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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

29Sep/17

Musk shrinks ‘Big F***ing Rocket,’ claims 2024 Mars mission

September 29, 2017SpaceAdelaide, Australia, BFR, Business, Businesspeople, China, Company: Space Explrtn, Economy, Elon Musk, Falcon Heavy, Hawthorne California, Human mission to Mars, Hyperloop, Interplanetary Transport System, ITS launch vehicle, Matthew Larotonda, New York, Outer space, Russia, Space tourism, Spaceflight, SpaceX, SpaceX launch facilities, SpaceX launch vehicles, SpaceX reusable launch system development program, United Statessmbale

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claims his company will land a person on the red planet at least a decade earlier than NASA, and has downsized the plans for its “BFR” rocket vehicle in an effort to cut costs. Matthew Larotonda reports. 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 →

27Sep/17

NASA gives sneak peek of ‘mission to touch the sun’

September 27, 2017SpaceAstronomy, City: Laurel, Corona, Environment, Eugene Parker, Jim Kinnison, LAUREL, Laurel Maryland, Light sources, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New Horizons, Nicky Fox, Outer space, Parker Solar Probe, Plasma physics, Solar phenomena, Solar Probe's mission, Solar telescopes, Solar wind, Space plasmas, Space science, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Sun, Technology/Internet, United States, Washington metropolitan areasmbale

LAUREL, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 25, 2017) (REUTERS) – Scientists unveiled the Parker Solar Probe at a laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, on Monday (September 25), where the spacecraft is being prepared to make an unprecedented plunge into the sun’s atmosphere. 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 →

22Aug/17

NASA reports massive asteroid to pass by Earth on September 1

August 22, 2017Uncategorized99942 Apophis, Asteroid, Asteroid-impact avoidance, Asteroids, Environment, Florence Nightingale, Moon, Outer space, Planetary science, Space, Spaceflight, Technology/Internetsmbale

A 3 mile-wide asteroid will drift past Earth more than 18 moon-lengths away, making it the largest to do so since researchers began tracking such close encounters. 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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01May/17

SpaceX launches rocket with classified U.S. spy satellite

May 1, 2017SpaceCape Canaveral Air Force Station, Company: Space Exploratio, Draft:List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches, Falcon, Falcon 9, Falcon 9 Full Thrust, Greater Los Angeles, Greater Los Angeles Area, Outer space, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, SpaceX, SpaceX launch facilities, SpaceX launch vehicles, United Statessmbale

SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Continue reading →

31Mar/17

SpaceX launches first recycled rocket

March 31, 2017SpaceBook:SpaceX, Businesspeople, Elon Musk, embry-riddle aeronautical university, Falcon 9, Fred Katayama, Hawthorne California, Hyperloop, Jeff Bezos, Musk, Outer space, Spaceflight, SpaceX, SpaceX launch vehicles, SpaceX reusable launch system development program, Vladimir Golubev, VLADIMIR V. GOLUBEVsmbale

SpaceX Falcon 9 blasted off from Florida on Thursday in the first successful launch of a recycled rocket, a feat that may open an era of cheaper space travel. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →