The spacecraft successfully splashed down off Florida's coast at 5:57 p.m. Eastern Time (2157 GMT), according to NASA's live broadcast. The crew undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday
Boeing's leak-prone Starliner capsule will remain docked to the International Space Station for an additional four days, NASA announced Tuesday, returning to Earth with a pre-dawn landing at White Sands, New Mexico, on June 26 to close out an extended 20-day test flight — the first with ...
Once wide enough to swallow three Earth-sized planets, the famed Jovian weather system has been shrinking for the past 100 years and may eventually disappear altogether. Still, the spot remains the most prominent characteristic of the solar system's largest planet, a ...
On November 28, 2022, Orion reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis I mission when it was 268,563 miles (432,210 km) away from our home planet. Orion has now traveled farther than any other spacecraft built for humans. Credit: NASA After a comprehensive 11-month testing...
It has been maintained all along that the plan was for the pair to return to Earth with the next rotation of the space station crew. Which is what subsequently happened. But in the current political climate, and still awaiting the confirmation of a new leader for NASA's a...
particularly interesting because these protostars, a lot like the sun, would have 4.6 billion years ago in its infancy before the formation of the planets. That means the discovery of these icy compounds may help confirm that the vital ingredients for life were delivered to Earth by comet ...
The Artemis 2 astronauts areNASAcommanderReid Wiseman, NASA pilotVictor Glover(who will become the first Black person to leavelow Earth orbit, or LEO), NASA mission specialistChristina Koch(the first woman to do so) andCanadian Space Agency(CSA) mission specialistJeremy Hansen(the first ...
The newly arrived Crew-2 are to remain in orbit six months, while Crew-1 is due to return to earth by early May. McArthur will become the second person from her family to ride a Crew Dragon into space. Her husband, Bob Behnken, was one of two NASA astronauts...
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Usually, these kinds of launches take flight from the East Coast due to the favorable rotation of the Earth, but the Atlas V is powerful enough to launch to the red planet from California. The Atlas V will also carry two small satellites, nicknamed Wall-E and Eva from the 2008 Pixar mov...