NASA and SpaceX have officially rescheduled the undocking of the Dragon cargo capsule from the International Space Station (ISS) to May 23, after poor weather conditions at the splashdown site prompted a delay. Originally planned for May 22, the departure is now set for 12:05 p.m. EDT on Friday. The capsule, part of the CRS-32…
SpaceX and the Coast Guard work together to try to keep civilian boaters away from returning spacecraft after astronauts splash down in the water. But on Tuesday night, they could not do anything about a pod of curious dolphins. A handful of the marine mammals swam up to a recovery boat that was set to…
After an extended and unplanned stay in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams safely returned to Earth on Tuesday, marking the end of a nine-month-long ordeal that saw them stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Their SpaceX capsule successfully splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida,…
Successful splashdown of Starship in Indian Ocean SpaceX conducted its latest test flight of the Starship rocket system on Tuesday, showcasing both challenges and milestones for the most powerful launch vehicle ever built. The nearly 400-foot-tall (121-meter) rocket, which took off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas, faced difficulties recovering its enormous booster stage…