MOSCOW—A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a three-and-a-half-hour trip from the International Space Station. The capsule, descending under a red-and-white striped parachute after entering Earth’s atmosphere, landed upright in the steppes of Kazakhstan on schedule at 4:35 a.m. GMT Sunday with Oleg Novitskiy, Yulia Peresild, and Klim…
Earth-Monitoring Landsat 9 Satellite Launches in California
LOS ANGELES—The latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth’s surface for decades was launched into orbit from California on Monday to ensure continued observations in the era of climate change. Landsat 9 was carried into space aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that lifted…
Boeing Astronaut Capsule Grounded for Months by Valve Issue
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Boeing’s astronaut capsule is grounded for months and possibly even until next year because of a vexing valve problem. Boeing and NASA officials said Friday that the Starliner capsule will be removed from the top of its rocket and returned to its Kennedy Space Center hangar for more extensive repairs. Starliner was poised…
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