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A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou XVIII spacecraft with three astronauts aboard blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China at 8:59 pm on Thursday. After separating from the rocket and entering orbit, the spacecraft was scheduled to conduct a fast automated...
Thu, Apr 20 20239:47 AM EDT Starship suffers mid-flight failure SpaceX's Starship launches from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on it first test flight and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Eric Gay | AP ...
After 15 years waiting for space,Canadian Space AgencyastronautJeremy Hansenis getting ready forthe moon. He is one of the mission specialists aboardArtemis 2, which aims to launch four astronauts in 2024, and says the first seven months of training for theNASAmission is reinforcing to him all...
On July 21, after 21 hours and 36 minutes on the Moon, they lifted off to rendezvous with Collins and begin the voyage back toEarth. After splashdown in the Pacific at 12:51pmEDT on July 24, the three astronauts spent 18 days in quarantine to guard against possible contamination by luna...
By Marcia Smith | Posted: Jan 16, 2025 7:25 pm ET | Last Updated: Jan 17, 2025 11:42 am ET FacebookTwitterEmail分享 SpaceX succeeded in catching its huge Super Heavy booster back at the launch pad for the second time today, but the Starship second stage was lost. After investigating...
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We visited the Space Center Houston on the Friday after Thanksgiving. We had purchased our tickets in advance & also tickets to the Mission Control Tour. We were only in Houston on a layover for 18 hours & our only objective was to visit the Space Center. We arrived at 9:30am ...
Elon Musk The entire story of Twitter / X under Elon Musk Verge StaffJan 29 Wes Davis That’s no moon. The Minor Planet Center (MPC), which tracks and reports minor planet discoveries, recentlyremoved a new listing of a near-earth objectafter the amateur astronomer who found it realized ...
SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever constructed, exploded midair shortly after it launched in Texas. No one was on board the rocket today.