SpaceX Capsule Leaves ISS to Bring 4 Astronauts Back to Earth After 6 Months

SpaceX Capsule Leaves ISS to Bring 4 Astronauts Back to Earth After 6 Months

The fourth long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA departed the orbiting outpost on Friday to begin their flight back to Earth, capping a science mission of nearly six months. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying three US NASA astronauts and an Italian crewmate…

ESA Astronaut Candidates for Artemis II Lunar Mission Announced: All Details

ESA Astronaut Candidates for Artemis II Lunar Mission Announced: All Details

The European Space Agency announced a team of seven astronauts on Wednesday to train for NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon — but only one will have the chance to become the first European to walk on the lunar surface. The candidates — France’s Thomas Pesquet, Britain’s Tim Peake, Germany’s Alexander…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX in Talks With ESA to Allow Temporary Use of Its Launchers

Elon Musk’s SpaceX in Talks With ESA to Allow Temporary Use of Its Launchers

The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun preliminary technical discussions with Elon Musk’s SpaceX that could lead to the temporary use of its launchers after the Ukraine conflict blocked Western access to Russia’s Soyuz rockets. The private American competitor to Europe’s Arianespace has emerged as a key contender to plug…

Boeing’s Starliner to Return From ISS on Wednesday, NASA Shares Live Broadcast Details

Boeing’s Starliner to Return From ISS on Wednesday, NASA Shares Live Broadcast Details

Boeing’s Starliner capsule is set to undock from the International Space Station tomorrow on May 25 and will make its return to Earth, landing in the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. NASA has made arrangements to broadcast the upcoming return activities live for the spacecraft. It is said…

Boeing’s Starliner Capsule Uncrewed Test Flight Docks Successfully With International Space Station

Boeing’s Starliner Capsule Uncrewed Test Flight Docks Successfully With International Space Station

Boeing’s new Starliner crew capsule docked for the first time with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, completing a major objective in a high stakes do-over test flight into orbit without astronauts aboard. The rendezvous of the gumdrop-shaped CST-100 Starliner with the orbital research outpost, currently home to a…

NASA’s International Space Station Lab Develops Ultracold Atomic Bubbles, Paves New Way for Quantum Research

NASA’s International Space Station Lab Develops Ultracold Atomic Bubbles, Paves New Way for Quantum Research

NASA’s Cold Atom Lab aboard International Space Station (ISS) has come up with a discovery that can give a new direction to quantum research. In this lab, researchers have experimented with gas to form an exotic material. Gas, when cooled to nearly absolute zero (minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus…