WASHINGTON — NASA officials expressed confidence that a key test of the Space Launch System scheduled for Jan. 16 will go well, keeping open the chances that the vehicle will make its long-delayed debut before the end of the year. NASA has scheduled a full-duration static-fire test of the SLS core stage at the Stennis […]
Read More SLS core stage ready for Green Run test firing – SpaceNewsNASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, aims to carry astronauts to the moon in 2024 as part of the Artemis project. This weekend at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gave the public its first up-close look at the system, which he described as “the most powerful rocket ever built.” […]
Read More NASA unveils ‘the most powerful rocket ever built’ | EngadgetThe late Doohan, who famously portrayed chief engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott on the original TV series “Star Trek,” had his ashes smuggled aboard the International Space Station, where they fittingly float in space today. “I have been keeping a secret for over 12 years,” Chris Doohan, one of the sons of the “Star Trek” actor wrote on […]
Read More ‘Star Trek’ Scotty: James Doohan’s ashes smuggled on Space StationCRS-21 Mission:
Read More Watch “CRS-21 Mission” on YouTubeA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and cargo Dragon spacecraft stand ready for liftoff at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida for the company’s 21st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-21) mission to the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for today, Dec. 6, at 11:17 a.m. EST… More about this article in the link […]
Read More SpaceX Falcon 9 and Cargo Dragon Stand Ready for CRS-21 Launch – SpaceXSpaceX’s first attempt to fly astronauts to space and back was, from start to finish, a success. The launch into orbit—seamless. The spacecraft’s arrival at the International Space Station—smoothly done. On return, the capsule, buffeted by billowy parachutes, coasted through the sky, toward the waters off the coast of Florida—a vision of a new era […]
Read More Flying Astronauts to Space Is Never Routine – The AtlanticThere’s never been a radio silence quite like this one. After long months with no way of making contact with Voyager 2, NASA has finally reestablished communications with the record-setting interstellar spacecraft… More about this article in the link below… https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-finally-makes-contact-with-voyager-2-after-long-spell-of-radio-silence
Read More NASA Finally Makes Contact With Voyager 2 After Longest Radio Silence in 30 YearsThe new lavatory is a symbol of the agency’s growing recognition of female astronauts’ needs…More about this in the link below… https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/10/space-toilet-nasa-women/616686/
Read More NASA Finally Built a Space Toilet for Women – The AtlanticData from Southwest Research Institute-led instruments aboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft have helped reveal auroral emissions in the far ultraviolet around a comet for the first time. At Earth, auroras are formed when charged particles from the Sun follow our planet’s magnetic field lines to the north and south poles. There, solar particles strike atoms and molecules in […]
Read More Rosetta spacecraft detects unexpected ultraviolet aurora at a comet
