SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.
The return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship, which carried three Chinese astronauts back to Earth on April 16, was opened and unloaded on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Items brought back weigh 73 kilograms, including a number of experiment equipment, cro...
Billionaire Jared Isaacman and company crew trainer Sarah Gillis took turns floating just outside their Crew Dragon capsule early Thursday in the first privately-financed spacewalk in the history of space exploration. Sep 12, 2024 00:58 Polaris Dawn crew conducts first all-civilian spacewalk Th...
space capsule Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia space capsule n. A vehicle or compartment of a vehicle designed to transport, protect, and support humans or animals in outer space or at very high altitudes in Earth's atmosphere. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth...
Already more than a month late getting back, two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers finish working on problems plaguing their Boeing capsule, officials said Thursday. Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams
Atmos Space Cargo will fly its first Phoenix cargo-return capsule on SpaceX's Bandwagon 3 rideshare mission, which is scheduled to launch this spring. Tech On this day in space! Feb. 5, 1971: Apollo 14 lands on the moon By Hanneke Weitering last updated 24 hours ago On Feb. 5...
Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin simulated lunar gravity conditions today (Feb. 4) during the 29th launch of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle. Human Spaceflight VIEW MORE Science & Astronomy 'Marsquakes' may solve 50-year-old mystery about the Red Planet ...
SpaceX capsule docks with space station, carrying replacement crew The Crew Dragon delivered a three-country, four-man crew for a six-month stay. They'll replace four other station crew members who plan to return to Earth around March 9. ...
The Dragon capsule from SpaceX is currently the only vehicle capable of ferrying cargo to and from the ISS (when the rocket doesn’tblow up during launch, that is). Russia’s Progress and Cygnus spacecraft can deliver supplies, but both capsules are designed to burn up during reentry into...
And now the crew can now begin getting out of their EVA suits, bringing today’s endeavor to its formal conclusion. 7:39 p.m. 10:51:38, September 12, 2024 Polaris Dawn gets a sunrise every 106 minutes From CNN's Jackie Wattles Crew inside the capsule. SpaceX The crews are fo...