NASA TV: Making History: NASA and SpaceX Launch Astronauts to Space! LIVE

Watch history unfold on Wednesday, May 27, as NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station. This mission marks the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 that humans will fly to the space station from U.S. soil. Tune in starting at 12:15 p.m. EDT as NASA and SpaceX provide joint, live coverage from launch to arrival at the space station. Teams are targeting 4:33 p.m. EDT for the launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the space station at 11:29 a.m. Thursday, May 28. Learn more about the mission: https://www.nasa.gov/launchamerica/

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NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 ‘Go’ to Proceed Toward May 27 Launch; News Conference Coming Up

The Flight Readiness Review has concluded, and NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is cleared to proceed toward liftoff on the first crewed flight of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station, is slated for Wednesday, May 27, at 4:33 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. more...

welt.de: Amerikas Rückkehr ins All

Seit neun Jahren können US-Astronauten nur mithilfe von Sojus-Raketen in den Weltraum. In wenigen Tagen startet erstmals wieder eine bemannte US-Rakete zur ISS. Ausgerechnet jetzt gibt es Ärger um den Nasa-Chef der bemannten Raumfahrt. mehr...

heise: "Erfolgreiches Scheitern": Das Drama der Apollo 13 vor 50 Jahren

Zum dritten Mal sollten mit Apollo 13 Astronauten zum Mond – doch es kommt zur Katastrophe. Trotzdem halten manche Apollo 13 für die erfolgreichste Mission. mehr...

Akamedie Raddy: Klimawandel ►Justierung der US-Klimadaten

Frankfurter Runschau: Nach Verschwörungstheorien: Observatorium öffnet wieder

Nach der mysteriösen Schließung des Sunspot Solar Observatory kursierten zahlreiche Verschwörungstheorien. Nun wird das Observatorium wieder geöffnet. Und eine Begründung für die Schließung gibt es auch. [mehr...]

NASA’s SDO Spots 2 Lunar Transits in Space

On Sept. 9, 2018, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, SDO, saw two lunar transits as the Moon passed in front of the Sun. A transit happens when a celestial body passes between a larger body and an observer. This first lunar transit lasted one hour, from 4:30 pm to 5:30 p.m. EDT and obscured 92 percent of the Sun at the peak of its journey. The second transit happened several hours later at 9:52 p.m. and lasted a total of 49 minutes, ending at 10:41 p.m. EDT. This transit only obscured 34 percent of the Sun at its peak.

Frankfurter Rundschau: Schließung von Observatorium befeuert Verschwörungstheorien

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NASA at Mars: 20 years of 24/7 exploration

No one under 20 has experienced a day without NASA at Mars. The Pathfinder mission, carrying the Sojourner rover, landed on Mars on July 4, 1997. In the 20 years since Pathfinder's touchdown, eight other NASA landers and orbiters have arrived successfully, and not a day has passed without the United States having at least one active robot on Mars or in orbit around Mars.

the guardian: Astronaut Tim Peake's journey back to Earth – watch live stream

Mission to International Space Station coming to an end as Briton and two crewmates begin their descent in Soyuz capsule [more...]

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NASA: New Crew Launches to the ISS

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NASA: Runaway Glaciers in West Antarctica

 

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NASA: Music from the Mars - Students Reach for the Stars with will.i.am

Musician will.i.am addresses students at JPL during an event celebrating the first time in history that a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet. [more...]

NASA: Neil Armstrong in the lunar module Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission -- 1969

Neil Armstrong: 1930-2012

Armstrong in the lunar module Eagle on the surface of the moon. July 20, 1969.  
 Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, has died, following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82. [mehr...]

nasa: Curiosity - Mars landing

First picture from the Mars

 




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Astronauts on ISS aboard the space station watching the Falcon 9/Dragon launch!

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heise online: Private Raumfahrt: SpaceX erfolgreich gestartet

Der erste kommerzielle Flug zur internationalen Raumstation ISS ist am heutigen Dienstag erfolgreich gestartet. [mehr...]

welt online: Die heikle Mission des Raumschiffes "Dragon"

Für die Nasa ist es der Start in eine neue Ära: Nach mehreren Aufschüben soll am Samstag das erste privates Raumschiff zur ISS fliegen. Ob alles klappt, ist fraglich - die Mission ist heikel. [mehr...]

CITY OF LIGHT - 50 YEARS IN SPACE - John Glenn

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On February 20, this year, WA will celebrate the 50th anniversary of a very significant event.  On that day in 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in the Friendship 7 spacecraft. On this mission, Glenn flew over Perth and the people of Perth turned on their lights to acknowledge his mission. Glenn observed that the city was clearly visible from space and Perth became known worldwide as the ‘City of Light’.  This early space exploration mission set the stage for the Gemini and Apollo programs which culminated in NASA landing men on the moon. [more...]