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NASA has, once again, pumped the breaks on the Artemis I launch. According to the Associated Press, officials called off the uncrewed test mission at around 11:15 a.m. ET Saturday, just three hours before it was scheduled to launch. NASA said its team made the decision after detecting a hydrogen leak that morning during the fueling process. The […]
You can now check “Michael Strahan flying to space” off your 2021 bingo cards. The Good Morning America host, seven-time Pro-Bowler, and Super Bowl champion touched down in space on Saturday via Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, and its latest commercial flight. The achievement came as Strahan was joined by the daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard and […]
A Dutch teenager who secured a seat on Jeff Bezos’ upcoming spaceflight is set to become the youngest person to travel to space. According to Blue Origins, 18-year-old physics student Oliver Daemen will be the first “paying customer” to fly on board the company’s New Shepard rocket. The aerospace manufacturer, founded by Bezos in 2000, said Daemen had landed a […]
The Chinese rocket that was anticipated to fall to Earth, finally landed on early Sunday morning in the Indian Ocean, near the Maldives. CNN reports that according to China’s space administration, a majority of the debris burned up as it re-entered the atmosphere. NASA administrator Bill Nelson denounced China for the rocket’s uncontrollable landing and […]
A portion of a rocket from China that’s traveling 18,000 miles per hour may possibly fall back to earth this weekend, with nobody knowing exactly where it will land. The debris is a 100-foot-long piece from a Chinese Long March 5B, according to the U.S. Space Command, which the Associated Press reports brought the main module […]
The newest prototype of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket Starship executed what appeared to be a successful landing Wednesday at its facilities in Boca Chica, Texas before exploding several minutes later Despite the unfortunate conclusion to this latest test flight, Starship serial number 10, or SN10, represents another gradual improvement over its predecessors, SN8 and SN9, both of which […]
James Harden made some interesting comments following his team’s 117-100 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, saying that the Houston Rockets are “just not good enough,” ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reported. Harden continued, “I love this city. I literally have done everything that I can. I mean, this situation is crazy. It’s something that I don’t think can […]
The Philadelphia 76ers have entertained the idea of including Ben Simmons in trade packages to the Houston Rockets for James Harden, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Charania’s report was backed by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, who added that both sides haven’t come close to getting a deal done. It was reported earlier today that […]
Though it ended in a fiery explosion, Starship‘s latest test flight was deemed a success. SpaceX launched the 165-foot-tall prototype, dubbed SN8, Wednesday in South Texas, where it soared to a height of nearly 8 miles. The test marked a major milestone for the aerospace manufacturer, as it was the highest test flight yet. It also managed to complete a number of […]
An unknown mass that will buzz past earth in the early hours of December 1 (tomorrow) has NASA scientists a tad confused. As a result, this mysterious object has been given the moniker “2020 SO” by those scientists. Also by “buzz” we mean come within between 31,000-32,000 miles of this planet. No need to freak. The […]
