If all goes well, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will blast into space late on May 6, 2024 on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. This final crucial test for Starliner, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, will test the new spacecraft and take the pair to the International Space Station for about a week. This … Read more
The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: the last flight‘ reveals the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary concludes Sunday at 9:00 PM ET/PT. Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA history, the Columbia shuttle disaster reshaped the U.S. space agency’s approach to innovation, changing how it balanced risk with the … Read more
The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: the last flight‘ reveals the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary concludes Sunday at 9:00 PM ET/PT. Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA history, the Columbia shuttle disaster reshaped the U.S. space agency’s approach to innovation, changing how it balanced risk with the … Read more
The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: the last flight‘ reveals the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary continues Sunday at 9 PM ET/PT. At its inception, NASA’s Space Shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively inexpensive ride to orbit. … Read more
The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: the last flight‘ reveals the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary premieres Sunday at 9 PM ET/PT. At its inception, NASA’s Space Shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively inexpensive ride to orbit. … Read more
The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: the last flight‘ reveals the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary premieres Sunday at 9 PM ET/PT. At its inception, NASA’s Space Shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively inexpensive ride to orbit. … Read more
Richard “Dick” Truly, one of the first astronauts to fly the space shuttle and later led NASA as its eighth administrator, has died at the age of 86. Truly’s death on Tuesday (Feb. 27) was confirmed by the Association of Space Explorers, a professional organization for the world’s astronauts and cosmonauts, which considered Truly a … Read more
Emily Swaim Astronauts require more calories and nutrients than anyone on Earth. But packaged food loses nutritional value in space, so what will people eat during long space missions? Scientists have discovered the best meal for astronauts and it’s worth trying for yourself. In the not-so-distant future, humans may travel to Mars or beyond. These … Read more
The space shuttle Endeavor is wrapped in protective shrink wrap and is parked next to its external fuel tanks as it waits to be lifted by a 450-foot crane and placed next to its fuel tanks at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center next week. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Barring … Read more