CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — First came space tourism. Now comes an even bigger thrill for the wealthy masses: Spacewalk. The stage is set for the first private spacewalk Thursday. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman will jump from the hatch of his orbiting SpaceX capsule, two days after launching from Florida on a chartered flight that […]
CONCORD, NH (AP) — Decades after she was selected as America’s first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer – this time as the first woman to be memorialized on the grounds of the New Hampshire Statehouse, in the town where she taught high school. McAuliffe was 37 when she was killed, one […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA decided Saturday that it was too risky to return two astronauts to Earth in Boeing’s new, troubled capsule. They will have to wait until next year for a flight home with SpaceX. What was supposed to be a one-week test flight for the couple will now take more than […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — NASA said Wednesday that it is still deciding whether two astronauts on the International Space Station by early next year and send your Problematic Boeing capsule back empty. Instead of flying Boeing’s Starliner back to Earth, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would ride on SpaceX’s next flightThis option would keep […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is wrestling with how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station after their return aboard Boeing’s wrecked capsule was repeatedly postponed. Will they take the risk and send them home soon with Boeing’s Starliner? Or will they wait and bring them back next year […]
