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01Jun/20

NASA Astronauts Launch from America in Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon

June 1, 2020SpaceApollo program, Douglas Hurley, Dragon, Dragon 2, Falcon 9, Human spaceflight, Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39, NASA, Outer space, Robert Behnken, Robert L. Behnken, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, SpaceXsmbale

For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley lifted off at 3:22 p.m. EDT Saturday on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Read more

09Oct/17

Dimming of star probably caused by dust, not alien structure: NASA

October 9, 2017SpaceAstronomy, Circumstellar dust, Cognition, Dyson sphere, energy-absorbing technology, Environment, Games, Hypothetical astronomical objects, Infrared telescopes, Jigsaw puzzle, Mechanical puzzles, Mind, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Natural sciences, NEXT MEDIA, Outer space, Problem solving, Puzzles, Search for extraterrestrial intelligence, Space observatories, Space telescope, Spitzer, Spitzer Space Telescope, Tabby's Star, Technology/Internetsmbale

New research from NASA may have solved one of the most prevalent astronomy puzzles in recent years. Continue reading →

28Sep/17

Scientists complete 8-month isolation mission simulating life on Mars

September 28, 2017SpaceAstrobiology, Astronomy, Environment, Exploration of Mars, HI-SEAS, HI-SEAS mission, Human mission to Mars, Life on Mars, Mars, Mars analog habitat, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NEXT MEDIA, Outer space, Space science, Spaceflight, Technology/Internetsmbale

A team of scientists have finally returned to civilization after completing a NASA-funded isolation experiment to simulate life on Mars. Continue reading →

03Sep/17

Record-breaking U.S. astronaut and crew back on Earth

September 3, 2017SpaceAquanauts, Astronaut, Astronauts, BBC 100 Women, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Gennady Padalka, Human spaceflight, Jack D. Fischer, Jack Fischer, Kazakhstan, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Peggy Whitson, Russia, Space programs, Spaceflight, STS-112, United States, Yi So-yeonsmbale

IN SPACE (SEPTEMBER 2, 2017) (NASA TV) – NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Sunday (September 3), capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record. Continue reading →

26Jul/17

NASA astronaut captures aurora space spectacle

July 26, 2017SpaceAstronaut, Atmosphere of Earth, Aurora, Borealis, Company: AUDIONETWORK MUSIC, Company: Borealis, Contents, Earth, Electrical phenomena, Electromagnetism, Environment, Jack D. Fischer, Jack Fischer, Light sources, NASA, NASA Astronaut Corps, NASA/JACK, Outer space, Physical sciences, Planetary science, Plasma physics, Space plasmas, Space science, Spaceflight, Technology/Internetsmbale

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer has shared stunning time-lapse images of the aurora borealis he captured from the International Space Station on June 26 and shared on Sunday. Continue reading →

07May/17

Unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane lands after secret, 2-year mission

May 7, 2017Spaceair force, Boeing Co, Boeing X-37, Canaveral, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, GPS satellites, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Lockheed Martin Corp, Mojave Air and Space Port, NASA, National Register of Historic Places in Brevard County Florida, Politics, Robert D. Cabana, Rocket-powered aircraft, Rocketry, Space program of the United States, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Spaceplanes, The Boeing, United States, USA-212, USA-240, Wideband Global Satcomsmbale

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (MAY 07, 2017) (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE) – The U.S. military’s experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday (May 7) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said.
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16Jan/17

Gene Cernan, last person to walk on the moon, dies at age 82

January 16, 2017SpaceAir One, Apollo 17, Astronaut, Brontë, Cernan Earth and Space Center, Chicago, Civil awards and decorations of the United States, Eugene, Eugene Cernan, Extravehicular activity, Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, Houston, Lunar Roving Vehicle, NASA, Outer space, Spaceflight, Tracy's Rock, United Statessmbale

Former U.S. astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at age 82, the U.S. space agency says.

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08Dec/16

Former U.S. astronaut, Senator John Glenn dies in Ohio at 95

December 8, 2016SpaceAmerican Presbyterians, Astronauts, Columbus, Columbus Mississippi, Columbus Ohio, Distinguished Flying Cross, Entertainment/Culture, Glen Powell, Glenn, Jay Leno, John Glenn, John Kasich, Johnny Carson, Kitty Hawk, Les Wexner, Mercury Seven, Mercury-Atlas 6, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ohio, Ohio State University faculty, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Project Mercury, Space program of the United States, Spaceflight, United States, Wexner, Wexner Foundation, Wilbur Wrightsmbale

Former U.S. astronaut and Senator John Glenn dies at age 95 at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, the Columbus Dispatch newspaper reported. Continue reading →

23Aug/16

NASA's OSIRIS REx

What are the origins of life? There’s a rocket for that

August 23, 2016Space101955 Bennu, Asteroid, Dante Lauretta, Environment, Hayabusa, Japan, Jason Dworkin, Lockheed Martin, NASA, New Frontiers program, OSIRIS-REx, Outer space, Planetary defense, Planetary science, Space rendezvous, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, TAGSAM, Technology/Internet, United Statessmbale

NASA scientists are putting the finishing touches on a spacecraft designed to rendezvous with Asteroid Bennu in 2018 to find clues about the origins of life.
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24Feb/16

NASA’s laser-powered spaceship could travel to Mars in 72 hours

February 24, 2016SpaceAerospace, Astronautics, Company: ThomsonReuters, DEEP-IN, Emerging technologies, Environment, Exploration of Mars, Government of the United States, Human mission to Mars, Interstellar travel, Laser communication in space, Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, Mars, NASA, NEXT MEDIA, Outer space, Philip Lubin, Photonics, Robotic spacecraft, Spacecraft propulsion, Spaceflight, Technology/Internetsmbale

NASA scientist Philip Lubin is working on perfecting laser technology that could propel a light spacecraft to Mars in as little as three days.
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