Tag results for: Astronautics
SpaceX boss Elon Musk predicts date of next Starship test | Tech Reader
Elon Musk said on social media on Monday that he expects the third Starship test flight to launch “in about three weeks.”
The SpaceX CEO’s message comes despite no...
Watch this astronaut perform a space waltz on the ISS | Tech Reader
Axiom Space’s third private astronaut crew to visit the International Space Station (ISS) returned safely to Earth on Friday after staying in orbit for just over two weeks.
Walter...
One last orbit: how and why NASA kills its own spacecraft | Tech Reader
For more than a decade, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has been searching the sky for near-Earth objects. Using its infrared vision, the spacecraft,...
Homecoming private astronaut shares gorgeous shots of Earth | Tech Reader
Axiom Space’s third private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was supposed to last two weeks but the all-European crew stayed for a few extra days while...
How to watch the Ax-3 crew splash down on Friday | Tech Reader
The first all-European private astronaut mission has departed the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the same SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that took it there just over two weeks...
NASA marks 40 years since this astonishing feat in orbit | Tech Reader
On February 7, 1984, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II performed the first untethered spacewalk.
An incredible photograph of the event shows McCandless floating in space, entirely alone, with Earth...
