NASA Johnson Honors Hispanic Heritage: Meet Manuel Retana
Manuel Retana arrived in the U.S. at 15 years old, unable to speak English and with nothing but a dream and $200 in his pocket. Now, he plays a crucial…
Manuel Retana arrived in the U.S. at 15 years old, unable to speak English and with nothing but a dream and $200 in his pocket. Now, he plays a crucial…
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and fellow NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore embarked on an eight-day mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on June 05, 2024. However, due to technical challenges, their stay…
Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur, and Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX engineer, have achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first non-professional astronauts to perform a spacewalk. On September 12, 2024,…
Voyager 1, the farthest human-made object from Earth, has recently undergone a critical adjustment to its thruster system as it navigates the vast expanse of interstellar space. Despite being operational…
Efforts to 3D print engines produce significant savings in rocketry and beyond In the fall of 2023, NASA hot fire tested an aluminum 3D printed rocket engine nozzle. Aluminum is…
Polaris Dawn, a private space mission has set a new record for the highest orbit reached by humans since NASA’s Apollo programme. On 10th September 2024, the four-member Polaris Dawn…
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its number of residents to 12 for the 13-day…
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has completed its Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, landing safely at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on September 7, 2024. After more than three months in…
NASA and its industry partners continue to make progress toward Artemis III and beyond, the first crewed lunar landing missions under the agency’s Artemis campaign. SpaceX, the commercial Human Landing…
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has announced that the company aims to start launching Starship missions to Mars in 2026. These initial missions will be uncrewed and designed to…