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The first in-flight repair of the Space Shuttle. The landmass in the backdrop is the Bari region of Somalia. Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft. In the absence of a breathable Earthlike atmosphere, the astronaut is completely reliant on a space suit for environmental support.
Anna Menon, a mission specialist and medical officer on the Polaris Dawn mission, poses with "Kisses from Space," a children's book she co-authored. Menon read the book Wednesday from orbit. But ...
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
James Webb Space Telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. As the largest telescope in space, it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. [ 9 ]
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that will carry them into orbit will lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch window is from 3:30 to 7 a.m., according ...
Now, Apophis's orbit around the sun brings it startlingly close to Earth. It's partly due to its proximity, as well as the sheer devastation its impact with Earth would bring, that astronomers ...
Polaris Dawn was a private crewed spaceflight operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 CEO Jared Isaacman, the first of three planned missions in the Polaris program.Launched 10 September 2024 as the 14th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, Isaacman and his crew of three — Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon — flew in an elliptic orbit that took them 1,400 kilometers ...
The mission, called Polaris Dawn, is slated to take off as soon as Wednesday between 3:30 a.m. and 7:09 a.m. ET after Tuesday morning’s launch attempt was waived off because of issues with ...