The US space agency NASA has named four astronauts who will return humanity to the moon after a 50-year hiatus, reports the BBC. Christina Koch will be the first female astronaut ever on a mission to the Moon, and Victor Glover will be the first black astronaut on such a mission. Together with…
On Sept. 3, NASA will once again try to launch its rocket to the Earth satellite for a test flight after an engine problem stopped the first countdown this week, AP reported. Managers stated on August 30 that they are changing refueling procedures to address…
A historic event will take place tomorrow (August 29) morning as America begins its return to the Moon. Around 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, the SLS launch vehicle will lift off from Launch Complex 39-B in Florida, sending Artemis 1 on its journey to Earth's moon orbit. Artemis 1 will fly more than...
The creator and owner of the online clothing store Zozo, Yusaku Maezawa, has opened a competition for the right to fly around the moon with him on board Elon Musk's Starship. Acceptance of applications ends at midnight on March 14, writes the BBC. Link to the site for submitting applications Maezawa ...
The American Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the allocation of $28 billion for the Artemis 3 space program, a new manned flight to the Moon, writes the Air Force. The crew will consist of two astronauts - a man and a woman. The flight is planned to take place by 2024,…
On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. President John Kennedy set the task: to send a man to the Moon and return to Earth before the end of the decade - NASA fulfilled the requirement. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of man landing on the moon, publication...
July 16 marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of NASA's historic Apollo 11 lunar mission. Four days later, on July 20, 1969, the first human foot set foot on the surface of the Moon. This man was the ship’s commander, Neil Armstrong, who uttered the now historic phrase: “Little...
Bought for almost $ 217, the old tapes became a treasure in the trunk of an old car 43 years later. Now they are estimated at $ 2 million. In 1976, American Gary George was 22 years old. Then he was a simple student: he studied at the university as an engineer ...
The administration of US President Donald Trump has demanded that NASA organize a flight of American astronauts to the Moon by 2024. According to US Vice President Mike Pence, Trump instructed NASA Director Jim Bridenstine to complete this task “at any cost,” writes Meduza. “We must put the goal above the means...
Private space company SpaceX has announced the opening of tourist flights to the moon. The first 2 tourists who have already paid for the trip will fly to the Moon in 2018. At the same time, SpaceX is not yet ready for either a spacecraft for flights or a rocket capable of sending it to an Earth satellite, writes meduza.io. SpaceX's long flight will send space ...