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Hansen , Glover, Wiseman und Koch sind die Namen der Auserwählten ( von rechts nach links ohne den alten Herren in der Mitte - Bildquelle Screenshot NASA In der letzten Nacht gab die Nasa bekannt, wer

Today in Space History - A Snowstorm That Landed Itself 🚀 Stardate 1451.3940 (NOVEMBER 15, 1988) Before dawn over the steppe, Energia carried an empty Buran away from Baikonur. The sequence ran itself.

On Saturday 14 November 2026 at 6:30 PM NZDT, Rocket Lab launched its 100th Electron, "The Mountain God Rises", from Pad A at Mahia, here in New Zealand. That's the same pad that hosted launch

Some dates stack. 29 September keeps returning with the same kind of first: not a parade, just a craft that opened a door and left a habit behind. Today in Space History - A Skylark Above the Ionosphere

Astronauts exercise in microgravity to help counter changes to muscles and bones during spaceflight. Space missions have an impact on human physiology. Image credit: [ESA] Space missions have an impact

Apollo Guidance Computer and DSKY Man-Machine Interface. Photo credit : CHM In 1969, Apollo 11 took humans to the Moon and back to Earth. What amazed me is how it did it with very limited on-board technology

The Artemis II crew return safely to Earth

(My Eastern New Mexico News column from September 4, 2019- posted in its entirety now that the paper's exclusivity has expired) I admit it: I've always been a bit of a space geek. Or, would that be "space

The image here come from Elon Musk and is concept art of the Starship test vehicle SpaceX is currently assembling at its Boca Chica, Texas launch facility. The real thing will be even better. This test

The year 2018 saw a wide range of milestones in spaceflight, stretching all the way from the sun to the edge of interstellar space. Here are some of the highlights.

"For the Benefit of All" #Earthrise #Apollo8

While some question whether Virgin Galactic's latest SpaceShipTwo test flight actually went into space, a number of government officials and industry organizations have few doubts that it did.

With a first flight to the edge of space under the company's belt, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson believes commercial flights of SpaceShipTwo could begin some time next year.

Virgin Galactic just brought human spaceflight back to American soil after a seven-year hiatus — and other private companies are poised to make some giant leaps of their own.

Watch the vehicles separate, the engine blaze and the horizon spin in dramatic in-flight video taken from today's (Dec. 13) flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity.

I am enjoying SpaceX to Launchin. Falcon 9 Rocket. You may enjoy. WATCH: SpaceX to Launch Falcon 9 Rocket #Spaceflight SSO-A @1:32pm EST via @YouTube #share2steem WATCH: SpaceX to Launch Falcon 9 Rocket

#EuropeanSpaceAgency #Soyuz

October 7, 2018 launch and landing of the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the SAOCOM satellite. The video is a bit out of focus due to me being a derp.

On March 16, 1926 in Auburn, Massachusetts, American engineer Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. The flight lasted a mere 2.5 seconds and ended anticlimactically 181 feet away in a

As NASA continues to analyze and refine the profile for the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) test flight, more information about the multi-week mission is beginning to be detailed. The Orion spacecraft will