Category: Space

When it comes to spaceflight, you can control just about everything but the weather. Source: Space.com 'The weather got us,' NASA chief says of SpaceX's 1st crewed launch delay

Two veteran NASA astronauts were still cheerful after bad weather scrubbed their historic launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. Source: Space.com Stuck on Earth, … Read More

SpaceX will have to wait a few days to make history. Source: Space.com SpaceX delays 1st astronaut launch for NASA due to bad weather

Tropical storm Bertha is barreling into Florida just as astronauts prepare to launch to space. Source: Space.com Satellites track Tropical Storm Bertha ahead of historic SpaceX launch

As chronicled in “The Right Stuff,” Tom Wolfe’s book about the rise of the U.S. human spaceflight program, the nation’s original astronauts insisted that a window be added to the … Read More

Veteran NASA astronauts who’ve flown countless vehicles as test pilots will have to cope with something out of the ordinary with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon: touchscreens. Source: Space.com The touchscreen controls … Read More

There are many options to watch SpaceX’s historic Demo-2 astronaut launch on TV, cable news and — of course — online. Here’s how Source: Space.com How to watch SpaceX's historic … Read More

SpaceX’s first launch of NASA astronauts on the Crew Dragon spacecraft, called Demo-2, will star in a two-hour live special event jointly presented by ABC News and National Geographic. Source: … Read More

Northrop Grumman Space Systems brings together decades of work by pervious companies in the aerospace industry. Source: Space.com Northrop Grumman Space Systems: One of NASA's top contractors

Instead of attending SpaceX’s first crewed launch, Adam Savage will help bring the event into the homes of people across the nation on a live simulcast. Source: Space.com Adam Savage … Read More