On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its first flight. Endeavour was the fifth and last space shuttle that was ever built, and STS-49 was the first of 25 missions to fly on it. The purpose of this mission was to retrieve a satellite called Intelsat 603, which had failed to reach …
On This Day in Space: May 7, 1992: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches On Maiden Voyage. Read More »
The first crewed flight of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule has been pushed to the end of the week due to a technical issue. Starliner was supposed to launch late Monday night (May 6) on Crew Flight Test (CFT), a roughly 10-day mission that will carry two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and …
Rocket Issue Pushes 1st Astronaut Launch of Boeing’s Starliner Capsule to May 10. Read More »
Two bus-sized asteroids will zip past Earth closely but safely this week, starting with a 7-meter-long (22-feet) space rock named 2024 JF that’s expected to pass by on Monday (May 6) evening. Astronomers expect 2024 JF to make its closest approach at 8:04 p.m. ET tonight (1204 GMT on Tuesday). It will be followed by …
Watch 2 Bus-Size Asteroids Make Close Flybys Of Earth This Week. Read More »
Underneath the arch of a huge coronal loop, a wealth of exotic solar phenomena active in the transition zone between the sun’s lower atmosphere, the chromosphere, and the corona, have been recorded in this magical video by the European Space Agency‘s Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The view, recorded by Solar Orbiter from a distance of a …
Spacecraft Captures Absolutely Incredible Video Of Plasma Swirling On The Sun. Read More »
When Boeing’s Starliner capsule carries two astronauts to space tonight (May 6), at least 100 people in Mission Control will be on hand for support and guidance. Tonight’s mission, known as Crew Flight Test (CFT), will be the first-ever crewed liftoff for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. CFT will send NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams …
Starliner’s Mission Control Team ‘Very Excited’ For Capsule’s 1st-Ever Astronaut Launch. Read More »
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites today (May 6), the company’s 46th orbital mission of the year already. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 2:14 p.m. EDT (1814 GMT), carrying 23 Starlink craft toward low Earth orbit (LEO). The Falcon 9’s first stage …
SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites From Florida. Read More »
