Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Butch Wilmore have not been "abandoned" in space, as NASA considers plans to speed their return. Feb 7 Could an asteroid could hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know. "An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousa...
NASA and SpaceX cleared their Crew-9 astronaut flight to the International Space Station for launch, a Sept. 28 liftoff that will help return two Boeing Starliner astronauts home.
"SpaceX can do things that NASA historically has not done," Bridenstine said, noting how the private space company will "test, fail, fix, fly" until everything is in order ahead of the historic launch with astronauts today. Musk said he felt extra responsibility when he ...
The four-person crew, commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, is scheduled to spend several days conducting research, outreach, and commercial activities on the space station. Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 1 at Māhia, New Zealand at 11:46 a...
NASA said both launch delays have been due to wave and wind limits along the Dragon flight path. Astronaut, cosmonaut crew spend more time on Earth awaiting liftoff The Crew-8 mission marks the eighth operation mission part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program and the ninth SpaceX launch carrying...
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight. Rubio surpassed the U.S. space endurance record of 355 days on Monday at the International Space Station. He arrived at the outpost last September with two Russians for a routine six mo...
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Rescue personnel practice astronaut recovery procedures that will be in place for every commercial crew launch in case of problems that force an emergency descent to splashdown.NASA/Michael Downs But to pull off a successful splashdown, the Crew Dragon used for the Demo 2 mission requires relatively...
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata right, as they depart for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-5 mission launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, FL, today...
Although today’s event will feature all the trimmings of a standard astronaut launch (SpaceX has carried out 13 of them in the past four years) — this is not a typical mission. The inaugural Starliner flight is still considered a test — a step on the way to NASA finally deeming th...