The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Has Made Its Last Flight
In a press conference Thursday, NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced the conclusion of the highly successful Ingenuity mission.
For Now, It’s Bye-Bye Antares, Hello Falcon 9: Cygnus Resupply Mission to the ISS Next Week
Northrop Grumman (NG) and SpaceX are set to launch the Cygnus spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket next week from Florida to the International Space Station. The launch window opens at 12:29 PM on Monday, January 29th.
NASA to Commemorate Fallen Heroes with Annual Day of Remembrance
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WASHINGTON D.C. – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to honor the memory of astronauts who sacrificed their lives in the pursuit of space exploration and discovery.
GPS … Another Benefit of America’s Space Program
Do you remember family road trips of years gone by? A designated navigator would sit in the front passenger seat with a map and a highlighter, or with a AAA TripTik, telling the driver what turn to take next.
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Axiom-3 Launches From Kennedy Space Center
Photo: Charles Boyer
Minutes before a warm front brought heavy showers to Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX launched the Axiom 3 mission on a 16 day round trip to the ISS. Four Axiom Space astronauts rode the chartered Space-X Crew Dragon module to orbit on top of a Falcon 9 booster at 4:49 PM EST this evening. The all-European crew is expected to dock at ISS in two days’ time and stay aboard the station until February 3, 2024.
Medications in Space: A Challenging Problem for Space Scientists
It’s Happened Before….
In the factual 1995 feature film Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell, one of the other two Apollo 13 astronauts, Fred Haise played by Bill Paxton, gets quite ill during the flight back from the moon.
SpaceX Delays Axiom-3 Launch
Photo: Charles Boyer
Earlier today, SpaceX announced that they are delaying their planned launch of Falcon 9 carrying four astronauts to orbit aboard a Crew Dragon to the International Space Station for “teams to complete pre-launch checkouts and data analysis on the vehicle.”
The mission on behalf of Axiom Space is dubbed Axiom-3 and will now launch NET on Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 4:49 PM EST.
Ax-3 Crewed Rocket Launch and Sonic Boom Expected Tomorrow
Axiom Space’s third commercial astronaut mission, Ax-3, is set to be a historic event as the first all-European commercial astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission underscores a new era in space travel, where access to low-Earth orbit (LEO) is becoming increasingly commercialized and international.
NASA and Lockheed Resurrect Supersonic Commercial Flight … Maybe
It’s been a quarter of a century since commercial passengers could fly to American destinations at beyond the speed of sound. That was on the iconic Concorde, a joint French and English venture initiated in 1954 with first commercial flight in 1976.
The Best Places To View a Crewed Rocket Launch
Photo: Charles Boyer
Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Florida’s Space Coast every year to view a rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
While the area is accommodating and friendly to tourists, those same tourists often ask the same question of the locals: “Where is the best places to view a rocket launch?” The answer to “where is the best place to view a launch?” is best prefaced with “it depends.”
Record-Breaking Global Temperatures in 2023: NASA’s Climate Analysis
Washington, D.C.– NASA said in a news release last week that their latest climate change analysis has determined that 2023 was the warmest year on record for Earth’s average surface temperature.