NASA Celebrates 97th Birthday Of Jim Lovell, The Real Life Tom Hanks Of Apollo 13 Mission
Lovell's career at NASA began in September 1962 and he embarked on his first space mission for the Gemini 7 mission on ...
Why Sunita Williams will experience a splashdown: What it is and why astronauts use this method to return back
The splashdown method of landing is advantageous because it allows for a softer landing; the waterbody provides vast space ...
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Written in Granite: Flying fascinates, no matter how close
That isn’t real.” My immigrant grandfather Andrew said this in Greek to my parents as they watched the live broadcast on ...
Boeing Starliner astronauts back on Earth after SpaceX ride home
The two Boeing Starliner astronauts left behind on the International Space Station are back on Earth, ending an odyssey that ...
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Crew-9’s splashdown landing explained: Why NASA chooses it and how it exactly happens
NASA and SpaceX have used splashdown techniques for crewed missions since the Apollo era, with modern advancements improving the safety and efficiency of such recoveries. NASA hosted a livestream ...
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Why Astronaut Sunita Williams Will Splash Down Instead of Landing on Solid Ground?
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore return to Earth after 9 months aboard the ISS, with a planned splashdown ...
Photos of Sunset on the Moon Aren’t Just Striking, They Could Offer Clues to Mysterious Phenomenon
Blue Ghost, a moon lander from Firefly Aerospace, captured the first high-definition photos of the lunar sunset from the moon ...
Boeing Starliner astronauts to return home with SpaceX Crew-9 on Tuesday
NASA bumped up the return flight home plans for the SpaceX Crew-9 mission that includes a pair of astronauts who were left ...
Highlights: NASA astronauts return to Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space
NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose weeklong Boeing Starliner mission turned into an extended stay in space, have ...