Tag: NASA

Doctor Strange Unlikely to Get China Release

NTD’s sister media, The Epoch Times, briefly appears in Marvel’s latest superhero movie. And one Chinese state-run media outlet isn’t pleased. But the newest film isn’t the only one facing Chinese censorship. “Spider-man: No Way Home” and others were also blocked from Chinese releases. What does the United States really know about Beijing’s space development…


SpaceX Launches 4 Astronauts for NASA After Private Flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires. It’s the first NASA crew comprised equally of men and women, including the first Black woman making a long-term spaceflight, Jessica Watkins. “This is one of the most diversified,…


NASA Administrator Talks Moon and Beyond

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is looking forward to the first test flight of the Space Launch System rocket, and, later, the first manned flight to the moon in more than 50 years. Nelson held a media briefing Tuesday ahead of the Crew-4 launch to the International Space Station. “Right now we are proceeding on. We’re…


NASA Chief: US Entering Space Travel ‘Golden Era’

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says the United States is entering a “golden era,” of space exploration. Nelson held a media briefing ahead of the Crew-4 launch. SpaceX Crew-4 is Crew Dragon’s fourth NASA commercial crew operational flight. The mission will transport four members of the crew to the International Space Station. The Crew-4 flight will…


All-Private Astronaut Team Returns Safely From Landmark Space Station Visit

The first all-private astronaut team ever flown aboard the International Space Station (ISS) safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast on Monday, concluding a two-week science mission hailed as a landmark in commercialized human spaceflight. The SpaceX crew capsule carrying the four-man team, led by a retired NASA astronaut who is now vice…


Apollo 16 Pilot Reflects Moonwalk on 50th Anniversary

On April 16th 1972 Apollo 16 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a 12-day round trip to the moon. Leading the crew was John Young and his colleagues Tom Mattingly and Charles Duke. Apollo 16’s landing site was the central highlands of the moon, 19,000 feet higher than the flat Sea of Tranquility on which…


Amazon, SpaceX Snag NASA Space Communications Contracts

WASHINGTON—Amazon’s satellite venture, SpaceX’s Starlink network, and other satellite firms on Wednesday won a combined $278.5 million in contracts from NASA to demonstrate communications in space as the U.S. space agency moves to replace its current satellite network in orbit with privately-built systems. NASA is increasingly looking to rely on private space companies for its…


Mars Rover Captures Mars Moon Eclipsing Sun

NASA has recorded video of a Mars moon eclipsing the sun, an effort that helps them determine when the moon might crash into the planet. Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of one of Mars’ two moons, Phobos, Wednesday. NASA says it’s the most zoomed-in, highest-frame-rate observation of a Phobos…


Climate Shift on Planet Neptune Could Reflect Seasonal Changes in Atmospheric Chemistry: Study

Dramatic changes in temperatures in the planet Neptune’s atmosphere over the past two decades could be due to seasonal changes in the ice planet’s atmospheric chemistry, or random weather patterns, among other factors, according to a new study. New research led by space scientists at the University of Leicester and published in The Planetary Science Journal shows a decline…


SpaceX Crew-3 Astronauts Discuss Mission

The NASA and SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts answered questions about their time aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, participated in the news conference. “I was a bit surprised to find out how emotional I got when I got…