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Another day, another contract: SpaceX awarded three more NASA astronaut launch contracts
NASA has ordered three additional Crew Dragon astronaut flights from SpaceX, bringing the total number of operational missions the firm has been contracted to undertake from six to nine months after declaring its plan. After issuing a half-hearted Request For Information (RFI) in October, NASA revealed intentions to award more contracts in December 2021. That […] More
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NASA: International Space Station ‘largely isolated’ from tensions over Ukraine
Even as tensions between the two nations rise over the Ukraine crisis, the long-standing partnership between the US and Russia in running the International Space Station (ISS) looks to be on stable ground. NASA is continuing in discussions with Roscosmos, its Russian equivalent, on a new “crew exchange” arrangement seven weeks after the Biden administration […] More
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NASA is stunned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink: Rivals Seek FCC Protection From ~30,000 Satellites
The Starlink satellite internet network proposed by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for the deployment of about 30,000 second-generation satellites has been criticized on numerous fronts. Since its inception, Starlink has launched more than 2,000 spacecraft in an effort to build a constellation of satellites before its bigger competitors can do the same. By filing […] More
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NASA is concerned about Elon Musk’s Plan to launch 30,000 Starlink Satellites!
Elon Musk’s ambitious satellite launch plan has NASA worried that it would convert space into a busy junction, with potentially disastrous ramifications for humans, the International Space Station, and early asteroid detection. Musk’s SpaceX is seeking authorization to launch an extra 30,000 satellites into orbit to build a second-generation “constellation” for its Starlink broadband internet […] More
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NASA and SpaceX are Studying Lagging Parachutes Problem on Crew Dragon Spacecraft: Crew-4 Launch Still on Target
NASA and SpaceX are still looking into the source of the Dragon spacecraft’s delayed parachute openings, a behavior that has not passed any safety criteria and is not expected to postpone the next crewed flight. Officials from the agency and the corporation acknowledged on Friday that teams are looking into the parachute release procedure on […] More
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Successfully Captures Its First Glimmer of Light
The James Webb Space Telescope has reached a crucial milestone in its deployment, with an onboard device detecting its first photons from a distant star. Engineers may now start aligning the space telescope’s 18 mirrors, which will take three months. The $10 billion Webb mission, which is currently in its seventh week, has been as […] More
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NASA Gives Green Light To The First Private Crew Mission to ISS on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket!
The International Space Station (ISS) has hosted over 244 astronauts who have completed 403 separate trips in its 24 years of operation. Except for a few tourists, they were all astronauts on NASA and its allies’ publicly-funded missions, such as Russia, Japan, Canada, or the European Space Agency. However, the first-ever commercial expedition to the […] More
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NASA reveals Plans to Destroy the International Space Station: De-orbit ISS in January 2031
The International Space Station (ISS) is already in its third decade of advancing scientific knowledge, and experts throughout the globe are optimistic about what it may yet do. The station, however, will not remain indefinitely, and NASA has now issued a paper outlining its intentions to decommission the ISS. Of course, they can not simply […] More
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What NASA’s James Webb Looks Like From Powerful Earth Telescopes: Prepare to be Underwhelmed
The James Webb Space Telescope has had a very interesting month! The telescope spent the weeks after its launch on Christmas Day deploying its mirrors, inspecting individual segments, and then navigating to L2, where it would spend the next 10 to twenty years unraveling the secrets of the universe. James Webb is set to begin […] More
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Tom Cruise stunned by NASA Astronaut’s Experiences On SpaceX Rocket: ‘Riding On SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Was The Best Part Of His Journey’
Veteran actor Tom Cruise was startled by astronaut Victor Glover’s adventures aboard Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon spacecraft in a podcast with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Glover was a member of the NASA-SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station, which launched in November 2020 […] More
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds a Strong Carbon Signature in Martian Rocks: Could Indicate Biological Activity
As far as we know, carbon is essential for life. As a result, any significant carbon signature found on the surface of Mars might suggest biological activity. Is a high carbon signal in Martian rocks indicative of life processes? When you are looking for life, a strong carbon signal is exciting. It exists in all […] More
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Team Looks Back on Successful Deployments: Let’s celebrate the team that got it there!
The ultimate entry into orbit around the second Lagrange point was the major news for Webb this week. The High-Gain Antenna was also switched on, allowing a downlink to Earth through the Deep Space Network utilizing the Ka radio band. The Ka-band transmits data at a far faster pace than the S-band, which Webb has […] More
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