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Non-professional crew performs first commercial spacewalk

“From here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world," said the first private citizen to perform a spacewalk. The BBC reports that a billionaire and an engineer have become the first non-professional crew to complete a spacewalk during a commercial mission. Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis stepped out of the SpaceX spacecraft around 15 minutes apart.     Before Thursday, only astronauts from government-funded space agencies had conducted spacewalks. Spacewalks […]

today12 September, 2024

World

NASA astronauts still stranded on International Space Station

NASA says there's still no firm return date for two of its astronauts currently stranded aboard the International Space Station. The space agency's engineers along with the company Boeing are working to repair the Starliner capsule that is supposed to bring the crew back to earth. Ira Spitzer reports.  

today2 August, 2024

World

Liftoff for Boeing-NASA’s historic partnership mission to space

Boeing's Starliner mission successfully launched on a test mission Wednesday morning, that will allow two astronauts to journey to the International Space Station. It's part of a decade-long project alongside NASA to get people back and forth to space alongside commercial partners. Caroline Malone reports.  

today6 June, 2024

Science & Technology

Odysseus Moon lander may have tipped sideways but is ‘stable’

A lunar lander which became the first privately owned spacecraft to land on the Moon is “stable” and is in communication with operators. Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C Odysseus lander, a private spacecraft, touched down in the Moon’s south pole region at 11.23pm UK time on Thursday. Steve Altemus, the chief executive and co-founder of Intuitive Machines, told a press conference the lander may have “tipped” but it is in communication with […]

today24 February, 2024