A.Astronaut Butch Wilmore can’t forget the time he landed in permafrost. It was 2015, and Wilmore was returning to Earth aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft after spending 167 days on the International Space Station (ISS). The landing was on solid ground in Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, but braking rockets under the parachuted Soyuz needed to cushion the… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Boeing’s Starliner mission will make a third attempt to launch its first crewed flight test on Wednesday, a milestone a decade in the making. The new spacecraft’s first voyage, including humans, is on track to… Read More »
A new NASA project allows Instagram users to experience the wonders of the universe seen by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other space telescopes. It’s an augmented reality (AR) filter called the “Instagram experience” that takes stunningly beautiful celestial objects and places them right next to you on camera. This includes stellar debris destroyed in… Read More »
Rival companies Boeing and SpaceX are preparing for a busy week when each will launch their rockets and spacecraft on critical test flights. On Wednesday, Boeing will try for the third time to send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard the Starliner capsule. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:52 a.m. ET from Florida’s… Read More »
In October this year, NASA will launch one of the most advanced spacecraft ever assembled. His target? Europa is the fourth largest moon of Jupiter. Europa Clipper missionThe satellite, which aims to reach Europa by 2030, is equipped with a range of instruments that could help scientists understand the moon’s complex geology and composition. researchers… Read More »
Tomorrow (June 4) we’ll get an update on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, and it could be a pretty big deal. On June 3, the agency announced that the Hubble Space Telescope team would hold a press conference about the observatory’s status at 4 pm EDT (2000 GMT) tomorrow. Specifically, officials said the purpose of this… Read More »
This year’s induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame was also a reunion of sorts; The two award winners took the stage under the spacecraft where they once crossed paths. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida hosted the ceremony where the retired space shuttle Atlantis was exhibited on Saturday, June 1. A… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The final attempt at a crewed launch ceremony for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will be held on Wednesday after a computer glitch stopped the countdown minutes before Saturday’s liftoff. The historic mission, called Crew Flight Test,… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The final attempt at a crewed launch ceremony for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will be held on Wednesday after a computer glitch stopped the countdown minutes before Saturday’s liftoff. The historic mission, called Crew Flight Test,… Read More »
We may earn an affiliate commission from anything you purchase from this article. British journalist Adam Higginbotham, author of “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster,” returns with his comprehensively researched new book, “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space” (Simon). . & Schuster),… Read More »