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Dec112021 by adminNo Comments

Blue Origin plans to launch largest crew yet Saturday

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Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket company plans to launch six people, its largest crew yet, including the daughter of late astronaut Alan Shepard and ABC News anchor Michael Strahan, into space Saturday from Texas. Blue Origin plans liftoff of the New Shepard rocket on its NS-19 mission at 8:45 a.m. CST from its Corn Ranch spaceport 160 miles east of El Paso. Launch personnel postponed a launch Wednesday because of high winds in the area. Previous launches in July and October carried Bezos and William Shatner, 90, respectively. Bezos also invited former aviator Wally Funk, 82, to fly with him in July. Those previous crews were composed of four people. Let's light this candle! We put Alan Shepard's famous words on the crew access gantry for the astronauts to see just before ...

Mar292021 by adminNo Comments

Authorities recover body of second victim in Iowa State crew club boat accident

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March 29 (UPI) -- Authorities on Monday confirmed the death of a second student after a boat capsized during an Iowa State University crew club practice in Jewell, Iowa, over the weekend. The accident occurred Sunday morning on Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County. Three of the five students on the capsized boat were rescued from the water, treated at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames and released. Advertisement "The Iowa State community is heartbroken to learn of this tragic accident at Little Wall Lake," Iowa State president Wendy Wintersteen said in a statement. "At this time, we are focused on providing support to club members, their families and friends. We ask that everyone keep them in their thoughts during this very difficult time." A dive team initially recovered the body of on...

Feb162021 by adminNo Comments

NASA fears gap in astronaut crew at multibillion-dollar space station

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ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Having spent well over $ 150 billion on the International Space Station, NASA fears a potential lack of launch vehicles could leave the orbiting platform without a U.S. astronaut and create a potential safety risk. Such a gap would occur only if a crew had a problem that forced them to leave the space station early, but it would represent a costly "lost opportunity that cannot be regained" for maintenance work and science, NASA spokesman Josh Finch said in an email. Advertisement "NASA's position is that at least one U.S. crew member on the International Space Station at all times is the best way to maintain safe operations," Finch said. To resolve the potential for a gap, NASA is considering buying an additional seat on a Russian Soyuz rocket and capsule p...

Nov152020 by adminNo Comments

Nasa SpaceX launch: Astronaut crew strapped in for flight

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Aug22020 by adminNo Comments

Nasa SpaceX crew return: Astronauts set for ocean splashdown

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US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have undocked their Dragon Endeavour capsule from the space station to begin their return to Earth.The pair are expected to splash down off the coast of Florida just after 14:45 EDT (19:45 BST) on Sunday.A successful landing would mean America once again has a fully serviceable, fully certified means of getting its own people into orbit and back.This capability was lost when the country retired its shuttles in 2011. Astronauts begin historic mission on private craft What is the SpaceX Crew Dragon? The US space agency Nasa and its commercial partner, SpaceX, have chosen a splashdown location well away from Hurricane Isaias, which looks as though it will track up the eastern coast of Florid...