planned 45 days, NASA says. Starliner, which launched on June 5, has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) for an unspecified mission extension. The spacecraft is in good condition and capable of leaving the … Read more
Space junk made an emergency landing in a luxurious country in North Carolina. A team of landscapers working at The Glamping Collective, a mountaintop resort near Asheville in Haywood County, found a large, mysterious object on May 22. NASA confirmed it was part of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, which is scheduled to reach the International … Read more
Space junk made an emergency landing in a luxurious country in North Carolina. A team of landscapers working at The Glamping Collective, a mountaintop resort near Asheville in Haywood County, found a large, mysterious object on May 22. NASA confirmed it was part of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, which is scheduled to reach the International … Read more
Earlier this year the The peace of a Florida neighborhood was disturbed when a piece of junk from the international space station crashed through a house. This was followed in May by a 90-pound piece of a SpaceX Dragon ship crashing into a camping resort in North Carolina, raising the question: are space agencies doing … Read more
For many astronauts, spacewalking is the ultimate ambition, but only the elite are qualified to do it. And Cady Coleman—who spent six months on the International Space Station in 2010—is quick to point out that it is NOTHING like Sandra Bullock’s glamorous performance in Gravity. Coleman gave the actress in the film advice on how … Read more
The International Space Station is the largest, most complex and most important element of space infrastructure ever deployed, and one of the most incredible engineering feats in human history. It is the result of an international, diplomatic initiative that reconciles the Western and Eastern worlds in space by combining the two space stations that had … Read more
On July 9, Anne-Sophie Chassagnou will assess whether the skies are clear enough for Europe to launch its first new rocket in almost 30 years. The only 26-year-old chief weatherman for the first flight of Ariane 6 has an enormous influence on the continent’s space ambitions. Last year, just minutes before ignition, the meteorologist at … 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
By means of Eric Williamson, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Sciences June 28, 2024 This is an artist’s rendering of a Hyper-X research vehicle under scramjet power in free flight after separating from its booster rocket. New research into hypersonic jets could transform space travel by making scramjet engines more reliable and … Read more