Bad weather delays SpaceX Dragon’s departure from space station to Saturday

A SpaceX resupply ship will have to wait at least one more day before returning to Earth. Yesterday (Jan. 19), cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov ventured outside the safe confines of the International Space Station to conduct a seven-hour, 11-minute spacewalk. While the pair cleaned up following the spacewalk, SpaceX was preparing its robotic … Read more

Nerves run high ahead of the James Webb Space Telescope launch this Saturday

The primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope. In a new interview, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shared he is “nervous” ahead of the launch. (Image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn) Amid all the excitement, there is no shortage of nerves ahead of the launch of the world’s most powerful telescope.  This Saturday (Dec. 25), the James … Read more

Watch SpaceX attempt a record 11th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket with Starlink launch early Saturday

SpaceX will launch its second stack of Starlink satellites from the West Coast early Saturday morning (Dec. 18), and you can watch the action live online.  The private spaceflight company will launch a stack of 52 Starlink satellites on one of its previously flown Falcon 9 rockets. The mission is set to blast off at … Read more

December full moon 2021: ‘Full Cold Moon’ meets string of 3 planets Saturday

December’s full moon on Saturday (Dec. 18), the last of the year, will usher in the winter constellations and notably, three naked-eye planets in the evening.   The moon becomes officially full at 11:36 p.m. EST on Saturday (0436 on Dec. 19), according to Astropixels. For New York City observers, the moon will rise that … Read more

How to watch Blue Origin launch GMA host Michael Strahan and crew to space Saturday

Blue Origin’s third crewed mission is scheduled to launch on Saturday (Dec. 11).  The company’s New Shepard spacecraft will send GMA host and former NFL star Michael Strahan and five other people to suborbital space on the mission, which is known as NS-19. Liftoff is targeted for 9:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT) on Saturday, though … Read more

Michael Strahan taking football to space on Blue Origin flight Saturday

Good Morning America co-host Michael Strahan will be taking a small piece of his former life to space on Saturday (Dec. 11). Strahan, who played in the NFL from 1993 to 2007, will tote a football on his suborbital jaunt with Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company Blue Origin, which is scheduled to lift off from West … Read more