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NASA Astronauts Describe Descent in SpaceX Dragon Capsule, 'Sounds Like an Animal'

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday August 5, 2020

The two NASA astronauts brought back to Earth on Sunday said they felt they were inside the belly of a beast as it careened into the atmosphere at 17,500 mph.

SpaceX Completes Test Flight of Starship Mars Rocket Prototype

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday August 5, 2020

SpaceX on Tuesday successfully completed a flight of less than a minute of the largest prototype ever tested of the future rocket Starship, which the company hopes to use one day to colonise Mars.

"Sounds Like An Animal": NASA Astronauts Describe Noisy, Jolting Descent Experience

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday August 5, 2020

SpaceX's crewed capsule isn't called Dragon for nothing.

SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule With NASA Astronauts Returns Safely to Earth

Reuters | Monday August 3, 2020

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX's new Crew Dragon capsule, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico after a two-month voyage that was NASA's first crewed mission from home soil in nine years.

Watch: SpaceX Capsule With NASA Astronauts Returns To Earth

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday August 3, 2020

SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday afternoon on time after re-entering the Earth's atmosphere and deploying its parachutes without any glitches.

SpaceX Crew Dragon Departs ISS for Earth With Two US Astronauts

Agence France-Presse | Sunday August 2, 2020

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft shoved off from the International Space Station on Saturday with two US astronauts on board, beginning their journey back to Earth despite a storm threatening Florida.

SpaceX Crew Dragon Undocks From Space Station For Return To Earth

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday August 2, 2020

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Saturday with two US astronauts on board, beginning their journey back to Earth despite a storm threatening Florida.

"Chandrayaan 2's Rover Intact On Moon": Techie Who Spotted Lander Vikram

India News | Edited by Shatabdi Chowdhury | Sunday August 2, 2020

Chennai-based engineer Shanmuga Subramanian, who was credited by NASA last year for spotting the debris of the lander of Chandrayaan 2, has come up with a new find.

NASA Astronauts Riding SpaceX Capsule Poised for Weekend Return, Weather Permitting

Reuters | Saturday August 1, 2020

The two NASA astronauts who rode to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's new Crew Drago are due to return on Sunday after a nearly four-month voyage that marked NASA's first crewed mission from home soil in nine years.

Hurricane Might Delay NASA Astronauts Return Slated For August 2

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday August 1, 2020

The first US astronauts to reach the International Space Station on an American spacecraft in nearly a decade might not come home this weekend as scheduled because of Hurricane Isaias, NASA said Friday.

NASA’s Mars-Bound Spaceship Carrying Perseverance Rover Faces Technical Issues

Agence France-Presse | Friday July 31, 2020

NASA spaceship Mars 2020, carrying the Perseverance rover, is experience technical difficulties and is running on essential systems only, the agency said. Data indicate the spacecraft had entered a state known as safe mode, likely because a part of the spacecraft was a little colder than expected.

Mars-Bound Spaceship Experiencing Technical Issues: NASA

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday July 31, 2020

Mars 2020, the spaceship carrying NASA's new rover Perseverance to the Red Planet, is experiencing technical difficulties and is running on essential systems only, the agency said Thursday.

NASA Rover Perseverance Launches For Mars, To Look For Signs Of Ancient Microbial Life

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 30, 2020

NASA's latest rover Perseverance launched for Mars on Thursday, blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on schedule.

NASA's New Mars Rover 'Perseverance' Launched, Seeks Signs of Life

Reuters | Thursday July 30, 2020

NASA's next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earth's planetary neighbour.

"There's Plenty Of... Space": See Twitter And NASA Mars Rover's ROFL Exchange

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Thursday July 30, 2020

As NASA's latest Mars rover Perseverance gets ready for its launch today, Twitter has requested to hitch a ride on it.