NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they’d ride on Boeing’s Starliner again, despite the issues the capsule had on its first crewed flight. Continue Reading‘I’d get on in a heartbeat’: Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)→

The Federal Aviation Administration has completed its investigations looking into “mishaps” that occurred during Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch and SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7 in January. On Jan. 16, Blue Origin’s New Glenn-1 reached orbit on its debut flight. While the launch was successful, the rocket lost its lower stage during its descent. Later thatContinue reading “FAA concludes Blue Origin, SpaceX January ‘mishap’ investigations” The post FAA concludes Blue Origin, SpaceX January ‘mishap’ investigations appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingFAA concludes Blue Origin, SpaceX January ‘mishap’ investigations→

Cloud-dodging eclipse chasers in New Brunswick and Québec, Canada, captured the solar horns, reflections and all kinds of weird views as the sun rose partially eclipsed. Continue ReadingRare ‘double sunrise’ captured in Canada by intrepid solar eclipse chasers (photos)→

President Trump has nominated space policy expert Greg Autry to be NASA’s chief financial officer, as he did back in 2020 to no avail. Continue ReadingDéjà vu: President Trump nominates Greg Autry again to be NASA’s financial chief→

Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 private astronaut crew got a two-for-one deal when they watched a rocket launch ahead of their own launch on March 31. Continue ReadingCryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch→

Researchers with the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully used Earth’s atmosphere as a sensor to detect a distant disturbance. Continue ReadingDARPA accidentally detects SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket reentry by listening to Earth’s atmosphere→

Four adventurers suited up and embarked on a first-of-a-kind trip to space Monday night, becoming the first humans to fly in polar orbit aboard a SpaceX crew capsule chartered by a Chinese-born cryptocurrency billionaire. The private astronauts rocketed into orbit atop a Falcon 9 booster from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:46 pm EDT Monday (01:46 UTC Tuesday). Instead of heading to the northeast in pursuit of the International Space Station, the Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft departed Launch Complex 39A and arced to the southeast, then turned south on a flight path hugging Florida’s east coast. The Continue ReadingFour private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles→

Looking like a soccer ball with glowing blue eyes, the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera-2 is put to test aboard the International Space Station. Continue ReadingFloating blue-eyed robot keeps watch on the ISS: Space photo of the day→

Canada’s MDA Space announced plans April 1 to buy Israeli satellite chipmaker SatixFy in a $269 million deal to further vertically integrate its constellation manufacturing capabilities. The post MDA Space buys SatixFy to boost constellation production appeared first on SpaceNews.

he first commercially built rocket to lift off from continental Europe came tumbling back to Earth within seconds. But its manufacturer considers the mission a success. The test flight, “Going Full Spectrum,” was the debut launch of Norwegian company Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum, a two-stage orbital launch vehicle designed to compete with SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9Continue reading “Debut flight of Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ends in explosion” The post Debut flight of Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ends in explosion appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingDebut flight of Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ends in explosion→

Europe’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event. Continue ReadingMillion-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun’s greatest mysteries (video)→

The first images of Earth’s poles from the Fram2 Crew Dragon have been uploaded from the orbiting spacecraft, and the views are breathtaking. Continue ReadingWatch chilling 1st views of Earth’s poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)→