Keith’s note: according to NASA: “NASAâs SpaceX Crew-11 mission safely splashed down early Thursday morning in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, concluding a more than five-month […]
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NASAWatch on Scripps: Boeing’s Starliner Launch
Keith’s note: I just spoke with Scripps News about the upcoming flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station, the problems Boeing has had with the spacecraft, competition […]
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Spaceship Endeavour Is In Orbit
Keith’s note: Crew 8 lifted off on time tonight and is now in orbit. They’ll be arriving at the International Space Station on Tuesday. I was on Bloomberg radio twice […]
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Will Boeing Ever Fly A Crew To ISS?
Keith’s note: NASA just gave SpaceX 5 more crew flights to the ISS for a total of 14 contracted flights. Boeing has yet to fly a crew – its first […]
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NASAWatch on BBC Live at Five
Keith Cowing · Interview With NASAWatch Editor Keith Cowing on BBC Live at Five
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Trump Supporters Photobomb Dragon Recovery
Better screengrab: Trump supporters in power boats & a sailboard with a big campaign banner within mere feet of the #DM2 spacecraft with an active propulsion system leaking highly poisonous […]
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Lockheed Martin's Flawed Comparison Between Orion and Dragon
The right tool to go to the moon, op ed, Tony Antonelli (Lockheed Martin), Politico “Contrary to the iconic scene from “Apollo 13,” we don’t aspire to dumping a box […]
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A Flawless Dragon Landing
Today’s successful splashdown of the @SpaceX Demo-1 #CrewDragon capsule after its mission to @Space_Station marked another milestone in a new era of human spaceflight. @Commercial_Crew is one step closer to […]
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The Crew Dragon Has Arrived
SpaceX Crew Dragon Arrives At The International Space Station “International Space Station’s Harmony module forward port via “soft capture” at 5:51 a.m. EST while the station was traveling more than […]
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NASA Doesn't Want To Talk About A Messy Dragon
A SpaceX Delivery Capsule May Be Contaminating The ISS, Wired “Part of the problem here, though, is NASA’s reluctance to talk about both the problem and the plans to fix […]