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Astronaut Jeanette Epps still can’t tell us why NASA pulled her from historic space mission

sudshr47 June 22, 2018

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps should be in space right now. But instead, she’s stuck on Earth.

In January, NASA unexpectedly announced that Epps — who was set to become the first African-American astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station for an extended period of time — would not be flying to the orbiting outpost in June after all.

No public reason was given for the sudden reassignment, and Epps hasn’t said much about the situation until now.

On Thursday Epps spoke out about why she was pulled from the flight during the Tech Open Air conference in Berlin, Germany. Read more…

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Stunning space photo shows orange glow of the Kilauea volcano from orbit

sudshr47 June 20, 2018

From the ground, the erupting Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island looks like a hellish mouth opening up, revealing the Earth’s depths.
But from space, the volcano takes on a different look.
NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold snapped a photo o…

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This is how wheat is growing in microgravity

sudshr47 April 13, 2018

The International Space Station is the last place where you’d expect to find wheat growing, but NASA researchers have been doing it for months. This research sheds some light on the studies of space-based agriculture, but also gives us more insights …

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SpaceX launch will bring science and supplies to ISS and return with a glitchy Robonaut

sudshr47 April 2, 2018

SpaceX is about to launch its 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station, sending up a lightly used Dragon capsule filled with goodies at 1:30 PST. In addition to the delivery, this Dragon will also take back some cargo: the malfunctioning Robonaut 2, which apparently bricked itself sometime during the last few months.

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The International Space Station is getting a new printer

sudshr47 April 2, 2018

This story has it all: space, printers. HP’s Envy ISS, a printer designed for the extremely narrow use case of zero gravity, is hitching a ride on today’s Space-X CSR 14 rocket launch. The printer, which is based on the company’s regular-gravity OfficeJet 5740 is (as its name implies) destined for the International Space Station, which […]

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SpaceX successfully launches Iridium-5 Falcon 9 mission

sudshr47 March 30, 2018

SpaceX has successfully launched its Iridium -5 mission, which carries 10 satellites to add to Iridium’s NEXT global communications constellation. This is the fifth set of 10, out of a total of 75 that SpaceX is launching for client Iridium, and today’s launch used a first stage Falcon 9 booster originally employed last October for […]

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Trump wants NASA astronauts back on the moon, but it won’t happen while he’s in office

sudshr47 February 12, 2018

The Trump administration is serious about sending robots and spacecraft back to the moon — although no NASA astronaut will set foot on the chalky lunar surface until after President Trump leaves office.

The White House released its Fiscal Year 2019 NASA budget proposal on Monday, and it confirmed the administration’s plans to prioritize space exploration while stepping away from supporting the International Space Station, which houses astronauts and science experiments in low-Earth orbit.

“It reflects the administration’s confidence that America will lead the way back to the moon,” said NASA’s acting administrator, Robert Lightfoot, while detailing the budget proposal Monday afternoon from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Read more…

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Trump’s NASA budget will say goodbye to the Space Station and send us back to the moon

sudshr47 January 27, 2018

It should come as no shock that President Donald Trump wants NASA to send its astronauts to the moon.
Trump revived the National Space Council with Vice President Mike Pence as its head in part to redirect NASA toward sending humans back to the…

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Jeanette Epps is not the only astronaut NASA has removed from their planned flights

sudshr47 January 21, 2018

On Jan. 18, NASA announced that astronaut Jeanette Epps would not fly, as expected, to the International Space Station in June. The mission would have been historic, since she would have become the first African-American crewmember on the orbiting outpost.

The space agency hasn’t released any information about why Epps was benched from her planned mission, saying only that “these decisions are personnel matters for which NASA doesn’t provide information,” according to NASA spokesperson Brandi Dean. Epps will now work in the Astronaut Office at Johnson Space Center and await another possible flight assignment. Read more…

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A government shutdown could turn NASA centers into ghost towns

sudshr47 January 19, 2018

The looming government shutdown could extend its gloomy reach to space.

If the federal government shuts down at midnight on Saturday, NASA, like all other agencies, will be affected.

According to the agency’s most recent public plan published in November 2017, all but the most essential employees will be placed on furlough if a shutdown comes to pass.

NASA TV and all NASA websites — the most public facing part of the agency — will also be suspended during the shutdown.

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Astronaut expected to be the 1st African-American Space Station crewmember won’t fly in 2018 after all

sudshr47 January 19, 2018

Jeanette Epps, who was set to become the first-ever African-American astronaut to be a crewmember on the International Space Station, will not fly to space in 2018 as scheduled, NASA announced late Thursday.

It’s not clear why Epps was reassigned from her flight. The decision pulls her from her slated mission, which was expected to launch in June.

“A number of factors are considered when making flight assignments; these decisions are personnel matters for which NASA doesn’t provide information,” NASA spokesperson Brandi Dean said via email.

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SpaceX’s Dragon capsule returns from the International Space Station

sudshr47 January 13, 2018

SpaceX’s Dragon capsule has returned from the International Space Station as planned, after spending around a month docked at the orbital facility. This Dragon spacecraft was previously flown on an ISS resupply mission, meaning it’s done the round trip successfully twice in its lifetime now. Dragon decoupled and departed from the space station around six hours ago, and finished… Read More