FOCUS: STORM CLOUDS AT NASA NOT SINCE THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER EXPLODED IN 1986 HAS NASA HAD SUCH A BAD YEAR. HAS THE BUDGET-CUTTING SEVERELY HAMPERED THE SPACE AGENCY, OR ARE THE PROBLEMS MERELY A STRING OF BAD LUCK? EITHER WAY, AT LEAST ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS IS LEERY ABOUT HIS ...
The 20th century saw a huge leap in astronomical discoveries and the advent of space exploration, both driven by advances in technology. From the moon landings to learning how stars shine to realizing the universe is big—really big—the past 100 years h
This Chicago Tribune headline summed up the sentiment in America when the Challenger space shuttle exploded shortly after takeoff. The shuttle's crew included a teacher named Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first civilian in space. McAuliffe's presence among the crew made the launch ...
STS-131 marked some firsts and lasts; it was the last space shuttle flight for rookie astronauts, the last flight for a JAXA astronaut, and the first occasion in which two Japanese astronauts were in space simultaneously. As it turns out, they are bothYamatofans (see their photo higher up...
On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. The tragedy took the lives of all seven astronauts on board. Had the mission been successful, schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe would have been the first civilian in space. The crew members are pictured here in this...
It was almost 17 years to the day that the Challenger shuttle exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all seven astronauts on board. Take-off and re-entry into Earth's atmosphere are the most dangerous parts of a space mission. In 42 years of US' human space flight, there had never been...
In 2007, three people were killed after a rocket designed for use in SpaceShipTwo exploded during testing. Private companies are rushing to fill the gap left by NASA, which ended its 30-year shuttle program in July 2011 with a final Atlantis mission to the International Space Station. ...
The recurrent nova white dwarf exploded again in 1946, which would give it a time scale of 80 years between flares. But if Herschel saw it explode in 1842, that would change the time scale of the star, and call into question astronomers' understanding of these repeating explosions. The star...
A Presidential Commission was immediately convened to explore what had gone wrong, but with the vast complexity of the space shuttle and so many v 当挑战者爆炸了73秒入它的飞行在1986年1月28日的早晨,它在美国宇宙飞行的历史上代表了其中一个最可怕的事件。 总统委员会立刻召开探索什么出了错,但以在...
The 49-year-old Stratford resident was getting out of his car when a Nissan Altima driven by a 19-year-old man from Sicklerville entered the shoulder and hit him, troopers said. Scully was taken to Jefferson Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead. The driver of the Altima suffered minor...