SpaceX Crew Dragon joins Falcon 9 for last mate before astronaut launch debut

NASA and SpaceX are less than two weeks away from the first crewed mission to launch from U.S. soil in nearly a decade. But there’s still work to do before the craft blasts off towards the International Space Station. On Friday, May 15, the Crew Dragon spacecraft journeyed from a fueling facility at Cape Canaveral’s […]

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NASA astronauts go on quarantine ahead of historic SpaceX launch

NASA astronauts Behnken and Hurley had just a few days of downtime, following the end of their extensive training for SpaceX Crew Dragon, before being placed on a mandatory launch-related quarantine this week. The pair have spent months training together in close proximity, so in a way, they’ve been quarantining together for some time now. […]

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SpaceX simulator let’s you be the astronaut that docks Crew Dragon with the space station

Ever wanted to pilot a spaceship? Now you can try your luck at docking the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with the International Space Station. SpaceX is set to make history on May 27 as the California-based rocket builder launches the first crew of astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly a decade. In advance of that […]

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Famous Mars meteorite discovered with interesting, new organics

Scientists are looking at Mars in a whole new way. That’s because a new analysis of a famous piece of the red planet has revealed something exciting: traces of nitrogen. Nitrogen, together with organic molecules — carbon-rich molecules that are considered the building blocks of life as we know it — have been spotted in […]

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China completes test flight of new spacecraft that resembles SpaceX Crew Dragon

China’s new uncrewed spacecraft successfully landed back on Earth on Friday, May 8, following a three-day mission. It touched down intact with the help of a trio of parachutes, making landfall in the Chinese desert at 1:49 a.m. ET (0549 UTC). The Chinese space agency released photos soon after that showed a spacecraft resembling a […]

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SpaceX recovery team rescues stranded boater during ocean recovery drills

SpaceX is busy preparing for its historic first crew launch, which is scheduled to lift off later this month. To that end, the company’s fleet of recovery vessels are doing trial runs, making sure they have what it takes to pull the crew and spacecraft from the water upon landing, or in the event of an […]

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NASA plans to purchase another seat on Russian Soyuz after SpaceX

NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade. The collaboration is designed to give NASA more flexibility when it comes to launching crewed missions. When the agency’s storied shuttle program came to an end in 2011, it left NASA dependent upon Russian rockets as […]

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SpaceX’s crew dragon astronaut mission officially extended by NASA

With less than a month to go before NASA’s first crewed launch in nearly a decade, the space agency is still mulling over the details. On May 27, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will strap into their Crew Dragon spacecraft and blast off towards the International Space Station. During their stay, the duo will assist […]

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NASA’s Mars rover engineers face their new big challenge: Working from home

It’s no surprise that millions of people have been forced to leave their offices and work remotely and separated from coworkers amid the ongoing pandemic. But what if your star coworker isn’t just in another state, but is on an entirely different planet? That’s what engineers and scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are having […]

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NASA gears up Mars rover for perfect 20/20 ‘SuperCam’ vision ahead of mission to red planet

NASA engineers are busy preparing the agency’s next Mars rover for its upcoming journey to the red planet. The six-wheeled robot will scour the Martian surface to look for signs of life. Deemed essential by NASA’s administrator, the mission is progressing as planned in order to meet a July launch. The Perseverance Mars rover will […]

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