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Aug 2, 2024

NASA says it is “evaluating all options” for the safe return of Starliner crew

Posted by in categories: habitats, space travel

It looks like Elon is about to rescue two people Boeing left stranded in outer space. Crew Dragon’s capacity will likely be increased from 4 to 6 people as the solution to this problem.


SpaceX is actively working on a plan to fly Starliner’s crew home.

Aug 2, 2024

‘Thrusters are back’: NASA shares results of successful Boeing Starliner testing as the world waits for Sunita Williams’ return date

Posted by in category: space travel

NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, docked at the ISS since June 6.

Aug 2, 2024

Rocket Report: Falcon 9 is back; Starship could be recovered off Australia

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

Elon Musk doesn’t expect the next Starship test flight to occur before late August.

Aug 2, 2024

SpaceX to resume astronaut launches on Aug. 18 with Crew-9 mission to ISS

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Crew-9 will be the first crewed launch on a Falcon 9 rocket after one of the vehicles experienced a rare failure in July.

Jul 30, 2024

Engineers send 3D Printer into Space

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, robotics/AI, space travel

Imagine a crew of astronauts headed to Mars. About 140 million miles away from Earth, they discover their spacecraft has a cracked O-ring. But instead of relying on a dwindling cache of spare parts, what if they could simply fabricate any part they needed on demand?

A team of Berkeley researchers, led by Ph.D. student Taylor Waddell, may have taken a giant leap toward making this option a reality. On June 8, they sent their 3D printing technology to space for the first time as part of the Virgin Galactic 7 mission.

Their next-generation microgravity printer—dubbed SpaceCAL—spent 140 seconds in suborbital space while aboard the VSS Unity space plane. In that short time span, it autonomously printed and post-processed a total of four test parts, including space shuttles and benchy figurines from a liquid plastic called PEGDA.

Jul 30, 2024

Starship Flight 3 Highlights As SpaceX Prepares For Next Launch

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SpaceX launched Starship on Integrated Flight Test 3 from their Starbase facility in South Texas. SpaceX has conducted static fire test for the next test flight. Credit: SpaceX.

Jul 30, 2024

Nuclear rockets rise again to revolutionize space exploration

Posted by in category: space travel

Since the 1950s, nuclear rockets have been seen as a game-changer for space travel. Now, with the combined efforts of the NASA, the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Lockheed Martin, mankind is close to launching the first nuclear spacecraft into orbit for testing, reports Interesting Engineering (IE).

Jul 28, 2024

One Gaganyaan astronaut to travel to ISS in joint mission with NASA, says govt

Posted by in category: space travel

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US last year, President Joe Biden announced that India and the US were collaborating to send an Indian astronaut to the ISS in 2024.

India’s Astronaut Selection Board had selected four astronauts from the group of test pilots from the Indian Air Force for the Gaganyaan mission, India’s first human space flight planned to take place next year.

“All four astronauts have undergone training on a spaceflight basic module in Russia. Currently, astronauts are undergoing training at ISRO’s Astronauts Training Facility (ATF) in Bengaluru for the Gaganyaan Mission,” Singh said.

Jul 27, 2024

SpaceX moving Crew Dragon splashdowns to West Coast after multiple space debris incidents

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The next space station astronaut crew may be the last to splash down in the ocean nearby the U.S. east coast.

The Crew Dragon Crew-9 mission with astronauts is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than Aug. 18, perhaps becoming the final NASA-led ISS mission to arrive in the Atlantic Ocean aboard Crew Dragon.

Jul 27, 2024

SpaceX prepares for Starship flight with first ‘chopstick’ landing

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX is gearing up for the fifth launch of its massive Starship rocket, following four increasingly successful tests. What is the company hoping for, and what can we expect?

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