An international team of astronauts that will crew the first manned space flight to orbit the moon in more than 50 years was introduced by representatives from NASA and the Canadian Space Administration in Houston on April 3. Three American and one Canadian astronaut will fly to the moon and back aboard Artemis II in…
NASA’s 1st Moon Crew in 50 Years Includes 1 Woman, 3 Men
NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, including one woman and three men. The three Americans and one Canadian were introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation’s astronauts as well as Mission Control. “This is humanity’s crew,” said NASA Administrator…
LIVE 1:45 PM ET: Astronauts Briefing Before the Launch of Crew Dragon to the ISS
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg hold a briefing at 1:45 p.m. ET on Jan. 25, joined by UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev before the next Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …
Astronauts Briefing Before the Launch of Crew Dragon to the ISS
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg hold a briefing at 1:45 p.m. ET on Jan. 25, joined by UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev before the next Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …
Remote Labrador Location Potential Training Ground for Astronauts
When scientists determined in the mid-1970s that the Mistastin crater in Labrador had lunar-like properties, the last Apollo mission had flown and it was too late for astronauts to take advantage of the site for training. But now, as Artemis astronauts prepare for the next moon mission, one Canadian expert says the remote crater could…
NASA’s Artemis I Moon Rocket Lifts Off 50 Years After Apollo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday, bringing the United States a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago. If all goes well during the three-week…
SpaceX Ferries Astronauts Back to Earth After Half-Year Away
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Four astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Friday, ending their nearly six-month space station mission with a splashdown in the Atlantic off Florida. Wet and windy weather across Florida delayed their homecoming. SpaceX and NASA finally gave the all-clear on Friday, and the three Americans and one Italian departed the International…
NASA Inducts 3 Veteran Astronauts Into Hall of Fame
NASA inducted three veteran astronauts into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at a ceremony Saturday at the Kennedy Space Cpmplex in Cape Canaveral. The prestigious award went to astronauts David Leestma, Sandra Magnus and Chris Ferguson “for their outstanding accomplishments in furthering NASA’s mission of exploration and discovery,” the space agency said. Their induction…
4 Astronauts Returning to Earth From Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon capsule with four astronauts on board has left the International Space Station and is returning to earth. NASA Astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron along with European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer have been in orbit for six months. NASA and SpaceX say the Dragon capsule separated from the Space…
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,…
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