Chinese astronauts inspect damaged Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during 8-hour spacewalk (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) Chinese astronauts just got an up-close look at the damage that space junk can cause. Two astronauts of the three-person Shenzhou 21 mission conducted an extravehicular activity (EVA) outside China’s Tiangong space station on Tuesday (Dec. 9). They […]
NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts land aboard Russian Soyuz after 8 months on International Space Station (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut are safely back on Earth after spending eight months aboard the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-27 crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of the Russian […]
Watch SpaceX launch mystery mission for the US military today (Image Credit: Space.com) Watch live! SpaceX launches classified NROL-77 mission for the US military – YouTube Watch On SpaceX will launch a secret payload for the U.S. military today (Dec. 9), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket […]
Watch 3 astronauts land on Earth aboard Russian spacecraft early Dec. 9 (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Soyuz MS-27 Re-entry and Landing – YouTube Watch On Three astronauts will come back to Earth early Tuesday morning (Dec. 9), and you can watch their homecoming live. NASA’s Jonny Kim and Sergey […]
US Senate committee advances renomination of Jared Isaacman as head of NASA (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA may finally be on the cusp of regaining official leadership. Jared Isaacman, the billionaire tech entrepreneur and sponsor of SpaceX’s private Polaris spaceflight program, faced a key vote on Monday evening (Dec. 8) before the U.S. […]
Astronaut and cosmonauts land aboard Russian Soyuz after 8-months on International Space Station (Image Credit: Space.com) Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut are safely back on Earth after spending eight months aboard the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-27 crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of the Russian federal space corporation Roscosmos, […]
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record 32nd flight of Falcon 9 rocket (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just set a new record for a “flight-proven” booster, landing for the 32nd time after helping loft Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The company’s Booster 1067 […]
Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese technology-demonstrating satellite to orbit on Dec. 11 (Image Credit: Space.com) Rocket Lab will launch a Japanese technology-demonstrating satellite on Thursday night (Dec. 12), and you can watch the action live. A 59-foot-tall (18 meters) Electron rocket is scheduled to launch the “RAISE and Shine” mission from Rocket […]
5 key takeaways from Jared Isaacman’s 2nd NASA chief nomination hearing (Image Credit: Space.com) Can the U.S. beat China to the moon, and will NASA have the resources to do so? These were just some of the considerations raised when SpaceX billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman once again appeared before a Senate […]
Watch live: US Senate vote to appoint Jared Isaacman as head of NASA today (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA may finally be on the cusp of regaining official leadership as the Senate votes on Trump’s (re)nominated pick for the head of the space agency today. Jared Isaacman, billionaire tech entrepreneur and sponsor of […]
