ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – A local chemistry teacher is highlighting a little know mission on D-Day with connections to Elmira. “You say, most folks are not aware of this mission?” asked 18 News reporter Nick Dubina. “There’s nobody, there’s nobody aware of “Mission Elmira,” said Greg Grund. “It was the largest resupply mission for the […]
Findlay, OHIO — Taking 91 veterans to Washington, D.C. is the focus for Flag City Honor Flight‘s (FCHF) 27th mission. On June 11, the team will leave from Toledo Express Airport for a one-day trip of a lifetime. Their schedule includes visits to the Iwo Jima Memorial, Korean Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, WWII Memorial and Arlington […]
NASA’s Mars Sample Return program has hit several snags in recent months after being told its current $11 billion plan is too expensive. The existing Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission plan would require multiple launches to Mars in order to eventually place a Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) on the Red Planet’s surface. From there, either […]
The dearMoon crew has shared their disappointment on social media following the mission’s abrupt cancellation. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa canceled his planned flight around the moon on June 1 due to delays with SpaceX’s Starship megarocket, which has yet to fly a single crewed test flight. Maezawa initially booked the private trip in 2018 and […]
June 7 (UPI) — NASA has awarded key contracts to a half dozen companies that will supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen in support of operations at agency centers and facilities across the United States, the space agency announced Thursday. While not the most high-profile element of the space program, scientists would be unable to […]
Boeing’s Starliner capsule will reach the International Space Station today (June 6) on its first-ever crewed mission, and you can watch the action live. Starliner is expected to dock with the orbiting lab today around 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT) on its historic astronaut debut, which is known as Crew Flight Test (CFT). You can […]
Boeing’s Starliner launched its first crewed mission to space on Wednesday morning, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board. The Starliner capsule took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:52 a.m. ET. If successful, the two are expected to return to Earth in approximately 10 days. NASA […]
A man has died after falling from a 1,981 foot (604-meter-high) cliff in Norway that featured in a “Mission Impossible” film. Preikestolen, known in English as “Pulpit Rock” is a cliff in southwestern Norway overlooking the Lysefjord. It is one of Norway’s most famous mountain hikes and sees more than 300,000 visitors a year, according to […]
Boeing’s Starliner launched its first crewed mission to space on Wednesday morning, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board. The Starliner capsule took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:52 a.m. ET. If successful, the two are expected to return to Earth in approximately 10 days. NASA […]
Boeing’s Starliner crew launched its first manned mission to space on Wednesday morning with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board. The Starliner capsule took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, at 10:52 a.m. ET. If successful, the two are expected to return to Earth in approximately 10 days. […]
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is set for a third attempt to fly astronauts to space for the first time on Wednesday, a much-delayed testing milestone in the aerospace giant’s ambitions to step up its competition with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The gumdrop-shaped CST-100 Starliner capsule, with two astronauts aboard, is due […]
Boeing’s Starliner crew will attempt to launch its first crewed mission to space on Wednesday morning with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board. The Starliner capsule is scheduled to take off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, at 10:52 a.m. ET. If successful, the two are expected to return […]