SpaceX and commercial space advocates were hoping for the best but also preparing for the worst with the inaugural flight of the Falcon 9; fortunately, they got the former on Friday. Jeff Foust reports on the successful test flight of the new rocket and its implications for industry and policy. Read More…
As the era of private spaceflight takes a step forward with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket test, here’s a look at 6 companies that could launch humans into space soon. Read More…
Gliding into retirement after 32 missions covering 120 million miles, the shuttle Atlantis dropped out of orbit and returned to Earth on Wednesday morning, wrapping up a 25-year career with a near-flawless space-station assembly mission. Read More…
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson is underway on a mission to deploy a variety of U.S. Navy ocean monitoring instruments in the vicinity of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The floats, drifters and gliders will aid researchers in monitoring the surface and deep currents that are distributing the oil. Of particular interest is the Loop [...]
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson is underway on a mission to deploy a variety of U.S. Navy ocean monitoring instruments in the vicinity of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Read More…
The first Orion crew capsule is rapidly taking shape as assembly work to construct the skeletal framework of the first pathfinder Orion capsule ? the Ground Test Article ? or GTA, is nearing completion. The Lockheed Martin team building Orion is just one weld away from completing the framework of an Orion cabin at [...] [...]
It was 40 years ago today that two intrepid astronauts — compelled by the momentous words of an assassinated president — stepped out on the surface of an alien but all-too-familiar celestial body and forever changed our conception of the Universe we inhabit. Read More…
The Thomson Dream is neither glitzy nor glamorous, but sits well in Thomson Cruises’ budget brand – and the large open deck is a real bonus, says Jane Archer. Read More…
The past and present are colliding in Portsmouth, all with the aim of keeping a pair of historic ships from colliding with shoals in the Piscataqua River. Read More…
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, blasted Obama’s decision to cancel NASA’s manned mission to the moon. Read More…
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