Update, Oct. 26 — On Saturday, NASA said the astronaut who experienced a “medical issue” has been released from the hospital after an overnight stay and has now returned to Houston. “The crew member is in good health and will resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members,” the space …
Read More »NASA Launches Europa Clipper to Explore an Ocean Moon’s Habitability
Europa Clipper, the biggest interplanetary spacecraft that NASA has ever built, lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Monday afternoon. The mission will tackle one of biology’s core questions: Can life exist anywhere else in our solar system? The spacecraft’s destination is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, …
Read More »SpaceX Advances Starship Program With a Launch and a Catch
SpaceX pulled off a feat of technical wizardry on Sunday, not only flying a 233-foot rocket booster back to its launch site, but also catching it out of the air with two giant mechanical arms. It occurred during the fifth test flight of the Starship rocket and was a huge …
Read More »California Rejects Bid for More Frequent SpaceX Launches
A California state commission this week rejected the U.S. Space Force’s bid to increase the number of SpaceX rocket launches on the state’s central coast, citing concerns about the environmental impacts of the launches. The Space Force had sought to increase the number of launches of SpaceX’s flagship Falcon 9 …
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