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4 days ago · 29 May 2024. Exclusive: How NASA astronauts are training to walk on the Moon in 2026. Simulated lunar exploration in an Arizona volcanic field this month helped astronauts to prepare for doing...
1 day ago · On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC ). It was the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft ...
3 days ago · By Sue Nelson. Blue Origin. Ed Dwight could have been the only black astronaut in the 1960s – but politics got in the way. In 2024, at the age of 90, he finally got his chance to go into orbit....
5 days ago · NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 88 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 5:43 a.m. EDT (2:43 p.m. Baikonur time) Thursday, May 30, on a Soyuz rocket ...
1 day ago · Buzz Aldrin. Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈɔːldrɪn /; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission ...
4 days ago · Vishwam Sankaran. 12 hours ago. Comments. A pair of Chinese astronauts have completed a record-breaking spacewalk, spending 8.5 hours outside their country’s Tiangong space station. Ye Guangfu...
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5 days ago · Apollo 11 →. Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was the fourth human spaceflight in the United States' Apollo program and the second to orbit the Moon. NASA, the mission's operator, described it as a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing ( Apollo 11, two months later [4] ). It was designated an "F" mission, intended to test all spacecraft ...
