Tag: NASA
NASA astronauts’ return on Boeing’s spaceship faces repeated delays
The Starliner’s test flight to the International Space Station is meant to demonstrate that the vehicle can safely ferry astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit [more…]
Starliner Faces an Indefinite Wait in Space While NASA Investigates Its Faults
In an update released late Friday evening, NASA said it was “adjusting” the date of the Starliner spacecraft’s return to Earth from June 26 to [more…]
NASA indefinitely delays return of Starliner to review propulsion data
Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner capsule lifts off aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket. In an update released late Friday evening, NASA said it was [more…]
Is an old NASA probe about to redraw the frontier of the solar system?
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is hurtling out of the solar system at an incredible speed. It is currently about 8 billion kilometres from the sun, [more…]
NASA gets Voyager 1 back online from 15 billion miles away after technical problem
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is transmitting data again after a technical issue in November. Voyager 1 is drifting through the space between star systems on [more…]
NASA lunar orbiter pictures Chinese space probe on far side of the moon
NASA has shared the first photos taken of China’s Chang’e-6 space probe captured on the far side of the moon. The images of China’s sample [more…]
NASA says Voyager 1 is fully back online months after it stopped making sense
Voyager 1, the farthest human-made craft from the Earth, is finally sending back data from all four of its scientific instruments, NASA said this week. [more…]
Solar storm slams Mars in eerie new NASA footage
The same gigantic sunspot that was responsible for triggering a historic geomagnetic storm on Earth in mid-May whipped up a legendary one for Mars a [more…]
NASA accidentally airs ISS emergency drill for astronauts
NASA has been forced to reassure the public that there is no emergency aboard the International Space Station after audio of a medical drill was [more…]
NASA is commissioning 10 studies on Mars Sample Return—most are commercial
Enlarge / An artist’s concept of a Mars Ascent Vehicle orbiting the red planet. NASA announced Friday that it will award contracts to seven companies, [more…]
