Dodging stormy weather ahead Hurricane MiltonSpaceX launched the European Space Agency’s $398 million Hera probe on Monday for a follow-up flight to find out exactly how a moon orbiting a small asteroid was affected by the rapid impact of NASA’s DART probe in 2022. The launch doubted until the last moment, with thick clouds and … Read more
When you buy from our articles through links, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber A unique SpaceX mission is underway. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off today (September 28) at 1:17 PM EDT (1717 GMT) from Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A SpaceX mission launching Saturday aims to reunite the Boeing Starliner astronauts with the spacecraft that will take them home. NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have been on the International Space Station for more … Read more
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Source: SpaceX Polaris Dawn has landed. The historic SpaceX astronaut mission, which included the first-ever private spacewalk, returned to Earth today (Sept. 15), landing safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida at 3:36 a.m. … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew begins its fifth day in space, having achieved a series of record-setting milestones during a historic journey including the world’s first commercial spacewalk. Taking a spacewalk is nothing new. NASA has … Read more
A SpaceX crew undertakes the first privately funded spacewalk in the company’s riskiest mission yet. A billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two SpaceX employees have been orbiting Earth aboard Crew Dragon from Florida since just before sunrise on Tuesday. It’s the latest and riskiest attempt by the Elon Musk-led company to push … Read more
Boeing and NASA teams work around NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft after it landed unmanned at White Sands Space Harbor. Credit – Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Boeing made little mention of the two empty spacesuits that returned with the Starliner spacecraft when it landed uncrewed in New Mexico at 10:01 p.m. MDT on … Read more
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft carrying the crew returned to Earth shortly after midnight Eastern Time on Sept. 7, 2024, without its two-person crew. The remotely piloted return marked the end of a fraught test flight to the International Space Station that left two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, on the station months longer than … Read more
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft carrying the crew returned to Earth shortly after midnight Eastern Time on Sept. 7, 2024, without its two-person crew. The remotely piloted return marked the end of a fraught test flight to the International Space Station that left two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, on the station months longer than … Read more
Later today, NASA will attempt to autonomously undock Boeing’s much-hyped Starliner spacecraft from the International Space Station and deorbit it for a soft landing in the New Mexico desert. Serious technical problems with the spacecraft’s propulsion systems led NASA to decide not to take the two astronauts it was carrying back home. Instead, NASA planned … Read more