SpaceX’s Falcon 9 returns to Florida port on the autonomous drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’

After a nine minute trip into orbit and a few hundred mile journey to the coast of Florida, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has finally returned home. The rocket pulled into Port Canaveral aboard the firm’s drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ after launching NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley toward the International … Read more

Moment International Space Station glides past the moon six hours after two NASA astronauts docked

Moment the International Space Station glides across the face of the moon just six hours after the historic arrival of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley arrived at ISS at 3.16pm BST on Sunday Italian photographer Alberto Panizza was ready to capture their moon pass Pair will stay … Read more

Sun unleashes its biggest flare since 2017 – suggesting it might finally be ‘waking up’

New sunspots on the surface of the Sun and the biggest solar flares since 2017 could be a sign that our star is waking up from a long slumber, according to NASA. The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spotted the ‘strongest flare since October 2017’ on May 29, suggesting it may be entering a new … Read more

Elon Musk breathes a huge sigh of relief after two astronauts were blasted into space

Elon Musk said he was ‘overcome with emotion’ after two NASA astronauts were blasted into space in the Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center yesterday. Astronauts Robert Behnken, 49, and Douglas Hurley, 53, took off from Launch Complex 39A at 3.22pm in Florida on Saturday – the first time an American crew launched from US … Read more

NASA astronauts say a social distancing goodbye to their families with air hugs before SpaceX launch

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken have once again emerged from the Kennedy crew quarters dressed in sleek white spacesuits as they head to Launch Complex 39A for their second attempt at making history. NASA and SpaceX were forced to abort Launch America Wednesday with less than 17 minutes on the countdown clock due to poor weather … Read more

Global warming brings early summer heat to Alaska that triggers a landslide on Yudikench Peak

Global warming has unleashed an early summer in Alaska, triggering a landslide on Yudikench Peak, a mountain near Anchorage. Temperatures reached 69 degrees Fahrenheit near the mountain this month that sparked a ‘wedge failure’ – a type of land slide that occurs along multiple planes. The collapse sent debris barreling down the mountain side and … Read more

NASA-SpaceX launch has just a 50 percent chance of liftoff for Saturday and could be moved to Sunday

NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX will once again attempt to make history Saturday by launching astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley from US soil to the International Space Station. Spectators from around the world were disappointed Wednesday when the initial launch was scrubbed with just minutes on the countdown due to poor weather conditions. ‘Launch … Read more

Elon Musk spent three to four YEARS developing the white ‘tuxedo’ SpaceX suits

The world was disappointed to hear the news of NASA and SpaceX aborting the Falcon 9 launch Wednesday, but a new star emerged from the sadness that day – SpaceX’s unique spacesuits.   Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley emerged from Kennedy crew quarters donning sleek white suits that appeared to be a mashup of a tuxedo … Read more

Elon Musk spent three to four YEARS developing the white ‘tuxedo’ SpaceX suits

The world was disappointed to hear the news of NASA and SpaceX aborting the Falcon 9 launch Wednesday, but a new star emerged from the sadness that day – SpaceX’s unique spacesuits.   Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley emerged from Kennedy crew quarters donning sleek white suits that appeared to be a mashup of a tuxedo … Read more