Tag: Space

Japan Selects Surgeon, World Bank Staffer as New Astronaut Candidates

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has chosen a surgeon and a World Bank staffer from over 4,000 applicants to become its new astronaut candidates amid plans to join NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration mission. The two candidates are Makoto Suwa, 46, a disaster prevention specialist at the World Bank, and Ayu Yoneda, 28, a surgeon…


New Crew From US, Russia and UAE Arrives at Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A new crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday for a six-month mission, after overcoming trouble with one of the capsule’s docking hooks. The SpaceX capsule and its four astronauts had to wait 65 feet (20 meters) from the orbiting lab, as flight controllers in California scrambled to come up with…


US, Russia, UAE Astronauts Head to International Space Station on SpaceX Rocket

SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. The launch included Russians and Americans, as well as an astronaut from an Arab nation, who will be there for several months. The Falcon rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center on its six-month mission shortly after midnight on Mar. 2. The launch…


Studies Show How Asteroid-Bashing Spacecraft Was ‘Phenomenally Successful’

  WASHINGTON—NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos at a spot between two boulders during last September’s first test of a planetary defense system, sending debris hurtling into space and changing the rocky oblong-shaped object’s path a bit more than previously calculated. Those were among the findings revealed by scientists on Wednesday in the…


LIVE NOW: House Hearing on U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy Against China for Global Leadership

The U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 28 on “Building a U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy” to win “the Fight for Global Leadership” against China. A Regent Professor of Meteorology, Weathernews Chair Emeritus of the University of Oklahoma and Former Director, White House Office…


LIVE NOW: House Hearing on US National Science and Technology Strategy Against China for Global Leadership

The U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 28 on “Building a U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy” to win “the Fight for Global Leadership” against China. A Regent Professor of Meteorology, Weathernews Chair Emeritus of the University of Oklahoma and Former Director, White House Office…


House Hearing on US National Science and Technology Strategy Against China for Global Leadership

The U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 28 on “Building a U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy” to win “the Fight for Global Leadership” against China. A Regent Professor of Meteorology, Weathernews Chair Emeritus of the University of Oklahoma and Former Director, White House Office…


NASA Names Solar Physicist as Agency’s Science Chief

WASHINGTON—NASA announced on Monday it has picked a longtime solar scientist who heads its heliophysics division to become the U.S. space agency’s science chief. Nicola Fox, former top scientist on the Parker Solar Probe mission studying the sun, was named as NASA’s associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. A memo to agency employees…


Rocket Launch to the International Space Station Is Called Off Due to Technical Problem

SpaceX and NASA were forced to call off a launch to the International Space Station (ISS) due to a last-minute technical problem. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying astronauts was set to be launched to the ISS on Feb. 27 when a problem with the rocket’s ground launch system was detected with less than three minutes…


SpaceX, NASA Postpone Rocket Launch to International Space Station

SpaceX and NASA postponed the launch on Feb. 27 of the International Space Station’s (ISS) next crew because of a last-minute technical problem. The rocket was supposed to lift off at 1:45 a.m. local time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, but the countdown was stopped by engineers overseeing the ground systems. An issue related to the TEA-TEB…