Science Nov 09 NASA bumps astronaut moon landing to 2025 at earliest NASA plans to launch an uncrewed mission, Artemis I, in early 2022, with the spacecraft flying to the moon and back as a prelude to crewed missions.
Science Nov 09 SpaceX returns four astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight Four astronauts are back on Earth after a 200-day space station mission. They rode home Monday in a SpaceX capsule, parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, Florida, in darkness.
Science Oct 31 SpaceX delays astronaut flight due to rough wind, waves SpaceX has bumped its next astronaut flight for NASA until Wednesday because of rough wind and waves hundreds of miles away.
Science Oct 16 NASA’s asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. Seven of the mysterious space rocks are among swarms of asteroids sharing Jupiter’s orbit, thought to be the pristine…
Science Oct 14 NASA set to launch a robot to explore asteroids near Jupiter A plaque attached to the spacecraft includes lines from songs the Beatles wrote, along with quotes from other luminaries. From a John Lennon single: We all shine on . . . like the moon and the stars and the sun.
Arts Oct 12 WATCH: William Shatner goes to space on Blue Origin rocket Shatner became the oldest person in space, eclipsing the previous record — set by a passenger on a similar jaunt on a Bezos spaceship in July — by eight years. The flight included about three minutes of weightlessness and a…
Arts Oct 04 Actor William Shatner of Star Trek fame is actually going to space At age 90, Shatner will become the oldest person in space. He'll join three others — two of them paying customers — aboard a Blue Origin capsule. It will be the company's second launch with a crew.
Science Sep 02 NASA’s newest Mars rover snags 1st rock sample for return The chief engineer for the Perseverance rover said Thursday he's "never been more happy to see a hole in a rock." He called it a perfect core sample.
Nation Jul 19 WATCH: Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos reaches space on 1st passenger flight The capsule is entirely automated, unlike Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic rocket plane that required two pilots to get him to space and back a week ago.
World Jul 11 Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, beating out fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos.