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NASA Reveals Spacecraft To Take Four Humans To The Moon

NASA Reveals Spacecraft To Take Four Humans To The Moon

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Technicians used a 30-ton crane to lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Friday, June 28, 2024. NASA/Radislav Sinyak This is the spacecraft that ...

Pad B Starts to Rise As Booster 12 Static Fire nears

Pad B Starts to Rise As Booster 12 Static Fire nears

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

35 SpaceX preparations for flight 5 of Starship continue to focus on replacing Ship 30’s heat shield as teams prepare for Booster ...

NASA and SpaceX studying ways to mitigate Dragon trunk debris

NASA and SpaceX studying ways to mitigate Dragon trunk debris

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX are examining how to alter the Dragon spacecraft’s reentry process to limit the amount of debris from ...

Eumetsat moves weather satellite from Ariane 6 to Falcon 9

Eumetsat moves weather satellite from Ariane 6 to Falcon 9

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

WASHINGTON — European weather satellite operator Eumetsat has shifted the upcoming launch of a weather satellite from an Ariane 6 to a ...

Starship preparations point to possible tower catch attempt on Flight 5

Starship preparations point to possible tower catch attempt on Flight 5

Technology
Laura Adams

9 The Starship program is testing with a possible tower catch in mind for the next flight of the system, a goal ...

Astronauts stranded in space face further setback to return home

Astronauts stranded in space face further setback to return home

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Nasa has again delayed the return of two US astronauts currently stranded on the International Space Station. Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita ...

SpaceX launches latest SES broadcast satellite

SpaceX launches latest SES broadcast satellite

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched Astra 1P for Luxembourg fleet operator SES June 20 toward geostationary orbit, where it is eventually due ...

The ‘sticky valve’ on Boeing’s Starliner that left astronauts stuck in space

The ‘sticky valve’ on Boeing’s Starliner that left astronauts stuck in space

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Boeing and Nasa are confident the craft can return, but they are being kept in orbit to conduct more tests on why ...

China has made a move. Watch the skies

China has made a move. Watch the skies

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

And on Dec. 28, the US Air Force launched one of its two X-37Bs on the type’s seventh mission. The 29-foot X-37Bs, ...

Three Landmark Rocket Launches You Must Watch

Three Landmark Rocket Launches You Must Watch

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

People watch as the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space … [+] Center on ...