Category: Space

A commercial crew, including the first Turkish citizen to go to space, successfully attaches to the International Space Station.

A commercial crew, including the first Turkish citizen to go to space, successfully attaches to the International Space Station.

Benjamin Hughes

An independently chartered Crew Dragon spacecraft from SpaceX successfully caught up with the object.International Space Station On the morning of Saturday, the spacecraft smoothly docked with the orbital outpost, bringing a four-person crew to conduct a two-week commercial research mission. Michael López-Alegría, a former astronaut with NASA, served as the commander of the Crew Dragon.

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A group of international astronauts launches on the third commercial trip to the space station operated by a Houston-based company.

A group of international astronauts launches on the third commercial trip to the space station operated by a Houston-based company.

Benjamin Hughes

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on Thursday carrying the most diverse crew to ever visit the International Space Station. This mission, planned and trained for over several months, will last for two weeks and is the third fully commercial flight to the orbital outpost. Retired NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría and Italian co-pilot Walter Villadei

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SpaceX has decided to postpone their commercial space station launch in order to thoroughly review all pre-launch data.

SpaceX has decided to postpone their commercial space station launch in order to thoroughly review all pre-launch data.

Benjamin Hughes

Third commercial crew mission The scheduled trip to the International Space Station has been postponed to Wednesday in order to complete necessary pre-flight data evaluations. The flight, arranged by Axiom Space from Houston, will now take place on Thursday following the completion of final analysis. The flight’s four-person crew, consisting of retired astronaut Michael López-Alegría,

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Astrobotic announced that their Peregrine lunar lander will not be able to successfully land on the moon as originally planned due to a leak in its propellant system.

Astrobotic announced that their Peregrine lunar lander will not be able to successfully land on the moon as originally planned due to a leak in its propellant system.

Benjamin Hughes

The lunar lander from the United States is at risk. The U.S. spacecraft named “Peregrine” is in danger shortly after being launched and it is now 6:35 AM. a project under the Peregrine Mission One, is a small spacecraft designed to land on the moon and deliver payloads. The Peregrin lunar lander is a small

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The privately constructed moon lander by Astrobotic experiences a possibly devastating abnormality following its launch.

The privately constructed moon lander by Astrobotic experiences a possibly devastating abnormality following its launch.

Benjamin Hughes

After a successful launch early Monday Engineers encountered difficulties in maintaining the proper orientation of the robotic Peregrine moon lander, which could have severely hindered the success of the first U.S. lunar landing mission since the Apollo program over half a century ago. Astrobotic, the company responsible for building the spacecraft, reported that the initial

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The first privately-funded spacecraft from the United States is set to make a groundbreaking launch on the inaugural flight of the Vulcan rocket.

The first privately-funded spacecraft from the United States is set to make a groundbreaking launch on the inaugural flight of the Vulcan rocket.

Benjamin Hughes

After a gap of over 50 years, an American spacecraft named Peregrine, containing 20 experiments and various international payloads, including six NASA instruments and a $108 million sensor, is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral on Monday morning. Additional items carried by the spacecraft include experiments from universities, miniature rovers from Mexico and the U.S.,

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