Astronaut Snoopy is Heading Back to Space
Iconic cartoon dog will be aboard Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft as it heads to the Moon on Artemis I mission.
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Blue Origin Astronaut Killed in Small Airplane Crash
Blue Origin astronaut Glen de Vries has died in a single-engine airplane crash, police reported Friday. De Vries, 49, was killed Thursday when a Cessna C172 went down near Lake Kemah, New Jersey.
Crew-3 Astronauts Welcomed to the International Space Station
NASA’s Crew-3 astronauts arrived at the International Space Station Thursday night, marking SpaceX’s fifth crewed spaceflight since May 2020.
Four Things To Know About the Crew-3 Launch
NASA’s Crew-3 astronauts will begin their journey to the International Space Station late Wednesday, replacing the recently splashed-down Crew-2 astronauts.
Astronauts Return After Six-Month Mission in Space
NASA’s Crew-2 astronauts splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico late Monday after 199 days on the International Space Station. The crew—NASA’s Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Japan’s Akihiko Hoshide, and the European Space Agency’s Thoma Pequet—returned to Earth aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, landing just after 10:30 p.m. off the coast of Florida. […]
Virgin Galactic Reports Third Quarter Loss
Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) has notched another quarterly loss amid delays in its commercial space service as it shifts its focus to making enhancements to aircraft. The aerospace and space travel company, announcing its third quarter results on Monday, posted a loss of $48.8 million, improving from a $92.1 million loss a year earlier. […]
NASA’s Crew-2 Astronauts Prepare for Flight Home
NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-2 astronauts are preparing for their trip back to Earth, despite a broken toilet and a delayed Crew-3 arrival at the International Space Station (ISS). American astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Japan’s Akihiko Hoshide, and the European Space Agency’s Thomas Pesquet hope to begin their journey home on Sunday, November 7. READ […]
NASA Holds Briefing for Asteroid Redirection Mission
NASA held a news briefing Thursday on its upcoming Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), a program directed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), which will redirect an asteroid as it approaches Earth’s orbit. The mission is scheduled to launch later this month. DART, which will launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, will be […]
Judge Rules Against Blue Origin On NASA Lunar Lander Contract
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has lost its fight against NASA over a lunar lander contract the space agency awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX earlier this year. In a ruling Thursday by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, federal judge Richard Hertling sided with NASA; details of the opinion will be released at a later time, […]
Boeing’s 147-Satellite Constellation Approved for Broadband Internet
The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Boeing to launch a 147-satellite constellation to create its own orbiting broadband internet network. First proposed in 2017, Boeing plans to deploy 132 satellites in low-Earth orbit, about 650 miles up, and 15 others in “non-geostationary orbit”—as high as 27,000 miles above Earth. “Advanced satellite broadband services have an […]
