With a successful test of Starship Flight 6, SpaceX has continued building on its many… The post Starbase continues its rapid pace of advancement after Starship Flight 6 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com..
Aaron Yazzie’s dream of being part of humanity’s exploration of space took him on a journey from his childhood home on the Navajo Nation to working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. His journey reflects not only his personal ambition, but also a commitment to elevating Indigenous representation in science, technology, engineering, […].
The Thanksgiving holiday typically brings families and friends together in a celebration of common gratitude for all the good things that have happened during the previous year. People celebrate the holiday in various ways, with parades, football marathons, and attending services, but food remains the over-arching theme. For astronauts embarked on long-duration space missions, separation […].
The European Space Agency has awarded an Open Cosmos-led consortium a €34.6 million contract to develop, launch, and commission a constellation of three satellites for the agency’s NanoMagSat mission. NanoMagSat was approved for development by the ESA’s Earth Observation Programme Board in February 2024 under the agency’s Scout initiative. ESA Scout missions aim to enhance […] The post ESA Award Open Cosmos a €34.6M for NanoMagSat Mission appeared first on European Spaceflight..
European officials say the Vega C rocket is ready for its return to flight next week despite a technical issue that will delay the launch of an Earth science satellite by at least a day. The post Vega C return to flight slips a day appeared first on SpaceNews..
On Nov. 30, 2002, NASA astronauts John Herrington (pictured) and Michael Lopez-Alegria performed the third and final spacewalk of the STS-113 mission. The goal of the mission was to install and activate the Port 1 Integrated Truss Assembly (P1). The first major component installed on the left side of the Station, the P1 truss provides […].
A bell rings and a strobe light flashes as a pilot pulls the nose of the DC-9 aircraft up sharply. The blood quickly drains from researchers’ heads as they are pulled to the cabin floor by a force twice that of normal gravity. Once the acceleration slows to the desired level, and the NASA aircraft […].
A bell rings and a strobe light flashes as a pilot pulls the nose of the DC-9 aircraft up sharply. The blood quickly drains from researchers’ heads as they are pulled to the cabin floor by a force twice that of normal gravity. Once the acceleration slows to the desired level, and the NASA aircraft […].
Ground traffic management program saves passengers and airlines time while cutting fuel costs.