Archive for the ‘space travel’ category: Page 209
Sep 9, 2021
A Kings of Leon NFT will launch soon on SpaceX’s private Inspiration4 spaceflight
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, space travel
The NFTs will be auctioned off to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 spaceflight will launch a Kings of Leon song and 50 other digital art NFTs to orbit next week.
Sep 9, 2021
The private Inspiration4 astronauts set to ride a SpaceX rocket arrive in Florida for Sept. 14 launch
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
The four astronauts finished their training at SpaceX headquarters in Los Angeles.
The four-person crew of SpaceX’s all-civilian Inspiration4 mission has arrived in Florida to prep for next week’s historic liftoff.
Sep 8, 2021
SpaceX Lifts Massive Starship Booster Onto Launchpad
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
Time to light this candle.
Sep 8, 2021
SpaceX, NASA targeting April 15 for launch of Crew-4 mission to space station
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
Crew-4 will carry four astronauts to the station for a six-month stay.
SpaceX and NASA are targeting April 15 2022, for the launch of the Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station, agency officials announced yesterday (Sept. 7).
Sep 8, 2021
SpaceX Starship: Incredible render shows how Mars rocket design is evolving
Posted by Atanas Atanasov in category: space travel
SpaceX’s under-development rocket is set to soar, and a new render shows how the ship will look with the booster attached.
Sep 8, 2021
SpaceX Rocket for First All-Tourist Spaceflight Rolls to Launchpad
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
The Falcon 9 rocket booster, which made its way to to the launch facilities, has also been flown twice already.
But instead of a docking module built into the nosecone of the Crew Dragon, the spacecraft will be outfitted with a massive glass dome that will give its occupants an incredible view of the Earth below.
It’s a momentous occasion for the space company. If successful, SpaceX could prove once and for all that spaceflight is indeed possible — even without decades of training.
Sep 8, 2021
See 7 Breathtaking New Photos Of The ‘King Of Planets’ Taken This Week
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space travel
NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter has sent back another batch of stunning photos of the giant planet.
The $1.1 billion spacecraft, which recently marked the tenth anniversary of its launch, has been orbiting Jupiter since 2,016 but recently entered a new second phase of its mission after completing its core five-year survey of the giant planet.
Sep 7, 2021
Nanoracks’ spinoff aims to bring food production to Earth’s deserts and orbital space
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: space travel, sustainability
The first space-style greenhouse could open in Abu Dhabi in 2022.
High-tech solar-powered greenhouses inspired by technology developed for missions to the moon and Mars could soon grow food in Arabian deserts as well as in orbit around Earth, according to plans of space services company Nanoracks.