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NASA Freaks Everyone Out By Broadcasting Audio Of Astronaut With Simulated Decompression Sickness

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NASA Freaks Everyone Out By Broadcasting Audio Of Astronaut With Simulated Decompression Sickness

Photo: NASA NASA confirmed that audio from a simulation channel dedicated to dealing with disaster scenarios was inadvertently broadcast Wednesday on its YouTube channel. The audio indicated that an astronaut was in distress onboard the International Space Station with a tenuous chance of survival, a terrifying scenario for enthusiasts following the feed. NASA accidentely broadcasts … Read more

No emergency at international space station, crew ‘healthy and safe’

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No emergency at international space station, crew ‘healthy and safe’

(NewsNation) — There is no emergency situation at the International Space Station, despite an alert that sounded during livestream Wednesday, officials say. The alert went off during a NASA livestream warning of a crew member with decompression sickness. The notification was an error, having misrouted from a training scenario, the International Space Station clarified Wednesday. … Read more

Fifth helium leak discovered on spacecraft

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Fifth helium leak discovered on spacecraft

(NewsNation) — A fifth helium leak has been found on Boeing’s Starliner, currently docked at the International Space Station. The vessel made its first crewed test flight launch after multiple delays and scrubbed launches, leaving Boeing years behind SpaceX, its competitor in the field. Both companies are part of NASA’s Commercial Cargo Spacecraft program, which … Read more

William Anders, Apollo 8 Astronaut Who Took ‘Earthrise’ Photo, Dies In Plane Crash

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William Anders, Apollo 8 Astronaut Who Took ‘Earthrise’ Photo, Dies In Plane Crash

A US Naval Academy graduate and Air Force pilot, William Anders joined NASA in 1963 Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, who captured the “Earthrise” photo during NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Washington state, local media … Read more

Boeing’s Starliner successfully launches crew into space for 1st time – National

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Boeing’s Starliner successfully launches crew into space for 1st time – National

Boeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA. A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station, the first to fly the new spacecraft. The trip by Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams was expected to take 25 … Read more

NASA Doesn’t Want Random Billionaires Messing Up The Hubble Space Telescope

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NASA Doesn’t Want Random Billionaires Messing Up The Hubble Space Telescope

Billionaires are having a moment with space right now. Elon Musk with SpaceX, Jeff Bezos with Blue Origin, even Richard Branson with Virgin Galactic — all the rich folks are building rockets so they can go look at space. But one billionaire isn’t satisfied with just looking at space: He wants to go touch it. … Read more

America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally goes to space 60 years later on Bezos rocket

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America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally goes to space 60 years later on Bezos rocket

VAN HORN, Texas: America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company on Sunday. Ed Dwight was an Air Force pilot when President John F. Kennedy championed him as a candidate for NASA’s early astronaut corps. But he wasn’t picked for the 1963 class. Dwight, now … Read more

NASA’s Quest to Touch the Sun

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NASA’s Quest to Touch the Sun

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Our sun is the best-observed star in the entire universe. We see its light every day. For centuries, scientists have tracked the dark spots dappling its radiant face, while in recent decades, telescopes in space and on Earth have scrutinized sunbeams in wavelengths spanning the … Read more

Boeing Spacecraft Should Be Grounded Over ‘Risk Of A Disaster,’ Warns NASA Contractor

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Boeing Spacecraft Should Be Grounded Over ‘Risk Of A Disaster,’ Warns NASA Contractor

Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) After a last minute delay of the debut mission of the Boeing Starliner earlier this week, a NASA contractor is warning the space agency that potentially disastrous problems may still lurk in the Atlas V rocket. 2025 Subaru Forester Keeps Subie’s Legendary Off-Road Capability NASA delayed the crewed debut mission … Read more

Boeing’s Starliner Is Finally Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space

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Boeing’s Starliner Is Finally Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space

“It fits in with the general narrative of Boeing having lost its way,” says McDowell. Starliner, like Crew Dragon, is a capsule-shaped spacecraft like the Apollo missions of old. Capable of carrying up to seven astronauts, the craft is largely autonomous, requiring major input only in the event of an emergency. During the test mission … Read more