NASA has another astronaut on standby for the first manned lunar mission in more than 50 years, scheduled to launch as early as 2025. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas will serve as backup for three U.S. astronauts on the Artemis 2 lunar orbit flight, the agency announced today (July 3). Douglas will support commander Reid Wiseman,… Read More »
Annoyed Jack Hathaway He had one last hurdle to overcome before becoming a NASA astronaut candidate: finding time to hear the news. Hathaway was expecting a call from NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, then chief of the astronaut office, in 2021 to see if she, too, could join the agency. But Hathaway was aboard the carrier… Read More »
Four new astronauts are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Friday as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. Crew-8NASA’s eighth operational commercial crew mission will lift off on March 1 at 12:04 EST (0504 GMT). Kennedy Space Center Using in Florida SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor spacecraft Falcon 9 rocket. Crew Dragon The… Read More »