The four Artemis II astronauts who will embark on a flyby of the moon in November next year successfully conducted a pre-launch practice run on Wednesday. In line with launch day procedures, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, started the day by waking up …
NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has set a new flight record on the red planet. On its 59th flight just a few days ago, the drone-like machine reached an altitude of 20 meters, beating its previous record, set in December last year, by 6 meters. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is overseeing the mission that …
SpaceX chief Elon Musk is keen to send its next-generation Starship rocket on what will be its second crewless test mission after the first one ended spectacularly minutes after launch in April. But first SpaceX has to receive a launch permit from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The latest news, which dropped via Reuters on …
NASA’s X-59 supersonic aircraft. Lockheed Martin/Garry Tice NASA’s X-59 supersonic aircraft. Lockheed Martin/Martin Tice NASA’s experimental X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) plane is preparing for its inaugural test flight later this year. The X-59 is designed to reduce the loud sonic boom produced when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier, potentially enabling supersonic passenger flights …