Here's the New Possible Date NASA's 'Stranded' Astronauts Could Depart ISS
NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been on the International Space Station for more than eight months, even though they initially expected to stay for just about eight days.
SpaceX launches mission to bring home stranded astronauts
During a second attempt, SpaceX successfully launched a mission on March 14 to replace two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months.
SpaceX Launches a New Crew to the Space Station to Replace NASA's Stuck Astronauts
The replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for the pair’s return after nine long months. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams need SpaceX to get this relief team to the space station before they can check out.
SpaceX delays mission meant to retrieve stuck astronauts
Two U.S. astronauts who have been stuck in space for nine months will have to wait at least a few days longer to return home.
NASA, SpaceX ready second launch attempt to replace stuck astronauts
The launch of the Falcon rocket with a Dragon spacecraft is scheduled for 7:03 p.m. Friday from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA, SpaceX Proceeds With Crew-10 Launch for Friday
NASA and SpaceX are proceeding with plans to launch the space agency's Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station on Friday, March 14 at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT), the U.S. agency said in a blog post on Thursday.
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Counting Down To The Final Atlas Rocket
The Atlas family of rockets have been a mainstay of America’s space program since the dawn of the Space Age, when unused SM-65 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) were refurbished ...
NASA and SpaceX set for mission to swap out stuck astronauts
NASA and SpaceX on Friday will count down to a long-awaited crewed rocket launch that will allow them to bring home U.S.
United Launch Alliance waits on Space Force to certify Vulcan
Despite not having launched anything in more than five months, United Launch Alliance still expects to fly around 12 missions this year. But it’s still waiting on the Space Force to certify ...
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Atlas V launches Space Force’s first mission with...
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried out its first mission for the United States Space Force Thursday, deploying the final Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite to ...
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Russian Rocket Tech Comes In From The Cold
A new, high-temperature stainless steel was created by the RD-180’s designer, NPO Energomash, and the RD-180 successfully launched an Atlas III rocket in May of 2000. Thanks for the tip ...
When will NASA astronaut Sunita Williams return to Earth? What we know
The Crew-10 mission, scheduled to launch from Florida on a SpaceX rocket, aimed to send a new crew to the ISS and enable the ...
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Inside the Making of ULA’s Next Rocket
So this was really being driven out of Congress, and, in fact, really Senator McCain, who said, you know, we’ve had the Atlas rocket, which is powered by the Russia. An RD-180 rocket engine on ...
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Rocket Report: A blue mood at Blue; Stoke Space fires a shot over the bow
Instead, ULA will now focus on launching a batch of Project Kuiper satellites for Amazon on an Atlas V rocket in the next couple of months before pivoting back to Vulcan. ULA hoped to launch as ...
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: John Glenn’s First Human Orbital Flight for NASA Celebrates 63rd Anniversary
John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, the first human orbital flight for NASA, which premiered this video to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the flight – and has made it available to share ...