The rivalry between the two most powerful countries in the world, which has worsened in recent years and spread all over the world, has now spread beyond the earth to the heavenly realms. As China moves toward direct hostility with other regional neighbors while falling into the trap of strategic competition with the United States,… Read More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally preparing to send astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. This is the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew, a pair of NASA pilots who will control the spacecraft during the test run, and a week-long stay… Read More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally preparing to send astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. This is the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew, a pair of NASA pilots who will control the spacecraft during the test run, and a week-long stay… Read More »
China has launched a probe that will fly to the far side of the moon and bring pieces of it back to Earth. The Chang’e-6 probe aims to help us better understand the far side of the lunar surface. The area is difficult to explore because radio communication with Earth has been lost; But because… Read More »
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China launched a lunar probe Friday to land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could shed light on the differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. It’s the latest advance in China’s increasingly sophisticated space exploration program, which is now competing with… Read More »
Two experienced astronauts flew to Kennedy Space Center on Thursday afternoon to prepare for the first piloted launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, a long-awaited flight for years. behind schedule after two uncrewed test flights and comprehensive studies to solve various technical problems. Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita WilliamsTwo of NASA’s most experienced astronauts, who… Read More »
Three Chinese taikonauts took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Thursday and Tiangong space station to change three long-term crew members those nearing the end of their six-month stay in space. with senior Ye GuangfuAt the controls of the 43-year-old Shenzhou 18 spacecraft, flanked by rookies Li Cong, 34, and… Read More »
This month, Junipero Serra High School in Gardena held a pep rally to celebrate the accomplishments of its cutting-edge space team, perhaps its least traditional team. Seniors Isaiah Dunn, Christopher Holbert, Travis Leonard, Anderson Pecot and Henry Toler, junior Keith Davie and freshman Jonathan Cruz showed their classmates around the 3D printing experiment they sent… Read More »
As I push down the red airlock and step into our space station, I wonder: Will I eventually lose my mind and have to be pulled out? After all, in the popular television series For All Mankind, one of the first astronauts to live on the Moon for an extended period of time does just… Read More »
Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir AksyonovHe died at the age of 89, having flown into space twice, once on a refurbished spacecraft and then on the first manned test of a new model. Aksyonov’s death was announced by Russia’s federal space company Roscosmos on Tuesday, April 9. “On behalf of the Roscosmos state company and myself, I… Read More »