Boeing’s Starliner capsule is performing well enough on its first astronaut mission that it will likely be able to stay in orbit beyond the originally anticipated 45-day limit, NASA says. Starliner, which launched on June 5, is docked at the International Space Station (ISS) with an indefinite mission extension. The spacecraft is in good condition … Read more
Space junk crash-landed in an upscale North Carolina location. A landscaping crew working at The Glamping Collective, a mountaintop resort near Asheville in Haywood County, found a large mysterious object on May 22 that NASA confirmed was part of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule that arrived at the International Station Space (ISS) in 2023. A large … Read more
At the beginning of this year, the quiet of a Florida neighborhood was shattered when a piece of waste from The International Space Station crashed into a house. That was followed in May by a 90-kilogram piece of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft crashing into a camping resort in North Carolina, raising the question: Are space … Read more
In episode 117 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Isaac Arthur chat with ICON Build’s Evan Jensen about 3D printing habitats on the Moon and one day on Mars. For decades we’ve seen images of huge glass domes on the Moon and Mars, but the reality of building settlements outside of … Read more
On July 9, Anne-Sophie Chassagnou will judge whether the skies are clear enough for Europe to launch its first new rocket in almost 30 years. At just 26 years old, the lead weather forecaster for Ariane 6’s maiden flight is having a major impact on the continent’s space ambitions. Last year, just minutes before ignition, … Read more