James ‘Scotty’ Doohan’s ashes may have been smuggled aboard the ISS

Posted on 28/12/2020 by Engadget

With his (fake) Scottish lilt, James Doohan’s “Scotty” is one of the most quoted characters from Star Trek. It now appears that the Canadian actor got in one last word, as his dying wish to have his ashes aboard the International Space Station may ha...

Watch SpaceX launch its first updated cargo Dragon capsule at 11:17AM ET

Posted on 06/12/2020 by Engadget

SpaceX’s crewed flights have garnered the most attention lately, but the uncrewed variety is about to retake the spotlight. The company is launching its updated cargo Dragon capsule for the first time at 11:17AM Eastern from the Kennedy Space Center...

Watch SpaceX return Crew Dragon astronauts to Earth starting at 5:45PM ET

Posted on 01/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

SpaceX’s historic first crewed mission is about to come to an end, and you can watch the conclusion as it happens. NASA TV is providing live coverage as astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley undock Crew Dragon and return to Earth. The broadcast star...

Chernobyl mold could shield astronauts from deep-space radiation

Posted on 27/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

One of the biggest dangers of interplanetary travel is radiation exposure. In a single round trip to Mars, you may absorb 60 percent of the maximum recommend lifetime dosage. One surprising solution may be mold, according to researchers from Stanford...

Virgin Galactic signs NASA deal to take private citizens to the ISS

Posted on 22/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Virgin Galactic announced that it has made a deal with NASA to bring private astronauts to the International Space Station. So far, Richard Branson’s company hasn’t done any paid suborbital trips, let alone orbital flights. However, the NASA contract...

The first American woman to spacewalk has now conquered the deepest ocean

Posted on 09/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Thirty-six years after becoming the first American woman to walk in space, Kathy Sullivan has made history yet again. On Sunday, the 68-year-old oceanographer and former NASA astronaut became the first woman to reach the deepest known spot in the oce...

SpaceX’s pioneering astronauts board the International Space Station

Posted on 01/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Following a dramatic launch, 19-hour voyage and successful docking procedure, pioneering astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have left the Crew Dragon and are now aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The pair emerged from the Crew D...

SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with the International Space Station

Posted on 31/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

SpaceX just completed another milestone in Crew Dragon’s historic journey. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have successfully docked the capsule with the International Space Station just under 19 hours after launch from Cape Canaveral. The larg...

Space Station receives the last of NASA’s science racks after 19 years

Posted on 24/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

One of the longer chapters of the International Space Station has come to a close. NASA has sent the last of its 11 ExPRESS (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station) science racks to the orbiting facility, 19 years after sending t...

SpaceX Crew Dragon simulator shows what it’s like to dock with the ISS

Posted on 12/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You don’t have to train as an astronaut to know what it’s like to pilot Crew Dragon — you just need a web browser and some patience. TechCrunch notes that SpaceX has launched a web simulator that lets you dock the capsule with the International Space...

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