A Real Life Armageddon
No, it’s not a Hollywood movie. Last night, NASA successfully slammed an unmanned spacecraft (about the size of a vending machine) into the asteroid, Dimorphos, 7-million miles away, to try…
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A Perfect Launch Of SpaceX
Jennifer saw it, but Bill’s view was blocked by clouds. 4-astronauts are ascending into space as part of SpaceX’s fifth crewed mission to orbit. The Crew-3 mission launched last night…
The Astronauts Are Looking For A New Ride
We say go for it! NASA is looking at new vehicles to shuttle astronauts to the launchpad, and wants private companies to pitch them ideas. So Oscar Mayer jumped in…
Our Astronauts Come Home Tomorrow
Here’s the video of the SpaceX Crew Dragon returning to Earth for the first time, after spending almost a week docked at the International Space Station. Dragon’s first crewed mission…
A Perfect Launch
At 5:49 this morning, the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center. Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, Thomas Pesquet…
Pictures And Sound From Mars
NASA has released first-of-its-kind video of a spacecraft landing on another planet. Multiple cameras captured NASA’s Perseverance rover touching down on the surface of Mars last week. The agency plans…
The Mars Rover Is Closing In On The Red Planet
Jennifer is geeking out. NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities and events as the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover nears entry, descent, and landing on…
A Picture Perfect Launch
SpaceX can celebrate a milestone. Last night’s launch at Cape Canaveral was its 100th of a Falcon 9 rocket since the company started 10-years ago. The rocket was carrying 60…
Look Up We Have Another Launch Today
SpaceX will launch its next big batch of Starlink satellites into orbit this morning. The launch is set for 10:22 this morning from the Kennedy Space Center
Home Sweet Home
It’s home, sweet home for NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken after their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule made a successful splashdown landing in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday afternoon. …