Category: Astronomy & Space
Boeing Starliner crewed mission postponed shortly before launch by StuffsEarth
by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo with Issam Ahmed in Washington NASA’s Vehicle Assembly building (L) and a screen showing Boeing, Crew Flight Test and Starliner [Read more about this post…]
Boeing’s first Starliner mission with humans set for historic Space Coast launch tonight by StuffsEarth
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The stage is set for some space history to be made tonight as two veteran NASA astronauts aim to launch in [Read more about this post…]
Shining a light on untapped lunar resources by StuffsEarth
Texas A&M researchers are designing reflectors that redirect solar power to the moon’s craters. Credit: Texas A&M Engineering Near the moon’s south pole lies a [Read more about this post…]
New black hole visualization takes viewers beyond the brink by StuffsEarth
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/J. Schnittman and B. Powell Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a [Read more about this post…]
The universe could be filled with ultralight black holes that can’t die by StuffsEarth
This simulated image shows how black holes bend a starry background and capture light. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Primordial black holes are hypothetical [Read more about this post…]
Scientists’ research answers big question about our system’s largest planet by StuffsEarth
The aurora was photographed in 2014 during a series of Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph far-ultraviolet-light observations taking place as NASA’s Juno spacecraft approached and [Read more about this post…]
Boeing faces critical launch ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station by StuffsEarth
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station has almost become routine—but not for Boeing and not on Monday, when after years [Read more about this post…]
Radio astronomers bypass disturbing Earth’s atmosphere with new calibration technique by StuffsEarth
Old versus new. Left shows an image of a piece of sky observed with the hitherto best calibration technique. Right shows the same piece of [Read more about this post…]
Boeing’s Starliner set for first crewed mission to ISS by StuffsEarth
A Boeing Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket sits on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 4, 2024. After years of delays, Boeing’s [Read more about this post…]
Boeing’s Starliner joins select club of crewed US spaceships by StuffsEarth
Both SpaceX and Boeing have adopted the classic gumdrop-shaped capsule design, but with modern twists: sleek displays, autonomous flight, and full reusability. Throughout the annals [Read more about this post…]
