"We had the chances of a gazillion to one." Apollo 16 splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean on April 27, 1972. Mattingly's next flight launched 10 years and 2 months later, on June 27, 1982. STS-4 was the fourth flight of the space shuttle program, fourth flight of the orbiter...
Boeing launched its first crew for NASA in June, but the Starliner capsule encountered so many problems that the two test pilots ended up stuck at the space station. They’ll catch a ride home with SpaceX in February, after more than eight months in orbit. Their mission should have lasted...
NASA is counting on SpaceX to get astronauts to the lunar surface via Starship, the mega rocket launching out of Texas on test flights. The space agency already relies on SpaceX to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station along with supply runs. Boein...
The Man Who Invented Mars Long before the space race and space shuttle, a brilliant, wealthy, charming Boston Brahmin named Percival Lowell popularized the idea that we are not alone in the universe. As the next US spacecraft prepares to descend upon the Red Planet, it's an idea worth ...
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shortly before the last shuttle flew, though, nasa launched a competition to see which private company could build the best space taxi, a vessel that would ensure nasa’s astronauts had access to space. though several companies wanted in on the action, the agency selected just two in...
NASA launched an investigation into the disaster and began searching for the astronauts' remains. It said that although there had been some data failures it was too early to nail down a precise cause. The break-up, 16 minutes before the shuttle was due to land at Kennedy Space Center in ...
in memory of those who perished aboard the space shuttle Columbia Saturday, Feb. 42 2018-11 3 How long have you had it 这有多长时间了? 69 2018-11 4 It all started yesterday. 这都是昨天开始的。 27 2018-11 5 Take care of your diet and have a good rest. 好好休息, 注意饮食。
astronauts can see them every 45 minutes from their space shuttle.The astronauts that work in a apace station have more opportunities to relax and play.Like most people who work full time on earth,they get weekends off in space,too.Since the space station doesn't have much space and there...