Spaceflight - Page 47

September 29, 2022

Russia safely returns 3 cosmonauts from International Space Station

Russia has successfully returned three cosmonauts from the International Space Station. The cosmonauts spent 195 days in orbit on this mission.

September 27, 2022

NASA's planetary defense team successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid

Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino explains NASA's DART mission and why they intentionally crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid

September 26, 2022

NASA’s DART spacecraft slams into asteroid to knock it off its path

NASA's DART spacecraft has successfully collided with an asteroid as part of a test to prepare the Earth for defensive measures against possible threats in the future.

September 26, 2022

NASA's DART mission: What to know about the impact

NASA will use its DART spacecraft to impact the faraway asteroid Dimorphos. The moonlet is nearly 7 million miles away from Earth and orbits Didymos.

September 25, 2022

NASA postpones decision on rolling Artemis I back to the Vehicle Assembly Building due to Tropical Storm Ian

NASA is holding off on a decision on whether or not to rollback Artemis I to the Vehicle Assembly Building as weather forecasts indicated more favorable conditions for a launch.

September 25, 2022

SpaceX launch from Florida seen across much of eastern US

People took to social media after watching the skies for SpaceX's latest launch of the Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday. The launch could be seen as far north as New England.

September 25, 2022

US spy satellite launched into orbit from California

A classified spy satellite was launched into space by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Saturday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

September 22, 2022

World's first female Arab astronaut to join SpaceX mission

Saudi Arabia’s mission to go to the International Space Station next year plans to include the world’s first female Arab astronaut. Her crew will make the trip aboard a SpaceX capsule.

September 12, 2022

Apollo 7 astronaut: Public thought space race 'impossible'

One of the Apollo 7 astronauts and living legend Walter Cunningham joined "Your World" to reflect on 60 years of the famous "Moonshot" speech given by President John F. Kennedy.

September 8, 2022

'Star Trek' icon Nichelle Nichols' ashes to launch into space, son Kyle calls Enterprise mission 'great honor'

Nichelle Nichols died in July at 89 and will be memorialized among the stars via a Vulcan rocket launching her ashes into deep space with late "Star Trek" colleagues.