If the 20th century’s space race was about political power, this century’s will be about money. But for those who dream of sending humans back to the moon and possibly Mars, this is an exciting time of survival, whether it’s presidents or billionaires who pay the price. Spaceflight is experiencing a renaissance moment; It brings… Read More »
If all goes well, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be launched into space on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on May 6, 2024. This last major test for Starliner, which will launch from Kennedy Space Center, will test the new spacecraft and take the duo to the International Space Station for about a week.… Read More »
CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The four-part documentary will conclude on Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA history, the shuttle Columbia disaster reshaped the U.S. space agency’s approach to innovation, forever shifting the balance between risk and… Read More »
Forty-three years after the space shuttle Columbia touched down from its maiden mission, CNN is set to air a four-part series chronicling the orbiter’s ill-fated final return to Earth. “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight,” a new documentary co-produced by the BBC and Mindhouse Productions, looks back at STS-107, the winged spacecraft’s 28th mission that ended… Read More »
CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The four-part documentary will premiere on Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. At its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration by keeping astronauts connected to space with a reusable and relatively inexpensive… Read More »
CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The four-part documentary will premiere on Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. At its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration by keeping astronauts connected to space with a reusable and relatively inexpensive… Read More »
Considering that it was Navy ships that rescued the Apollo crew and spacecraft that crashed from the Moon, it’s fitting that the largest temporary exhibit ever hosted by the Intrepid, a converted aircraft carrier, is themed around the first Moon landing. The museum, which has been on Manhattan’s west side since 1982, has brought down… Read More »
Richard “Dick” Truly, one of the first astronauts to fly on the space shuttle and later served as NASA’s eighth administrator, has died at the age of 86. Truly’s death on Tuesday, February 27, was confirmed by the Space Explorers Association, a professional organization for the world’s astronauts and cosmonauts, which counts Truly as a… Read More »
Emily Swaim Astronauts need more calories and nutrients than anyone else on Earth. But packaged foods lose their nutritional value in space, so what will people eat on long space missions? Scientists have found the best food for astronauts, and it’s worth trying it for yourself. In the not-too-distant future, humans may go to Mars… Read More »