Caleb Revill, Author at Astronomy.com https://www.astronomy.com Astronomy news, photos, observing events, and space missions. Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:10:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://www.astronomy.com/uploads/2024/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Caleb Revill, Author at Astronomy.com https://www.astronomy.com 32 32 Trump chooses first private spacewalker Jared Isaacman as NASA head https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/trump-chooses-first-private-astronaut-jared-isaacman-as-nasa-head/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 23:11:06 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=155854// President-elect Donald Trump has picked private astronaut and billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as the administrator of NASA. Trump confirmed the nomination on Wednesday in a post on X. “Jared will drive NASA’s mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way for groundbreaking achievements in Space science, technology, and exploration,” Trump wrote in the post. “OverContinue reading "Trump chooses first private spacewalker Jared Isaacman as NASA head"

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]]> Boeing’s Starliner returns to Earth safely — without its crew https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/boeings-starliner-returns-to-earth-safely-without-its-crew/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:48:59 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=152013// Boeing’s Starliner safely departed the International Space Station on the night of Friday, Sept. 6 — albeit without its crew — and made a soft landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 12:01 a.m. EDT the following morning. The reentry and landing concluded a test flight to the International Space Station thatContinue reading "Boeing’s Starliner returns to Earth safely — without its crew"

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]]> As it happened: Boeing’s Starliner touches down, capping return flight to Earth https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/boeings-starliner-will-try-to-return-to-earth-today-heres-how-it-should-unfold/ Sat, 07 Sep 2024 03:45:27 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=151928// NASA has announced its mission timeline for the uncrewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft to depart from the International Space Station and return autonomously to Earth on Friday.

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