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SpaceX rocket docks with International Space Station
While Russia saluted the United States , it also stressed Sunday it was puzzled by the frenzy unleashed by what many hailed as the dawn of a new era. The remaining countdown milestones ticked by quickly, and at 3:22 p.m. EDT, the Falcon 9's nine Merlin engines ignited. NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission was underway. [Full Article...]
Dragon docks at International Space Station 19 hours after NASA-SpaceX launch
The Crew Dragon capsule had spent the previous 19 hours chasing down the station at speeds of 28,000 kilometres per hour, before carefully aligning its orbital plane and slowing down to a crawl for the delicate docking procedure. A cam from the Space Station captured the docking procedure. check out the red, white and green lights that signify the progress as the Dragon capsule bellies up to its... [Full Article...]
Moscow bemused at US space 'hysteria' as Musk taunts Russia
The hatch was opened at 1:02 p.m. ET. Crew Dragon will now make a "hard capture", which involves using 12 latches to create an air-locked seal between Behnken and Hurley's crew cabin and their entrance to the space station . US President Donald Trump congratulated Musk, NASA, and astronauts describing the launch as a great day for the country. Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin also offered... [Full Article...]
SpaceX Rocket Explodes During Test at the Company's Texas Coast Facility
Just days ahead of SpaceX's rescheduled mission to launch astronauts into orbit, a different rocket has exploded into a dramatic ball of fire during an engine test. We will remind that tonight, may 30, SpaceX will try again to launch its spacecraft Crew Dragon , after being forced to cancel the launch on 27 may because of bad weather. [Full Article...]
U.S. astronauts dock at ISS after SpaceX launch
SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from USA soil in nine years. The goal is to turn over routine space operations just above the planet to the private sector; to have the routine transport of crew and cargo handled by private conce... [Full Article...]
Scientists confirmed the existence of an Earth around the nearest star
The potential habitability of tidally locked planets orbiting M-dwarf stars has been widely investigated in recent work, typically with a non-dynamic ocean and without continents. It's completely unheard of". It is being considered to be habitable as our planet Earth is. Alejandro Suarez Mascareño, the article's main author, said: "Confirming the existence of Proxima b was an important task, and... [Full Article...]
In Canada's COVID-19 capital, bone-weary nurses plead for summer break
Bone- exhausted personnel have actually been swing placards with messages like "dead exhausted", at demonstrations today, as Quebec Premier Francois Legault claims the district is brief 10,000 health care employees. More than 2,700 people in those centres are now infected with the virus. Health Minister Danielle McCann said in a statement that the decision was made to give Quebecers a chance to ... [Full Article...]
SpaceX's historic launch succeeds on its second attempt
NASA and SpaceX have pulled off a historic launch , with Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon taking off from Launch Pad 39a of NASA Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral . "Teams are keeping an eye on weather ". Trump visited the launch control center to congratulate those involved and spoke with Musk, who wore a shirt emblazoned with the launch's logo. [Full Article...]