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NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter's moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life
Read full article: NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter's moon Europa in search of the right conditions for lifeA NASA spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and reveal whether its hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.
Severe solar storm could stress power grids even more as US deals with major back-to-back hurricanes
Read full article: Severe solar storm could stress power grids even more as US deals with major back-to-back hurricanesSpace weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes.
New Mars study suggests an ocean's worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface
Read full article: New Mars study suggests an ocean's worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surfaceA new study suggests Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean.
Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers
Read full article: Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorersScientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago.
Boeing's first astronaut flight called off at the last minute in latest setback
Read full article: Boeing's first astronaut flight called off at the last minute in latest setbackMission managers say last-minute computer trouble has nixed the latest launch attempt for Boeingโs first astronaut flight.
4 new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month stay
Read full article: 4 new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month staySpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station who will oversee the arrival of two new rocketships during their stint.
First US moon lander in half a century stops working a week after tipping over at touchdown
Read full article: First US moon lander in half a century stops working a week after tipping over at touchdownThe first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since the Apollo astronauts has fallen silent, a week after breaking a leg and tipping over near the lunar south pole.
US company's lunar lander rockets toward the moon for a touchdown attempt next week
Read full article: US company's lunar lander rockets toward the moon for a touchdown attempt next weekAnother private U.S. company is taking a shot at the moon, launching a month after a rival's lunar lander missed its mark.
Astronauts from Turkey, Sweden and Italy launch to space station on latest chartered flight
Read full article: Astronauts from Turkey, Sweden and Italy launch to space station on latest chartered flightSpaceX has launched Turkey's first astronaut along with a Swede and Italian to the International Space Station.
SpaceX accused of unlawfully firing employees who were critical of Elon Musk
Read full article: SpaceX accused of unlawfully firing employees who were critical of Elon MuskA U.S. labor agency has accused SpaceX of unlawfully firing employees who penned an open letter critical of CEO Elon Musk and creating an impression that worker activities were under surveillance by the rocket ship company.
NASA says more science and less stigma are needed to understand UFOs
Read full article: NASA says more science and less stigma are needed to understand UFOsNASA says the study of UFOs will require new scientific techniques, including advanced satellites as well as a shift in how unidentified flying objects are perceived.
SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nationโs 1st woman in space, to International Space Station
Read full article: SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nationโs 1st woman in space, to International Space StationSaudi Arabiaโs first astronauts in decades are headed to the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight.
Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company
Read full article: Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the companyMusk joined a Twitter Space to say the suspensions were related to new rules banning private jet trackers. Twitter suspended an account that tweeted the whereabouts of his plane.
PHOTOS: See NASAโs moon rocket launch light up the night sky
Read full article: PHOTOS: See NASAโs moon rocket launch light up the night skyWhile many in Houston and across the country were sleeping, NASA made history by successfully launching the Orion capsule into space and to the moon. Here are some of the images captured at Kennedy Space Center.
Blind Houston veteran among group getting to experience NASAโS Artemis launch
Read full article: Blind Houston veteran among group getting to experience NASAโS Artemis launchCape Canaveral, Florida has been a busy destination this weekend for spectators awaiting NASAโs first Artemis test mission to the moon.
Beloved โDolphin Taleโ star Winter dies at Florida aquarium
Read full article: Beloved โDolphin Taleโ star Winter dies at Florida aquariumA prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the โDolphin Taleโ movies has died at a Florida aquarium despite life-saving efforts by animal care experts.
From space, astronaut sounds the alarm about climate crisis
Read full article: From space, astronaut sounds the alarm about climate crisisA French astronaut has used a video call from space to sound the alarm about worsening repercussions from climate change that he can see from the International Space Station.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches tiny critters, solar panels to space station
Read full article: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches tiny critters, solar panels to space stationSpaceX has launched a fresh load of supplies to the International Space Station, including thousands of tiny sea creatures and powerful solar panels.
New Zealand latest nation to sign space agreement with NASA
Read full article: New Zealand latest nation to sign space agreement with NASANew Zealand has become the latest country to sign a space agreement with U.S. space agency NASA, just as New Zealandโs nascent space industry begins to take off.
WATCH: SpaceX Starship SN 10 explodes moments after successful landing during test flight
Read full article: WATCH: SpaceX Starship SN 10 explodes moments after successful landing during test flightHOUSTON โ SpaceXโs prototype Starship SN 10 rocket launched successfully Wednesday during a test flight but exploded moments after a soft landing. So.... congrats and also RIP ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐ bye bye SN10, congrats on making history!!!! @spacex @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/FkDTa9ISRi โ Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) March 3, 2021The starship lifted off from SpaceXโs launch pad in Boca Chica, TX at approximately 5:13 p.m. The rocket flew to an altitude of about 10 kilometers before returning and completing a soft landing. Moments after touching down on the landing pad, the rocket burst into flames.
NASA releases Mars landing video: โStuff of our dreamsโ
Read full article: NASA releases Mars landing video: โStuff of our dreamsโโIt gives me goose bumps every time I see it, just amazing,โ said Dave Gruel, head of the entry and descent camera team. After spending the weekend binge-watching the descent and landing video, the team at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, shared the video at a news conference. โThese videos and these images are the stuff of our dreams," said Al Chen, who was in charge of the landing team. AdSix off-the-shelf color cameras were devoted to entry, descent and landing, looking up and down from different perspectives. The lone microphone turned on for landing failed, but NASA got some snippets of sound after touchdown: the whirring of the roverโs systems and wind gusts.
Mars landing team 'awestruck' by photo of descending rover
Read full article: Mars landing team 'awestruck' by photo of descending roverThis Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 photo provided by NASA shows the Perseverance rover lowered towards the surface of Mars during its powered descent. (NASA via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. โ The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface. NASA equipped the spacecraft with a record 25 cameras and two microphones, many of which were turned on during Thursdayโs descent. It's the ninth time that NASA has successfully landed on Mars __ and the fifth rover. As it did with 2012's Curiosity rover โ still roaming 2,300 miles (3,750 kilometers) away โ NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed Perseverance descending beneath its massive parachute.
NASAโs Perseverance rover has landed safely on Mars
Read full article: NASAโs Perseverance rover has landed safely on MarsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. โ A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. Two spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates and China swung into orbit around Mars on successive days last week. AdPerseverance, the biggest, most advanced rover ever sent by NASA, became the ninth spacecraft since the 1970s to successfully land on Mars, every one of them from the U.S. Two older NASA landers are still humming along on Mars: 2012โฒs Curiosity rover and 2018โฒs InSight. Perseverance promptly sent back two grainy, black-and-white photos of Marsโ pockmarked, pimply-looking surface, the roverโs shadow visible in the frame of one picture.
35 years since Challenger launch disaster: โNever forgottenโ
Read full article: 35 years since Challenger launch disaster: โNever forgottenโBarely 100 people โ all masked and seated or standing far apart โ gathered in front of Kennedy Space Centerโs Space Mirror Memorial. The widow of Challenger commander Dick Scobee quietly observed the anniversary from her home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In a recent interview, June Scobee Rodgers said the presence of teacher Christa McAuliffe on the flight added to the crewโs lasting legacy. Scobee Rodgers helped establish the Challenger Center for Space Science Education in the wake of the accident, along with the other Challenger families. This year's observance focused on the Challenger crew โ McAuliffe, Scobee, Michael Smith, Judith Resnik, Ellison Onizuka, Ronald McNair and Gregory Jarvis.
35 years since Challenger launch disaster: 'Never forgotten'
Read full article: 35 years since Challenger launch disaster: 'Never forgotten'Barely 100 people โ all masked and seated or standing far apart โ gathered in front of Kennedy Space Centerโs Space Mirror Memorial. The widow of Challenger commander Dick Scobee quietly observed the anniversary from her home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In a recent interview, June Scobee Rodgers said the presence of teacher Christa McAuliffe on the flight added to the crewโs lasting legacy. Scobee Rodgers helped establish the Challenger Center for Space Science Education in the wake of the accident, along with the other Challenger families. This year's observance focused on the Challenger crew โ McAuliffe, Scobee, Michael Smith, Judith Resnik, Ellison Onizuka, Ronald McNair and Gregory Jarvis.
Blue Origin launches capsule to space with astronaut perks
Read full article: Blue Origin launches capsule to space with astronaut perksIn this image from video made available by Blue Origin, the company's New Shepard rocket lands after a test flight in West Texas on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. โ Jeff Bezosโ Blue Origin company launched a new capsule into space Thursday to test all the astronaut perks before people strap in. Thursdayโs flight with a dummy named Mannequin Skywalker lasted 10 minutes and reached 66 miles (106 kilometers) above West Texas. Both the New Shepard rocket and the capsule landed successfully. It was the 14th flight to the fringes of space for a New Shepard rocket.
WATCH LIVE: SpaceX to launch SXM-7 mission from Florida
Read full article: WATCH LIVE: SpaceX to launch SXM-7 mission from FloridaA Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 40 with the SiriusXM-7 satellite ready for launch. (Image: SpaceX)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. โ SpaceX is preparing for the launch of the SXM-7 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral. The Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster supporting this launch previously supported Crew Dragonโs first flight to the International Space Station (Demo-1), launch of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission and four Starlink launches in 2020. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9โฒs first stage on the โJust Read the Instructionsโ droneship, which will be located in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX said half of Falcon 9โฒs fairing previously supported the ANASIS-II mission in July 2020.
Delta IV Heavy rocket launches from Cape Canaveral
Read full article: Delta IV Heavy rocket launches from Cape CanaveralCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. โ A nighttime rocket launch lit up the skies over Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday. The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was originally set to launch about 5:15 p.m., from the Space Launch Complex-37. The launch was rescheduled for 7:09 p.m.You can watch again in the video below:
SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands
Read full article: SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-landsIn this screen grab from video posted by SpaceX, the company's Starship launches for a test flight, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in a remote area of Texas. (SpaceX via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. โ SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown. The full-scale, stainless steel model โ 160 feet (50 meters) tall and 30 feet (9 meters) in diameter โ soared out over the Gulf of Mexico. The entire flight โ as dramatic and flashy as it gets, even by SpaceX standards โ lasted six minutes and 42 seconds. โAnybody who knows how hard this stuff is is impressed by todayโs Starship test.โTwo lower, shorter SpaceX test flights earlier this year from Boca Chica, Texas โ a quiet coastal village before SpaceX moved in โ used more rudimentary versions of Starship.
First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18
Read full article: First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18The first woman and next man on the moon will come from this elite group. Vice President Mike Pence introduced the astronauts Wednesday at the close of his final meeting as chairman of the National Space Council. The space agency is aiming for a moon landing by 2024, although the chances of that happening are growing increasingly dim. Half of the NASA astronauts have spaceflight experience. โThe history is awesome, but weโre here to look toward the future,โ Acaba told reporters after the announcement.
First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18
Read full article: First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. โ NASA has named the 18 astronauts โ half of them women โ who will train for its Artemis moon-landing program. The first woman and next man on the moon will come from this elite group. Half of the NASA astronauts have spaceflight experience. Two are at the International Space Station right now: Kate Rubins and Victor Glover. The other experienced members on the list include Kjell Lindgren, Anne McClain and Scott Tingle, all former space station residents.
Test flight of SpaceX's Starship aborted at last second
Read full article: Test flight of SpaceX's Starship aborted at last secondCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. โ The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceXโs futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second in Texas on Tuesday. SpaceX came close to launching a prototype of the rocketship that company chief Elon Musk is designing to carry people to Mars. SpaceX already has conducted five Starship test flights, but these earlier, simpler models have gone no higher than 490 feet (150 meters.) SpaceX has taken over Boca Chica in the far southeastern corner of Texas, near the Mexican border, to build and test its Starships. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Instituteโs Department of Science Education.
First attempt of Starship SN8โฒs high-altitude flight test to take place in South Texas
Read full article: First attempt of Starship SN8โฒs high-altitude flight test to take place in South TexasThe two Dragon parking spots are just 15 feet (4.5 meters) or so apart. SpaceX redesigned its cargo ships to be as big as its spacious crew capsules in order to pack more in. The cargo Dragon will remain at the space station for a month, before parachuting into the Atlantic with science samples and discarded gear. The crew Dragon will stay up until spring. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Instituteโs Department of Science Education.