A T AN ALTITUDE of 400km, with both vessels travelling at 7.7km a second, the Crew Dragon capsule took orbital advantage of a freedom denied to the socially distanced on Earth to come within two metres of the International Space Station. After a final 20 seconds of stately approach the Endeavour 's capture ring made contact with the station's docking adaptor. The short voyage's simple, straightforward end belied its significance.
In May 2012 SpaceX, a Californian firm founded by Elon Musk, started using its spacecraft to make cargo deliveries to the space station built by America, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada. (They started being used to bring the station's rubbish back down a week later.) The mission it launched on May 30th, though, used a completely revamped version of the firm's Dragon capsule to carry up something much more precious: two astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley.
Quite a lot has been going on:
SpaceX: how Silicon Valley's billionaires transformed space travel
For Brits looking up at the sky on Saturday night, a tiny speck racing across the dark horizon offered an inspiring sight.
Few people seemed more affected by the sight of the first commercial astronaut launch in history than Elon Musk , SpaceX chief executive and the billionaire founder of Tesla, the electric carmaker.
"This is something that should get people right in the heart," he said shortly after Saturday's launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida, as the normally outspoken chief executive appeared to be temporarily at a loss for words.
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Madhu Thangavelu conducts the ASTE527 graduate Space Exploration Concept Synthesis Studio in the Astronautical Engineering Department within the Viterbi School of Engineering and teaches Space Architecture in the USC School of Architecture. Madhu does research in human spaceflight, space exploration, architectural engineering, and aerospace engineering.
Celebrate American Space Travel with the Space Collection from Skechers
May 27th marks a new era of human spaceflight with American astronauts launching in an American rocket from American soil for the first time since 2011. This monumental flight to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program is sure to inspire a new generation of kids interested in space travel.
This new out of this world collection features NASA's iconic logos and intergalactic inspired design elements. This is a great way for your little one to show pride for the American space program and support for NASA's astronauts throughout their stay on the International Space Station.
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This Unknown Metal May Be A Game-Changer For Space Travel
A single event just made an already critical metal that's been cornered by China worth more than ever.
For the first time in a decade, SpaceX and NASA last weekend successfully launched a space mission, sending two astronauts to the International Space Station.
While it even lifted shares of companies that had nothing to do with it, including Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE:SPCE), one little-known company hoping to eventually mine North America's only supply of a metal critical to space dominance could also be a major beneficiary of what is now, officially, skyrocketing sentiment.
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Take a Virtual Tour of the International Space Station | Travel + Leisure | Travel + Leisure
Not everyone will get the chance to explore space, but this virtual tour of the International Space Station (ISS) comes pretty close.
Google Arts & Culture is a treasure trove for the history, art, and science lover. This platform has been around for a few years, but since the coronavirus outbreak started it has become a must-see for anyone who wants to enrich themselves during lockdown.
Virtual tours of museums, national parks, and popular tourist attractions have certainly been excellent ways to educate and entertain yourself at home, but there’s another collection of online tours and exhibits that space and science lovers should definitely see — including a 360-degree tour of the ISS .
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Wednesday, for the first time in nine years, American astronauts were scheduled to head to space in an American made spacecraft. Unfortunately, the SpaceX launch was delayed because of weather.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft is the first privately contracted spaceship ever used by NASA to send astronauts to space.
The ship was made by the Elon Musk-owned company SpaceX. The company's Falcon 9 rockets are tested in Texas. In fact, they often make the trip through East Texas on their way to Cape Canaveral.
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