Four astronauts safely returned on Monday from a record six-month NASA science mission aboard the International Space Station, splashing down with their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in the Gulf of Mexico at the end of a daylong flight home. The Dragon vehicle, dubbed Endeavour, parachuted into the sea off the Florida coast as planned just…
Nasa–SpaceX Crew Returns From Record Mission Aboard International Space Station
SpaceX Crew Returns From Record Mission Aboard International Space Station
Four astronauts safely returned on Monday from a record six-month NASA science mission aboard the International Space Station, splashing down with their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in the Gulf of Mexico at the end of a daylong flight home. The Dragon vehicle, dubbed Endeavour, parachuted into the sea off the Florida coast as planned just…
Four Station Astronauts Catch Ride With SpaceX Back Home
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Four astronauts in orbit since spring headed back to Earth on Monday, aiming for a late night splashdown off the Florida coast. The undocking of their SpaceX capsule from the International Space Station also paved the way for a launch of their four replacements as early as Wednesday night. The newcomers were scheduled…
High Wind Delays SpaceX Crew Homecoming After 6 Months Aloft
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—High wind off the Florida coast has prompted SpaceX to delay the return of four space station astronauts in orbit since spring. The U.S., French and Japanese astronauts were supposed to leave the International Space Station on Sunday, with their capsule splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday morning. But with…
NASA Orders Rare Medical Delay in Launch of SpaceX Mission to Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA announced on Monday a rare, health-related delay in its SpaceX rocket launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, the second postponement of the mission in a week, citing an unspecified medical issue with one of the crew. NASA said the issue was “not a medical emergency and not related to…
ISS Astronauts on Space Tourists, Potential Moon Mission
SpaceX Crew-3 members Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and Matthias Maurer are preparing for their trip to the ISS (International Space Station), currently delayed until Wednesday, from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. It’ll be the fourth time NASA has sent astronauts to the ISS using SpaceX’s Dragon capsule. The four are expected to spend six months…
SpaceX Delays Astronaut Flight Due to Rough Wind, Waves
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX has bumped its next astronaut flight for NASA until Wednesday because of rough wind and waves hundreds of miles away. Four astronauts were supposed to blast off early Sunday morning on a six-month mission to the International Space Station. But while the forecast at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was near perfect, a…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures Mysterious ‘Dead Galaxies’ 11 Billion Light-Years Away
Extraordinary images captured by Hubble Space Telescope and ALMA observatory—utilizing unique natural gravitational lensing—revealed a remarkable phenomenon which occurred in space 11 billion years ago. Early in the life of the universe, when it was just 3 billion years old and stars were forming abundantly, a cluster of galaxies mysteriously died out and stopped producing stars for some unknown…
Sun Unleashes Large Solar Flare Which Could Lead to Spectacular Auroras This Weekend: Experts
A large coronal mass ejection (CME) is expected to collide with the Earth’s magnetic field on Oct. 30 following an incredible solar flare eruption on Thursday. The sun unleashed an X1-class solar flare, its most powerful kind of flare, on Thursday. It peaked at 11:35 a.m.EDT (1535 GMT), according to an alert from the Space Weather Prediction Center…
Solar Wing Jammed on NASA Spacecraft Chasing Asteroids
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA is debating whether to try to fix a jammed solar panel on its newly launched Lucy spacecraft, en route to explore an unprecedented number of asteroids. The problem cropped up shortly after the spacecraft’s Oct. 16 liftoff on a 12-year journey. After measuring the electric current this week, NASA reported Wednesday that…
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