With all the news recently about relatively young rocket companies successfully flinging their founders and some actual astronauts into space, it might be surprising that the rocket company with the most experience of all still hasn’t gotten its flagship new rocket off the ground with people yet. And after yet another delay, there is now no firm date for the launch of Boeing’s Starliner.
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Boeing continues Starliner valve troubleshooting
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Boeing
Boeing engineers at Cape Canaveral continue troubleshooting stuck valves in the propulsion system of the company’s Starliner crew capsule in hopes of resolving the problem — and understanding what caused it — in time to take off on an unpiloted test flight before the current launch window closes later this month.
Playmobil unveils epic Star Trek USS Enterprise NCC-1701 playset
Playmobil is launching an epic new replica of the USS Enterprise from "Star Trek" on Sept. 8 to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the sci-fi franchise's TV debut.
Skywatcher’s Delight: Nova RS Ophiuchi in Outburst and Comet O1 Nishimura
The Perseids, a rare eruption of nova RS Ophiuchi and a challenging dawn comet round out an amazing week of skywatching.
Star Trek Adventures tabletop RPG to get 7 new additions this year
There’s even a world first coming to the tabletop game.
Astro Restoration Project pieces together space shuttle astronomy payload
The Astro Restoration Project is now well underway towards its goal of bringing the STS-35 (and STS-67) mission hardware back to its as-flown condition.
The Sun Didn't Have any Sunspots for 70 Years, now we Might Know why
Concentric ripples in galactic dust clouds triggered by a powerful black-hole X-ray burst can be seen in a new image released by NASA.
Ukraine plans to join the EU. Will the nation's space prospects expand as a result?
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Northrop Grumman will launch a Cygnus cargo ship to the space station today. Here's how to watch live.
NASA and Northrop Grumman are teaming up to launch a cargo capsule to the International Space Station today (Aug. 10) at 5:56 p.m. EDT (2156 GMT).
Astronomy Jargon 101: Parallax
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You probably don’t know how close you are to today’s topic: parallax!
Antares rocket ready for launch on space station resupply mission
A mobile clean room, seen here Monday, attached to the nose cone of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket allowed ground teams to load time-sensitive cargo into a Cygnus supply ship before its launch to the International Space Station. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now
Northrop Grumman packed last-minute cargo into a commercial Cygnus supply ship Monday on a launch pad in Virginia, putting the finishing touches on a spacecraft set for liftoff Tuesday atop an Antares rocket on a mission to the International Space Station.
Space Continues to be Hard. Firefly’s Alpha Rocket Detonates Shortly After Launch
NASA's sun-grazing spacecraft is making its ninth daring dive past our neighborhood star in a continuing quest to puzzle out secrets of how the sun works.
60-second Astro News: White Dwarfs Still Burn, Black Holes Merge
Fireballs blaze through the dark night sky in this NASA footage of the annual Perseid meteor shower.
Recurrent Nova RS Ophiuchi Just Blew its Top!
The recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi just went into outburst — its first burst in 15 years — and it's bright enough to see with the naked eye
Ganymede in Infrared Taken During Juno’s Most Recent Flyby
On July 20th, 2021, NASA’s Juno spacecraft conducted a flyby of Jupiter’s (and the Solar System’s) largest moon, Ganymede. This close pass was performed as part of the orbiter’s thirty-fourth orbit of the gas giant (Perijove 34), which saw the probe come within 50,109 km (31,136 mi) of the moon’s surface. The mission team took this opportunity to capture images of Ganymede’s using Juno’s Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM).
Starliner still hoping for August launch despite technical troubles
Boeing is still hoping to achieve an August launch date for its Starliner capsule amid continuing technical problems with the spacecraft.
The History of Venus in Air, Rock, and Water
Northrop Grumman's next Cygnus cargo ship will launch on a journey to the International Space Station tomorrow carrying with it a bevy of research investigations and crew supplies.
Halo Infinite battle pass progression will be tied to challenges and not match XP
Science Editor Camille Carlisle has won the Division of Planetary Science’s Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award for “Rugged Worlds,” the cover story of the May 2020 issue of Sky & Telescope.
Satellite photos show Dixie Fire's devastation to California town in before-and-after views
Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system and is known for its short years, long days, extreme temperatures and weird sunsets.
Elon Musk's SpaceX may launch a tiny Canadian satellite that livestreams ads from space: report
Hundreds of scientists with a UN panel reviewed more than 14,000 studies documenting climate change evidence, to create a new report for policymakers worldwide.
