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ScienceSpaceflight After 45 Days, Volunteers Emerge From Most Realistic Mars Simulation Yet Living and working on Mars won’t be easy, as this four-person crew recently learned, given the intense workload, extreme isolation, and cramped conditions they faced.
By Passant Rabie Updated September 26, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight This Satellite’s Only Job Is to Obliterate Itself for Science The DRACO mission will capture every moment of its fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere, recording its own dramatic demise.
By Passant Rabie Published September 25, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight Amateur Astronomer Catches Fleeting Glimpse of Secret Spy Satellite The spacecraft is in an unusual orbit and features a different design compared to its counterparts.
By Passant Rabie Published September 25, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight SpaceX’s Starship Looks Like an Alien Spacecraft as It Emerges from the Seafloor The company is preparing to launch Starship for the fifth time pending regulatory approval.
By Passant Rabie Published September 24, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight Dramatic Drone Video Shows Chinese Rocket Crash-Landing in Failed Test The recent test is part of an ongoing effort by rocket startups in China to mimic SpaceX's success.
By Passant Rabie Published September 23, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight Russian Cosmonauts Smash Record for Longest Stay on the ISS The pair exceeded the previous record of 370 consecutive days spent on board the space station.
By Passant Rabie Published September 20, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight SpaceX Hits Back at FAA Over Launch Penalties and Delays The company is facing over $600,000 in fines for violating regulations during two launches last year.
By Passant Rabie Published September 20, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight So-Called ‘Space Balloon’ Completes Crucial Test Ahead of Tourist Flights Space Perspective is hoping to have commercial operations underway in 2025, but a seat on the luxurious balloon is gonna cost you.
By Adam Kovac Published September 19, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight SpaceX May Face $633,009 Penalty for Alleged FAA Safety Infractions The company has gotten a number of penalties in recent years, but it all amounts to pocket change for Elon Musk.
By Adam Kovac Published September 17, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight Dramatic Video Shows the Closest Flyby Ever of Mercury BepiColombo captured stunning views of the innermost planet on its way to explore its magnetic field.
By Passant Rabie Published September 13, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight Texas Startup Keeps Launching These Obnoxiously Large Satellites—and the Worst Is Yet to Come Five BlueBird satellites have launched as part of AST SpaceMobile's growing constellation, with even larger ones ahead that may pose a threat to clear night skies.
By Passant Rabie Updated September 13, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight Polaris Dawn Billionaire Pulls Off Historic First Commercial Spacewalk Two crew members emerged from the Dragon spacecraft to test their new SpaceX suits—and to take in the spectacular view.
By Passant Rabie Updated September 12, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight Watch Live as Billionaire Aboard SpaceX Capsule Attempts First Commercial Spacewalk A pair of Polaris Dawn astronauts will venture outside the spacecraft on Thursday at 2:23 a.m. ET.
By Passant Rabie Published September 11, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Pulls Off Delicate Thruster Swap, Keeping Voyager 1 Mission Alive Engineers needed to swap out the clogged thrusters on the spacecraft as it continues its journey through interstellar space.
By Passant Rabie Published September 11, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Postpones Upcoming Mars Mission, Citing Delays With Bezos’s Big Rocket New Glenn has been in development for over a decade, but it likely won't be ready for launch next month, posing a problem for NASA.
By Passant Rabie Updated September 9, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight How to Catch a Glimpse of NASA’s Orbiting Solar Sail The spacecraft is a test run of cutting edge materials that use photons from the Sun for propulsion.
By Adam Kovac Published September 9, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight Starliner Is Back on Earth, but Its Crew Remains in Space. What’s Next for Boeing and NASA? A former astronaut explains what Starliner’s return means for the future of NASA, Boeing’s troubled space program, and the crew left behind on the ISS.
Michael E. Fossum, The Conversation Published September 9, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight Director Sees Beauty in Apollo 13’s Brush With Disaster in New Netflix Documentary Apollo 13 came close to tragedy in 1970, but a new documentary finds hope for our planet in the failed Moon mission.
By Adam Kovac Updated September 9, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight China’s Spaceplane Lands in Gobi Desert, Ending Secretive 268-Day Mission During its time in orbit, the reusable spacecraft released mystery objects that appeared to emit some sort of signal.
By Passant Rabie Published September 6, 2024 -
ScienceSpaceflight Watch Live as a Busted Boeing Starliner Returns to Earth Without Its Crew The spacecraft will undock from the ISS on Friday at 6:04 p.m. ET after a troubling three months in orbit. You can watch the action live right here, malfunctioning thrusters and all.
By Passant Rabie Published September 6, 2024
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