NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken give Q&A after splashdown in SpaceX Crew Dragon

Over 48 hours ago NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken were bobbing in the Gulf of Mexico inside SpaceX Dragon capsule and today the pair conducted a live Q&A. The duo took a number questions about the splashdown experience, their first meal and revealed if their long-standing friendship lasted while on the International Space Station. … Read more

‘Space dads’ Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken made prank calls in SpaceX’s Dragon capsule

NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken spent an hour waiting inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico and to pass the time, the ‘space dads’ made a few prank calls. Hurely revealed the mischievous endeavor during a press conference, saying the roller-coaster like trip home was ‘a lot … Read more

‘I’m not religious, but I prayed for this one’: Emotional Elon Musk welcomes home NASA astronauts

An emotional Elon Musk welcomed NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken home Sunday after their historic splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.  The billionaire SpaceX chief executive had rushed to Houston from the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, to welcome them. He was clearly moved — and relieved — while addressing the gathered group. It was … Read more

Astronauts successfully depart ISS aboard SpaceX Dragon to head home before splashdown Sunday

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Saturday with two US astronauts on board, beginning their journey back to Earth despite a storm threatening Florida. NASA footage showed the capsule drifting slowly away from the ISS in the darkness of space, closing out two months aboard for the first US … Read more

Satellite images reveal two ice caps in the Canadian Arctic have disappeared

Two ice caps in the Canadian Arctic have DISAPPEARED due to global warming, NASA satellite images reveal – fulfilling a bleak prediction from 2017 The ice caps have been studied by Professor Mark Serreze since the 1980s  Satellite images from 2015 show they were only 5% of the size they were in 1959  Images from the satellite … Read more

Satellite images reveal two ice caps in the Canadian Arctic have disappeared

Two ice caps in the Canadian Arctic have DISAPPEARED due to global warming, NASA satellite images reveal – fulfilling a bleak prediction from 2017 The ice caps have been studied by Professor Mark Serreze since the 1980s  Satellite images from 2015 show they were only 5% of the size they were in 1959  Images from the satellite … Read more

Airbus commissioned to build the first ‘interplanetary cargo ship’

NASA’s Perseverance mission launched today and will collect at least 20 rock samples from the surface of Mars.  But engineers have already set their eyes on how these samples, which will be stored on the Martian surface, will be returned to Earth.  The European Space Agency has revealed that Airbus-France will be in charge of building … Read more

Wife of astronaut on SpaceX’s historic Crew Dragon mission will pilot second launch

NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, whose husband Bob Behnken was aboard SpaceX’s historic Crew Dragon mission to ISS, will pilot spacecraft’s second launch next spring NASA announced on Tuesday that Megan McArthur will pilot mission in spring She is wife of Bob Behnken, joint ops commander of first Crew Dragon mission Astronaut Shane Kimbrough will command … Read more