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How 'safe mode' protects space telescopes like Hubble and TESS
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAs for fixing the telescope, all repairs must be done remotely—some telescopes, like JWST, are...
‘Challenger’ Review: How the Space Shuttle Disaster Happened
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoIt is a story ripe for re-examination, and Adam Higginbotham, author of the gripping “Midnight in...
It is 15 years since the last Hubble servicing mission
The Register· 1 day agoIt is fifteen years since the Hubble Space Telescope was captured by a Space Shuttle for the final...
NASA astronaut from Oregon heading to space for fourth mission
KOIN News 6 Portland· 7 days agoA NASA astronaut from Silverton, Oregon is heading back to space in September — marking his fourth...
First crewed flight of Boeing spacecraft delayed again
Phys.org· 24 hours agoThe first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner spaceship to the International Space Station has been...
Deseret News archives: Skylab helped space exploration move into space study
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoOf note, Utah’s native astronaut, Don Lind, was a key part of the NASA space program during those...
SpaceX Breaks NASA Shuttle's Launch Record
ExtremeTech· 6 days agoLaunch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center has a storied history. It was initially constructed to launch the massive Saturn V moon rockets but also ...
What We Didn’t Learn From a Space Shuttle Disaster
New York Times· 2 days agoSixteen years later, I stood in a classroom of fellow space age kids around a bulky cathode-ray tube TV wheeled in on an A/V cart to watch the launch of...
Final Upgrade: Hubble Celebrates the 15th Anniversary of Servicing Mission 4
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoThe final servicing mission of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in May 2009, known as SM4, marked the...
Historic Starliner crewed launch attempt delayed again due to helium leak in Boeing spacecraft
AccuWeather· 6 hours agoStarliner teams traced the leak to a flange on a single reaction control system thruster, where...