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SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut released from hospital, returns to Houston (Image Credit: Space.com) The NASA astronaut who was hospitalized for a night after the splashdown of SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission has been released and is doing well, according to the agency. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule “Endeavour” returned to Earth on Friday morning (Oct. 25) off the […]
Watch Astronauts Give a Rare Tour of China’s Luxurious Space Station (Image Credit: futurism-com) [embedded content] We’ve never seen this much of the station before. Space Cribs Chinese astronauts on board the country’s Tiangong space station have given us a rare glimpse into what life is like roughly 260 miles above the surface. As seen […]
NASA Astronauts Hospitalized After Splashdown in Rare Incident (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) All four Crew-8 astronauts underwent medical evaluations at a Florida hospital Florida after returning from space on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon, and one astronaut was forced to stay overnight due to an unspecified medical issue. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission splashed down at 3:29 […]
Jaw-Dropping Report Reveals Causes of Arecibo Telescope Collapse (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) The famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed due to a combination of decayed zinc in the telescope’s cable sockets and previous damage from Hurricane Maria, according to a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The massive radio telescope’s […]
Europe’s bold ‘Explore 2040’ campaign aims to get astronauts to the moon and Mars (Image Credit: Space.com) The European Space Agency (ESA) is charting a bold course for the future, aiming to solidify Europe’s position in space exploration through the “Explore 2040” initiative. Josef Aschbacher, director-general of ESA, emphasized the need for Europe to increase […]
China wants to make its Tiangong space station bigger and better (Image Credit: Space.com) China has been operating its completed Tiangong orbital outpost for almost two years now — and is looking to expand its capabilities with new modules and spacecraft. The three-module, T-shaped Tiangong space station was fully assembled in November 2022, with the […]
SpaceX launches 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday evening (Oct. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:47 p.m. EDT (2147 GMT). (Image […]
‘Cosmic Dandelion’: A Mysterious 900-Year-Old Nebula Gets Mapped in Stunning Detail (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Somewhere out in deep space, there’s a beautiful cosmic weed, blasting its metaphorical pollen away from its core at ludicrous speeds. For almost 900 years, the massive space explosion that caused this weed to bloom was a mystery. Now, a cutting […]
Earth from space: Bizarre ‘pet cloud’ reappears above its favorite spot in New Zealand (Image Credit: Space.com) QUICK FACTS Where is it? Otago region, New Zealand [-45.39649095, 170.20379599] What’s in the photo? An elongated lenticular cloud known as the “Taieri Pet” Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8 When was it taken? Sept. 7, 2024 […]
New study of Apollo 16 moon samples reveals hidden lunar history (Image Credit: Space.com) Scientists continue to piece together the moon’s complex history using lunar samples collected during NASA’s Apollo missions over half a century ago. A fresh analysis of lunar dust collected by Apollo 16 astronauts in 1972 offers a clearer picture of the […]
