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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NASA is sending an African-American astronaut to the International Space Station for the first time. The traveler is Jeanette Epps, a physics and science whiz who used to work for the CIA as a technical intelligence officer. Epps will head to the ISS as a flight engineer in 2018. Her commander will be Andrew Feustel, a veteran astronaut. “Each space station crew brings something different to the table, and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — John Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95, was the last survivor among the group of astronauts known as the “Mercury 7,” who led the pioneering first American space program in 1959. The legendary astronaut and veteran of two wars went on to become a symbol of the space age, as well as serving two decades as a US senator. Here are some of his most memorable quotes: – “Zero […]
by Tim Clary COLUMBUS, United States (AFP) — John Glenn, who made history twice as the first American to orbit the Earth and the first senior citizen to venture into space, died Thursday at the age of 95. The US space agency NASA was among the first to pay tribute to the legendary astronaut who went on to serve in the Senate for more than two decades, calling him “a true American hero.” “Godspeed, John […]
IN SPACE (Reuters)– Though they may be more than 200 miles away from earth and far away from family this holiday, that wasn’t going to stop astronauts aboard the International Space Station from enjoying a ‘spacegiving feast’ of rehydrated foods with all the fixings. NASA published a photo of their meal, which included rehydrated turkey, stuffing, potatoes and vegetables. It also included a cherry blueberry cobbler for dessert, NASA Commander Shane Kimbrough said in a […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Four Galileo satellites lifted off on board the Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on Thursday and will soon be detectable by European smartphones. The Galileo satellites will boost Europe’s sat-nav capabilities, reducing their reliance on America’s Global Positioning System (GPS). Liftoff was at 10:06 am (1306 GMT) from Kourou in the French oversees territory in South America. It was the first time the Ariane 5 rocket, which is made under […]
Reuters — Images from NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) Mission have revealed an ultraviolet, previously unseen, view of Mars. The video was uploaded to social media on Monday (October 17) and shows several images taken by the mission camera. The images were taken between July 9-10, 2016 and show the rapid movement of cloud formation over Mars. Nick Schneider, of the University of Colorado, told Reuters that the ultraviolet colours of the planet […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China launched two astronauts into space Monday, official media said, on a mission to its orbiting laboratory as the country works towards setting up its own space station. The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft blasted off early in the morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, the official Xinhua news agency reported. It will take astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong two days to reach the Tiangong-2 space lab, or […]
(REUTERS) SpaceX is developing a massive rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and cargo to Mars with the ultimate goal of colonizing the planet, company chief and tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Musk outlined his plans for the Mars rocket, capable of carrying 100 passengers plus cargo per voyage, even as SpaceX is still investigating why a different rocket carrying a $200 million Israeli satellite blew up on a […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — NASA on Tuesday performed its second and last test-fire of a rocket booster for the Space Launch System (SLS), a powerful engine that may one day launch astronauts to Mars, the US space agency said. Fire and gray smoke billowed from the booster, which lay on the ground during the two-minute test fire in the remote hills of Utah at 11:05 am (1605 GMT). NASA has described the SLS as […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took the leading social network on a new journey Wednesday, with a live-streamed chat with astronauts on the International Space Station. In a Facebook Live video broadcast shown at the NASA page of the social network, Zuckerberg praised the work going on at the station and launched a few questions, some submitted to him online. Zuckerberg effused that while Facebook’s mission has long been to […]
British astronaut Tim Peake to join runners for the weekend London Marathon, completing the grueling race on a treadmill on board the International Space Station.
(AFP) — After nearly a year orbiting the Earth, US astronaut Scott Kelly was greeted by friends and family upon his arrival home. He explained the “ubelievable feeling” he has after having spent more time in space than any other American. https://youtu.be/m83rQ2mfPjo
