Air Mobility Command has suspended the majority of the space-available travel it offers on its aircraft, the Air Force announced Sunday. The move comes as the Defense Department dramatically limits international and domestic travel to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The suspension, which took effect Saturday, will continue through May 11, according to the announcement. It pertains to low- and no-cost flights offered to troops, families and retirees on cargo and transport aircraft between regular transit hubs.
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Private-sector manned launch will start new American space age
SpaceX is getting set to fly two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in the next few months. This presages the start of a new American Space Age — this time, with the private sector taking the lead .
Visionary billionaire Elon Musk, the SpaceX chief, isn't the only player: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and several others are also in the game. But it looks like Musk will win the prize for first to deliver humans into a prolonged mission in Earth orbit.
Chinese new-generation spacecraft mission proceeding despite coronavirus, Long March 7A failure -
HELSINKI — The test launch of the Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket carrying a Chinese new-generation spacecraft is going ahead despite the coronavirus outbreak.
The prototype new-generation crewed spacecraft payload is designed to be capable of deep space travel, including crewed lunar missions. Measures introduced to contain the COVID-19 outbreak have altered, but not halted, launch preparations.
"To cope with the epidemic outbreak, we have arranged minimum staff members to fulfill the task on the premise of guaranteeing the high work standards," Yang Qing, chief designer of the new-generation crewed spacecraft of China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), told CCTV.
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Tsuki no ishi wa doko desu ka? That’s a question I heard, and answered, hundreds of times every day. The year was 1970. I was one of 56 young Japanese-speaking American guides who’d been hired to staff the U.S. Pavilion at Expo ’70 in Osaka, Japan. It was the first World’s Fair to be held in that country, and 78 nations contributed exhibits intended to exemplify the theme of “Progress and Harmony for Mankind.”
Ever since Neil Armstrong had taken that giant leap for mankind in the previous summer, the Japanese public had become passionate about space travel. More than anything, they wanted to see a genuine piece of the lunar surface. They’d willingly tolerate waiting in line for three hours to enter our doors, so long as they could gaze upon our pavilion’s pride and joy. Hence the urgency of the question: Where is the moon rock?
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MultiBrief: A look at the latest developments in private space travel
Justin Bieber and Leonardo DiCaprio are reportedly ready to take off...to space. They are among the rich and famous who are said to have purchased their tickets for Virgin Galactic's inaugural flight to space. They will be sharing cabin space with the founder of Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson, among others. The maiden private commercial flight is scheduled to take off at the end of this year.
This sector could generate billions of dollars in new business for Virgin Galactic in the future. Virgin Galactic estimates the total addressable market is $900 billion.
Scientists believe women may be better suited for space travel — here's why
The 42-year-old, who completed her training in 2015, celebrated the March 8th holiday as the only woman currently in space, according to Space.com . That position is nothing new though. Of the approximately 550 people who have ever made their way beyond the earth's atmosphere, only 65 have been women .
But despite those statistics, there's plenty of research showing that, in fact, women may be more suited for space travel. Here's what the science has to say about it.
NASA: Super-Earth and Asteroid Taller Than Empire State Spotted; Here's the Best Space
While people now panics over a deadly virus, space experts are now making marvelous space findings that you would love to see! Within this week, another asteroid might hit planet Earth as NASA identified this as another detected 'Near-Earth Object' or NEO that is possibly taller than the whole building of Empire State in New York! Meanwhile, a space study about a low-mass planet candidate now found that has Earth-like features called 'Super-Earth'!
For those people out there that love the information about NEOs, here comes another potential asteroid that might hit Earth soon. According to UK Daily Express , an asteroid identified as Asteroid 2012 XA133 with a size of 390m or meters taller than the Empire State Building is expected to be seen in Earth skies on Friday, Mar. 27.
NASA: Here's how they protects astronauts and the International Space Station from coronavirus -
(CNN) When NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan return from their stay on the International Space Station on April 17, they will be coming back to a very different Earth.
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