SpaceX gets green light for fourth Starship test flight, to take place Thursday.
CNN reports: "The first two attempts to get Starship to orbital speeds in 2023 ended in explosions, with the spacecraft and booster erupting into flames before reaching their intended landing sites."
Près de 12 ans après être arrivé sur Mars, le rover Curiosity continue de nous émerveiller par ses découvertes !
Il a mis au jour de magnifiques cristaux il y a quelques jours en brisant un rocher avec une de ses roues. Ces cristaux pourraient être composés de gypse. 1/4
This morning, Boeing Starliner successfully launched to the ISS for its crewed flight test. Here's an overview of what happened, what the implications for this flight are, and what's next:
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft with two NASA astronauts launches successfully from Florida.
CBS News reports: "The long-awaited flight marked the first launch of an Atlas 5 with astronauts aboard and the first for the Atlas family of rockets since astronaut Gordon Cooper took off just a few miles away on the Mercury program's final flight 61 years ago."
Preparations for NASA’s Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch are in progress.
Launch time: 12:25 pm ET
"The two NASA astronauts aboard, flight commander Butch Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams, will test the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner system, including launch, docking, and return to Earth. After a one-week stay docked to the International Space Station, the Starliner and crew will land under parachutes in the western United States."
9:30 a.m. EDT – Arrival coverage begins.
12:15 p.m. – Targeted docking to the forward-facing port of the ISS Harmony module
2 p.m. – Hatch opening
2:20 p.m. – Welcome remarks
3:30 p.m. – Post-docking news conference at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.