Space.com
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- Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updatesby elizabeth.howell@futurenet.com (Elizabeth Howell) on 7th May 2024 at 1:17 am
Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA as early as this evening (May 6).
- Boeing Starliner's historic 1st astronaut launch delayed by Atlas V rocket issueby elizabeth.howell@futurenet.com (Elizabeth Howell) on 7th May 2024 at 1:15 am
A rocket issue with United Launch Alliance's Atlas V caused Boeing Starliner to wave off its historic 1st launch attempt with astronauts on May 6. A backup launch date has not been announced.
- 'Sparkly' narwhal toy trades sea for space as Boeing Starliner zero-g indicatorby robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman) on 7th May 2024 at 12:19 am
What has one horn, two crewmates and shares a name with its ride into orbit? "Calypso," the plush sequined narwhal that is flying on the crew flight test of "Calypso," Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.
- Watch 2 bus-size asteroids make close flybys of Earth this week (video)on 6th May 2024 at 8:35 pm
Two asteroids are expected to make close but safe approaches to Earth this week, and you can watch them live.
- Spacecraft captures absolutely incredible video of plasma swirling on the sunon 6th May 2024 at 8:10 pm
The video gives an insight into the energetic events that transfer energy and plasma into the solar corona that ultimately drives the solar wind.
NASA.com
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- Astronaut Suni Williams Prepares for Crew Flight Testby Monika Luabeya on 6th May 2024 at 7:18 pm
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs up during a mission dress rehearsal on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and has been aboard the International Space Station twice. She is set to return to
- New NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brinkon 6th May 2024 at 5:00 pm
Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer, viewers can plunge into the event horizon, a black hole’s point of no return. “People often ask about this, and simulating these difficult-to-imagine processes helps me connect the mathematics of relativity to
- A Different Perspective – Remembering James Dean, Founder of the NASA Art Programby Michelle Zajac on 6th May 2024 at 4:08 pm
In March 1962, NASA Administrator James Webb addressed a two-paragraph memorandum to NASA Public Affairs Director Hiden T. Cox about the possibility of bringing in artists to highlight the agency’s achievements in a new way. In it, he wrote, “We should consider in a deliberate way just what NASA should do in the field of
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- Astronaut Suni Williams Prepares for Crew Flight Teston 6th May 2024 at 7:21 pm
During a mission dress rehearsal, NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams flashes a thumbs up in her Boeing spacesuit inside the crew suit-up room inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, April 26, 2024. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams and fellow NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET Monday, May 6.
Space Station News
- Astronaut Suni Williams Prepares for Crew Flight Testby Monika Luabeya on 6th May 2024 at 7:18 pm
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs up during a mission dress rehearsal on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and has been aboard the International Space Station twice. She is set to return to
- NASA Mission Strengthens 40-Year Friendship by Elyna N. Niles-Carnes on 2nd May 2024 at 2:34 pm
As NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore launches aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station Monday, May 6 on its first crewed flight, one of his best friends will have played a key role in getting him there. Billy Stover, chief safety officer for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and Wilmore have been friends for more
- NASA Sets Coverage for Boeing Starliner’s First Crewed Launch, Dockingby Tiernan P. Doyle on 29th April 2024 at 6:08 pm
Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on May 6, 2024, to reflect a change in the list of participants for the postlaunch news conference. Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on May 5, 2024, to reflect a change in the list of participants for the postlaunch news conference. Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on
Astronomy Now
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- This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 3 – 12by Alan MacRobert on 3rd May 2024 at 3:18 pm
This week in the moonless dark, the Summer Triangle appears over the eastern treetops star by star. Leo walks down toward the west. And the Sombrero Galaxy positions itself ideally on the south meridian for your telescope. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 3 – 12 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- China's Chang'e 6 Mission Heads to the Moonby David Dickinson on 3rd May 2024 at 2:40 pm
China’s ambitious Chang’e 6 mission will attempt to return a sample from the lunar farside. The post China's Chang'e 6 Mission Heads to the Moon appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Night Sky News from Astronomy Now
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 3 – 12by Alan MacRobert on 3rd May 2024 at 3:18 pm
This week in the moonless dark, the Summer Triangle appears over the eastern treetops star by star. Leo walks down toward the west. And the Sombrero Galaxy positions itself ideally on the south meridian for your telescope. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 3 – 12 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- Ready the Hot Cocoa and Recliner — Here Comes the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower!by Bob King on 1st May 2024 at 3:40 pm
You might be tempted to sleep through this annual shower but then you'd miss seeing some of the fastest meteors around. Not to mention their parent is the most famous comet of all. The post Ready the Hot Cocoa and Recliner — Here Comes the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower! appeared first on Sky & Telescope.