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Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally journeyed to space at the age of 90, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin. Dwight, an Air Force pilot championed by President John F. Kennedy as a NASA astronaut candidate, wasn’t selected for the 1963 class. On Sunday, Dwight experienced a few minutes of weightlessness […]
Ed Dwight, the United States’ first Black astronaut candidate, became the oldest person to go to space on Sunday as Blue Origin launched its New Shepard NS-25 spacecraft and completed its first human flight since 2022. The 90-year-old Dwight took his first trip to space more than 60 decades after President John F. Kennedy appointed […]
Boeing is gearing up for a pivotal moment with the first crewed launch of its Starliner space capsule, scheduled for late Monday evening from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This significant step comes after several setbacks, including previous test flight failures and design flaws. The Starliner’s journey has been marred by issues such as an incorrectly set […]
The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 will offer unprecedented opportunities for scientific study. The eclipse’s path, covering a densely populated corridor from Mexico through the U.S. to Canada, enables both professional scientists and “citizen scientists” to participate in a wide range of experiments. Activities planned include photographing the sun’s corona, observing animal behavior […]
NASA, in collaboration with Intuitive Machines, has successfully dispatched a Lunar Library to the moon, featuring technology developed by Stampertech, a Rochester-based company. This initiative is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services. The Lunar Library, etched onto nickel sheets, encompasses the entirety of the English Wikipedia, the Rosetta Project, and a comprehensive digital library […]
NASA plans to retire the International Space Station (ISS) by crashing it into the ocean at the end of 2030, marking the end of its over three-decade tenure orbiting Earth. The agency is collaborating with private companies—Axiom Space, Voyager Space, and Blue Origin—to develop a new space station that will be privately owned, built, and […]
At 90 years old, Ed Dwight, who was once on the path to becoming the first Black astronaut, is receiving recognition for his pioneering contributions. Growing up in segregated Kansas, Dwight’s fascination with flying led him to pursue an aviation career despite the racial barriers of the time. Selected by President John F. Kennedy’s administration […]
Yesterday, NASA named the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, including one woman and three men. The three Americans and one Canadian were introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation’s astronauts as well as Mission Control. The four astronauts will be the first to […]
If you are interested in viewing NASA’s DART mission here is all the information you will need. Starting at 6pm NASA will be live broadcasting coverage of the DART mission. The mission is an attempt to deflect an asteroid from it’s path. DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test. The mission began last year in […]
Looking for a front-row seat to NASA’s historic return to the moon? Well look no further than the Strasenburgh Planetarium! This Saturday afternoon, the first phase of the Artemis mission is scheduled to lift off after it had to be scrubbed earlier this week to resolve some engine issues. The unmanned rocket will fly by […]
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