The last time there were two human rated vehicles on the launch pads simultaneously at Kennedy was in 2008 when Shuttles Endeavour (STS-126) was on pad 39A and Atlantis (STS-127) was on pad 39B.
A digital departure board titled 'PLANET EARTH - DEPARTURES' displays a list of upcoming space launches. Each row provides details including time, spaceline, flight name, destination, launch location, and a color-coded status, all in a monospace font resembling a classic airport departure board.
In this Jan. 28, 1986 file photo, the space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, File)
A digital departure board titled 'PLANET EARTH - DEPARTURES' displays a list of upcoming space launches. Each row provides details including time, spaceline, flight name, destination, launch location, and a color-coded status, all in a monospace font resembling a classic airport departure board.
A digital departure board titled 'PLANET EARTH - DEPARTURES' displays a list of upcoming space launches. Each row provides details including time, spaceline, flight name, destination, launch location, and a color-coded status, all in a monospace font resembling a classic airport departure board.
Crowdfunding: Czech 🇨🇿 satellite to watch skies over Ukraine 🇺🇦
"Help us launch the Dragon satellite, which is being developed in Brno by Czech space companies. The satellite will patrol Ukrainian territory and provide high-resolution imagery to Ukraine's armed forces."
How to Astronaut An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth by Terry Virts, 2020
This book is a collection of essays, each one on a different subject related to spaceflight. Some short, some long. Some technical, some emotional. Some fact-based, and some purely speculative. Some funny, some tragic. All are written with two goals in mind: to make you laugh, and to make you say, “Wow!” Often.
"There's something intriguing to be learned on practically every page... [How to Astronaut] captures the details of an extraordinary job and turns even the mundane aspects of space travel into something fascinating."––Publishers Weekly
Ride shotgun on a trip to space with astronaut Terry Virts. A born stroyteller with a gift for the surprising turn of phrase and eye for the perfect you-are-there details, he captures all the highs, lows, humor, and wonder of an experience few will ever know firsthand. Featuring stories covering survival training, space shuttle emergencies, bad bosses, the art of putting on a spacesuit, time travel, and much more!
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
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The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and other incidents.
Hello! Nice to meet you!
My name is Benedetta (Benny) and I am Italian. 🇮🇹
I am a science communicator and an Analog Astronaut. 👩🏻🚀
My goal is to become the next Italian woman to fly to space! 🚀
I am a citizen scientist for NASA and also an asteroid huntress ☄️
Spatial recovery and mechanoregulation of bone remodeling in astronauts. (A) Spatial recovery was assessed by analyzing coupled bone formation at previous resorption sites. (B) The mechanical stimulus at the same sites was simulated using finite element analysis to assess the mechanoregulation of bone remodeling. (C to E) Detailed views showing bone resorption sites in purple (C), recovered resorption sites in green (D), and all bone formation sites in orange (E). (F) Detailed view of the mechanical signal stimulus quantified by strain energy density to assess whether bone resorption and formation were more likely to occur in regions of low mechanical strain (shades of blue) and high strain (shades of red), respectively. (G) Our results demonstrated that bone loss due to the absence of gravitational loading was primarily driven by bone resorption. (H) In the first 6 months after return to Earth, increased bone formation occurred and targeted previous resorption sites. (I) In the following 6 months, bone formation decreased and targeted new regions in the microstructure. Throughout the recovery, we identified a relationship between remodeling sites and mechanical signals. This finding, along with identified time constraints for recovery, suggested that bone remodeling was jointly influenced by mechanical stimuli and biological coupling factors.
Starliner astronauts to return on Crew Dragon. The only answer. Another huge fail for Boeing. Bring on the crewed version of the DreamChaser mini-shuttle!