President Trump and first lady Melania Trump departed the White House Wednesday to watch the historic launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule ferry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The Trumps walked out of the Oval Office at 12:30 p.m., with the president skipping a Q&A with the gathered … Read more
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley loaded into the Crew Dragon Capsule, following a social distancing farewell with their families. The team was greeted by their wives and children at Launch Complex 39A, but unlike previous launches, were only allowed to send air hugs and blow kisses to their ahead of t family due to … Read more
Elon Musk has accepted absolute responsibility if today’s historic launch of two veteran NASA astronauts ends in tragedy, with the weather giving just a 50-50 chance of the life-off getting the green light. Musk told CBS This Morning: ‘I’m the chief engineer of this thing so I’d just like to say that if it goes … Read more
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, bringing them one-step closer to making history. The pair were chauffeured into the facility by a white Tesla Model X with NASA stickers placed on the front doors and decals on the windshield form each of the space … Read more
Elon Musk today prepares to blast two astronauts into space in SpaceX’s $4 billion touch-screen spaceship, beginning a new era of privatised exploration. Veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will take a Tesla ride across Kennedy Space Center in their Hollywood-inspired ‘Starman’ suits and tap into their Falcon 9 rocket ship using a … Read more
Air pollution plummeted over China starting in February when the country enforced lockdowns due to the coronavirus, but new data reveals emissions have rebounded since orders were lifted in April. NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) released images showing nitrogen levels from vehicles and industrial facilities have returned to near normal for this time of … Read more
The weather may still threaten the historical NASA and SpaceX launch, but the team is still moving ahead with their plans. Falcon 9, topped with the Crew Dragon capsule, is standing upright on the pad and the access arm is swung open for astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to walk across Wednesday. This will be … Read more
Charging the likes of NASA, ESA and SpaceX an annual fee for putting a satellite into orbit could help clamp down on the growing space debris problem, a study finds. Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder say an international agreement would be needed in order to charge operators ‘orbital use fees’ for every satellite. … Read more
International Space Station Commander Chris Cassidy has spoken out about the significance of NASA‘s upcoming space flight, which will be the first launched from US soil since the space shuttle program ended. ‘It’s a gigantic deal,’ says Cassidy during a live interview from space as he spoke about the Wednesday launch that will bring astronauts Bob … Read more
NASA is on the hunt for volunteers for a ‘social isolation’ mission that simulates the psychological effects of confinement. In a nod to the current virus pandemic, the space agency is after healthy participants to live together in isolation for eight months in Moscow, Russia. The ground based ‘SIRIUS-20’ mission will help NASA learn more … Read more