April 9th, 2025
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Written testimony of Jared Isaacman at today’s U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing to become the next NASA administrator: If confirmed, and with the support and guidance of President Trump and members of Congress, we will reinvigorate a mission-first culture at NASA with the following objectives: First—American astronauts will lead the […]
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Face-off: Jared Isaacman is on the grill by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in a hearing to become the next NASA administrator. U.S. President Trump formally nominated Isaacman for NASA administrator on Jan. 20. Tune into the hearing at 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, April 9, with NASA streaming […]
Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov, bottom, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, middle, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Zubritskiy, top, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft for launch, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (April 7 Eastern time) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket sent the team off to dock with the International […]
In Earth orbit since October 2024, China’s Shenzhou-19 crew continues to perform in-orbit mechanical, robotic, medical tests. China’s Shenzhou-19 space travelers — Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze – have been at work on the country’s Tiangong space station for more than 150 days. A newly issued video from China Central Television (CCTV) shows […]
Reflect back decades ago to the heady Space Race rivalry between the former Soviet Union and America. For the entire world, it was the Sputnik moment, the orbiting of the first artificial satellite of Earth by the Soviets. Sputnik 1’s liftoff on October 4, 1957 sparked worries, made all the more vexing by the […]
China’s Moon exploration plans are being detailed, a step-by-step program leading to the development of the country’s International Lunar Research Station. Headed for the Moon around 2026 is the robotic Chang’e-7 mission, built to explore the lunar south pole, specifically to gather data regarding the evidence of water. If confirmed, such deposits could enable future […]
Image credit: Fram2/Inside Outer Space screengrab That first-ever pole to pole orbital voyage of the Fram2 crew continues to go well. Entrepreneur Chun Wang, mission commander, is posting video and images and commentary regarding the flight. He is joined by three others, Australian adventurer Eric Philips, filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen, and German robotics researcher Rabea Rogge. […]
The upcoming crewed flight of the Fram2 mission into polar orbit from Florida is a risky undertaking in many ways. Riding atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, the Fram2 crew — commander Chun Wang, vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen, vehicle pilot Rabea Rogge, and mission specialist and medical officer Eric Philips — face multiple challenges. […]
Intent on becoming a launch service provider for small and medium-sized satellites, the first flight of the Isar Aerospace booster ended in failure. The Isar Aerospace mission “Going Full Spectrum” was the first flight of an orbital launch vehicle from continental Europe. The first test flight lifted off from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. The first […]
Experiments onboard China’s space station are being readied to study planaria, a kind of flatworm with amazing regeneration abilities. “The planarias can regrow complete heads or tails when cut, making them ideal models for studying tissue regeneration,” reports China Central Television (CCTV. Planaria is a kind of flatworm with amazing regeneration abilities. The planarias can […]
