Who pays in a space fender bender (when stuff falls from the sky)?

This support came from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount the International Space Station batteries on a cargo pallet.  The upright survived reentry through Earth's atmosphere on March 8, 2024, hitting a house in Naples, Florida.

When a Florida family filed a claim against NASA earlier this year over “space debris” that fell through their roof, it launched a potentially precedent-setting question: Who is liable if debris from space causes damage or injury? No one was injured when a cylindrical object that was part of a pallet of spent batteries from … Read more

NASA astronauts remain in space while the crew assesses problems with Starliner

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore say goodbye to friends and family Wednesday, June 5, 2024, as they leave the astronaut crew quarters en route to the launch pad.

Boeing and NASA are once again “adjusting” the return home of two astronauts from the International Space Station Starliner. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were scheduled to stay on the ISS for just a week after docking there on June 6. Now they are not expected to make the trip back to Earth until at … Read more

Space debris in Florida, North Carolina draws attention to danger

A family in Naples, Florida, is filing a claim against NASA for damage to their home after a piece of space debris from the International Space Station tore through their roof earlier this year. NASA confirmed last week that a large piece of debris found along a path in North Carolina last May came from … Read more

NASA says the alignment will not be visible on June 3

There will be a parade of planets on June 3, but NASA says it won't be quite a celestial show.

People expecting a dazzling parade of planets on Monday, June 3, may be disappointed by what they ultimately see in the sky. Instead, experts say to temper their expectations and wait until the end of the month to see the planets. planetary alignment. The past few months have been quite eventful for backyard astronomers. First … Read more