Tag Archives: Space

Felix Baumgartner, Skydiver Who Jumped From the Edge of Space, Dies Paragliding at 56  The New York Times Witnesses to Felix Baumgartner’s fatal paragliding crash heard large boom as it spun to the ground  PBS Skydiver Felix Baumgartner, known for record-breaking jump from stratosphere, dies in paragliding crash  CNN Stratospheric skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies at 56 in tragic paragliding accident  Space Stunt legend Felix …

Felix Baumgartner, skydiver who free-fell from edge of space, dies in crash  The Washington Post Felix Baumgartner, Skydiver Who Jumped From the Edge of Space, Dies Paragliding at 56  The New York Times Skydiver Felix Baumgartner, known for record-breaking jump from stratosphere, dies in paragliding crash  CNN Daredevil legend ‘Fearless Felix’ Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident at 56  Los Angeles Times Stratospheric skydiver Felix …

Ottilie Mitchell & Hollie Cole BBC News Getty Images Felix Baumgartner, who once broke the world record for the highest skydive by jumping from the edge of space, has died in a motorised paragliding accident in Italy. The 56-year-old fell to the ground near the swimming pool of a hotel while flying over the village of Porto Sant’Elpidio in the …

‘Doghouse’ days of summer — Boeing’s Starliner won’t fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard  Space The ISS is nearing retirement, so why is NASA still gung-ho about Starliner?  Ars Technica NASA considering flying only cargo on next Starliner mission  SpaceNews NASA Considers Uncrewed Cargo Flight for Boeing’s Starliner Test Mission  The Daily Galaxy Source link

NASA’s DART Mission Deflected an Asteroid – But Unleashed a Swarm of Space Boulders  SciTechDaily Giant space ‘boulders’ unleashed by NASA’s DART mission aren’t behaving as expected, revealing hidden risks of deflecting asteroids  Live Science Remember That Asteroid NASA Deflected in a Test of Saving Earth? We Have Bad News  Yahoo Deflecting Asteroids Isn’t Simple According to New Data from DART  Universe Today “Something …

As NASA continues its transition toward a commercial low Earth orbit marketplace, an agency-supported commercial space station, Starlab, recently completed five development and design milestones. Starlab’s planned design consists of a service module and a habitat that will be launched to orbit on a single flight. The milestones, part of a NASA Space Act Agreement awarded in 2021, focused on …

WASHINGTON — A new study recommends that the United States pursue rapid development of a space nuclear power system to keep pace with geopolitical rivals, but is less clear about which agency should take the lead. To continue reading this article: Register now and get3 free articles every month. You’ll also receive our weekly SpaceNews This Week newsletter every Friday. …

Ben-Itzhak studies what she has termed “space blocs” – the emerging groupings of space nations. Right now, as countries plan a return to the Moon, it looks like the US and Russians will soon go their separate ways. Russia will likely side with China, and Western nations – including Europe and Canada – will coalesce around the US. But there are …

We used to play Mario Kart. It was 2003 and the Nintendo GameCube was a full-fledged member of my high school clique. It was at every social gathering, no matter how big or small. I went as far as to buy a carrying case for mine that was big enough to carry a few controllers and all its cords. It …

Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighboring regions of the universe, astronomers say. Their theory is a potential solution to the ‘Hubble tension’ and could help confirm the true age of our universe, which is estimated to be around 13.8 billion years old. …