China moon mission races concerns of a new space race
(NewsNation) — China’s recent moon mission that retrieved rock samples from the dark side of the moon may be raising red flags over a future territorial fight in space. “China …
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Boeing Starliner with Sunita Williams could wait months in space before return as NASA mulls extending mission duration
Washington, DC [US]: Projected to last only days, the first crewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft with two astronauts onboard is in limbo with no exact return to Earth …
‘Not stranded’: Nasa insists Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams ‘enjoying their time’ at space station
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who launched aboard Boeing‘s Starliner capsule on June 5, will remain at the International Space Station for an extended period as engineers work …
OceanGate co-founder to explore Bahamas ‘portal to hell’
Guillermo Söhnlein, the co-founder and former CEO of OceanGate, plans to lead an expedition to Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas often called the ‘portal to hell‘, a sinkhole known …
Boeing: Nasa, Boeing to continue evaluating Starliner’s propulsion system performance before it’s return from space
Nasa on Thursday said that it will continue evaluating the performance of Starliner‘s propulsion system in collaboration with Boeing before the shuttle‘s return from the International Space Station (ISS).The space …
SpaceX gets $830M NASA contract for space station vehicle
(NewsNation) — NASA has awarded a contract that would potentially be valued at $830 million to Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to develop a vehicle capable of deorbiting the International Space Station. …
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams stuck in space station for 2 weeks. What’s delaying her return to Earth
Bengaluru: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are still stuck inside the International Space Station (ISS) after two failed attempts to return to Earth onboard the Starliner spacecraft, which …
Incredible New Photo of Mars Shows the Solar System’s Biggest Volcano
A crop of NASA’s latest Mars Odyssey photo. This image shows Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system, in the foreground and Mars’ atmosphere spanning the sky above …
Decommissioned Russian satellite breaks up in space; astronauts on ISS take shelter
(NewsNation) — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were forced to take shelter on Wednesday after a decommissioned Russian-owned satellite broke up in space, causing more than 100 pieces of debris …
NASA Desperately Needs New Spacesuits. Private Firms Are Struggling to Make Them
Almost exactly two years ago, as it prepared for the next generation of human spaceflight, NASA chose a pair of private companies to design and develop new spacesuits. These were …