A major update on “medical event” aboard NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) in January came on Wednesday as veteran NASA astronaut, Mike Fincke, identified himself as the staff member who experienced health issues. NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is helped out of the SpaceX Crew-11 capsule. (AP) The medical emergency prompted NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to … Read more
Due to weather, NASA now is targeting early Wednesday, Feb. 25, to roll the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis II off the launch pad and back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Cold temperatures and high winds are expected Tuesday, and rolling … Read more
Editor’s note: NASA has updated an earlier version of this blog to provide additional details. NASA is taking steps to potentially roll back the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after overnight Feb. 21 observing interrupted flow of helium to the … Read more
NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Saturday ruled out a March launch for Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, citing technical issues. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks during the rollout of NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, to … Read more
A NASA scientist has issued a chilling warning for earth. The planetary defense expert said that the earth had no way to defend against up to 15,000 undetected near-earth asteroids, all of which had the potential to wipe out an entire city. An expert believes that even if we could detect these ‘city killer’ asteroids, … Read more