Medicine & TechnologyNASA - The second astronaut sent to spend almost a year in space for science has left for the International Space Station on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Her return trip was scheduled in February of 2020.
After two days of space travel, the SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully arrives at the ISS. The 11th cargo mission of the Dragon will deliver supplies and science experiments to NASA astronauts in the space station.
Recent news says that SpaceX appears to be ready for the June 1 ISS cargo delivery mission for NASA after the successful static test fire of CRS-11 Falcon 9 last Sunday.
Two NASA astronauts were sent into space for an emergency repair at the ISS. Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer, needed to repair a space computer that lost its connection.
The first test flight of NASA's Orion capsule, designed to one day carry people to Mars, has been delayed until 2019 at the earliest due to high costs, the US space agency said Friday.
With over hundreds of thousands of floating space debris in space, Space Station and Satellite aviation is in constant peril with floating debris everywhere. If the condition is not addressed soon, Space travel will be very difficult if not impossible.
President Donald Trump calls on International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson. Part of his talk is to encourage women to pursue careers in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
China on Thursday launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft on a mission to dock with the country's space station, marking further progress in the ambitious Chinese space program.