NASA’s first Artemis mission to the moon is “go” for launch. The space agency on Monday (Aug. 22) cleared its Artemis 1 mission to launch an uncrewed test flight around the moon next week. Liftoff is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 29, during a two-hour window that opens at 8:33 a.m. EDT (1233 GMT). The historic […]
The Cremated remains of 47 people from five countries are set for launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida sometime Wednesday. The company providing the service, Celestis, said the remains will be attached to a telecommunications satellite which is expected to be in earth’s orbit for about a decade. Â Once the satellite runs out […]
William Shatner, the actor that played Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek TV series in the late 1960s boarded a real rocket ship and went to the edge of space. The 90 year old actor/author boarded the Blue Origin’s Horizon’s Rocket early Wednesday morning along with others and reached the edge of apace, where […]
New York (CNN Business) — The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed late Wednesday it is investigating Richard Branson’s flight to space, saying the rocket-powered plane operated by his company, Virgin Galactic, veered off course during its descent. The FAA’s statement came not long after the New Yorker’s Nicholas Schmidle reported that warning lights had shown up […]
