That gift however, was not to be. Technical problems with Glenn's Mercury capsule, Friendship 7, slipped the flight to the next month. NASA announced a date of Jan. 16, 1962, but that was postponed due to issues with the propellant tanks for the mission's Atlas rocket. On Jan. 27, ...
An American flag is seen as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. May 3...
Third, the early statements about the degree of radiation in the belts was just wrong, but those statements keep getting referenced by anyone who says we did not go to the moon. To say we didn’t is todeny the greatest scientific achievement of White science. Wiki on...
Finally, however, the capsule is ready for testing. Last month, the Starliner wasattached to the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocketthat will carry it into orbit. At 3:36 a.m. PT on Friday December 20, the Starliner will launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...