The Artemis I heat shield, which protects the capsule during re-entry, experienced unexpected material loss. NASA determined the cause was insufficient gas release from the Avcoat material, leading to cracking […]
Astronauts
Blue Origin completes 28th mission
Blue Origin has successfully completed its ninth human spaceflight and the 28th flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Emily Calandrelli, Sharon Hagle, Marc Hagle, Austin Litteral, […]
SpaceX’s CRS-31 mission launches much needed supplies to ISS for NASA’s astronauts
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched CRS-31, NASA’s re-supply mission to the astronauts on the International Space Station on Monday, November 4, at 9:29 p.m. ET. This was Dragon’s 31st Commercial Resupply […]
NASA’s 24th anniversary celebrates a “permanent human presence in space”
NASA officials noted that Saturday marked the 24-year anniversary of the agency and its partners maintaining a permanent human presence in space. “To put this in perspective, this means that […]
Daily Mail: Astronauts on the ISS are braced for an urgent evacuation
Excerpt from news authored by Wiliam Hunter, Daily MailPublished at 07:33 EDT, October 28, 2024 The U.S. space agency and its Russian counterpart, Roscomos, are tracking 50 ‘areas of concern’ […]
SpaceX’s Dragon’s journey to return Crew-8 astronauts from ISS after many delays
Dragon and Crew-8 autonomously undocked from the International Space Station at 5:05 p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 23. After performing a series of departure burns to move away from the […]
SpaceX, at zero to 4,000 mph in less than three minutes, begins NASA’s Crew-9 astronauts’ journey on way to ISS
Cape Canaveral’s weather cooperated on September 28, despite hurricane Helene, making it possible at 1:17 ET for SpaceX to send NASA’s Crew 9 astronauts, NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and […]
SpaceX’s Saturday launch of the Crew-9 astronauts’ mission tenuous due to Helene
SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Saturday, September 28, at 1:17 p.m. EDT due to Tropical Storm Helene, for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s ninth operational human spaceflight […]
SpaceX preps for Saturday’s Crew-9 mission of two astronauts to conduct experiments and demonstrations on ISS
SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Saturday, September 28 due to Tropical Storm Helene, for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s ninth operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-9) to the […]
Kudos to SpaceX bringing ’em home safely as Polaris Dawn’s commercial astronauts return from successful mission
After nearly five days on orbit, Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew safely splashed down at 3:36 a.m. ET on Sunday, September 15 off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, […]