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
An international team of physicists behind several revolutionary warp drive concepts, including the first that doesn’t require exotic matter, say recent unprecedented breakthroughs in physics and propulsion have pitted world powers in a 21st-century Cold War-style space race launched to become the world’s first working warp drive. “A space race is brewing,” says Gianni Martie, … Read more
On September 24, 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped a capsule on Earth containing pristine carbonaceous regolith collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. These samples were obtained after the probe completed an impressive seven-year tour of the solar system and back. Since these pieces of space rock arrived (about 120 grams of sample, to be precise), … Read more
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — It’s been less than a week since NASA confirmed that the debris found in western North Carolina came from the trunk of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. However, the mountains are not the only place where debris has fallen. NASA also confirmed that debris fell from the trunk of the Axiom … Read more
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have found previously invisible structures and activity in Jupiter’s atmosphere above the Great Red Spot. These strange features appear to be caused by powerful atmospheric gravitational waves. The Great Red Spot is the largest storm in the solar system, twice the size of Earth, and has been … Read more
As NASA prepares for long-duration missions to the moon and Mars for the benefit of all, a habitat growing concept selected by the agency on Wednesday could help “grow” homes using fungi for future explorers. A team of researchers from NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will receive new funding under NASA’s Innovative … Read more
NASA Astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore reportedly spent eight days on the space station The two astronauts testing Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft were supposed to start their way back to Earth on Wednesday evening, but instead they will remain at the International Space Station (ISS). The ship’s return to Earth had already been … Read more
Inspired by LEGO, ESA scientists have used dust from a meteorite to 3D print LEGO-style ‘space bricks’ to test out building ideas for a future moon base. Credit: The LEGO Group ESA scientists have investigated how a future moon base could be built from materials on the moon’s surface. Inspired by building with LEGO, they … Read more