NASAhas announced that all attempts to fully restore Kepler have failed and that they are now looking at potential new missions for the space telescope. Following months of analysis and testing, the Kepler Space Telescope team is ending its attempts to restore the spacecraft to full working order...
The US space agency NASA has announced plans to launch two new missions to the planet Venus(金星). The missions wil mark a return to US exploration of Venus after many years. Two new robotic spacecraft are to be designed and built to study the planet with the highest temperatures in our...
“Every crewed launch that I have ever watched has really brought me a lot of emotion. This one today was especially unique,” a teary-eyed Cardman said following the early afternoon liftoff. “It was hard not to watch that rocket lift off wit...
That booster so far does have a near-perfect track record of more than 20 successful launches. You can follow SPACE.com senior writer Clara Moskowitz on Twitter @ClaraMoskowitz. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news...
History will tell if Kepler is really one of the greats.For now, here's our subjective list of ten NASA missions that have alreadyearned their spot in the space mission hall of fame. And if you don't like our choices, you can weigh in withyour own opinion in NASA's "MissionMadness"...
The agency is planning manned missions aboard its Orion spacecraft within the next 10 years. "Some have claimed that we're adrift, that we have no clear human space missions. That could not be further from the truth," Bolden said in Sept. 2012. "Those who perpetuate that myth are ...
GAO found that NASA: (1) did not archive data from some important missions and its principal data archival and dissemination facility, the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), had incomplete data for many important missions; (2) had a policy that permitted destruction of valuable data...
a room between two areas that have different air pressure, allowing you to go from one area to the other 压差隔离室;密封舱 - Airlocks are commonly found on submarines and manned spacecraft. 潜水艇和载人航天器上一般都有压差隔离室。 6.perform spacewalks = spacewalk 太空行走 注: 1. perform...
The Starliner capsule "Calypso" has now been in space 59 days and counting. The mission is intended to serve as the final step toward proving Boeing's long-delayed spacecraft is safe to fly lengthy crew missions to-and-from the ISS. ...
By the time they return, the pair will have logged more than eight months in space. They expected to be gone just a week when they signed up for Boeing's first astronaut flight that launched in June. NASA ultimately decided that Boeing's Starliner was too risky after a cascade of thruste...