Dave Mosher, provided by Published 6:21 am PDT, Friday, August 3, 2018 SpaceX SpaceX and Boeing built new spaceships for NASA to fly its astronauts into orbit. NASA's Commercial Crew Program, as it's called, will soon launch launch one uncrewed and two crewed test flights of each new spacecraft. Today, NASA plans to announce the eight astronauts who will fly either SpaceX's Crew Dragon or Boeing's CST-100 Starliner ships for the first time. NASA TV is broadcasting video of the announcement live from Texas. NASA is about to name the first astronauts ever to fly commercial spaceships. This morning, the space agency plans to announce crews for the first flights of SpaceX's Crew Dragon and Boeing's CST-100 Starliner. NASA will broadcast video of the announcement, and you can watch live starting around 11 a.m. EDT via the embed at the end of this post. The announcement is a big deal because the last American crew-carrying spacecraft — NASA's fleet of four space … [Read more...] about NASA is naming at least 8 astronauts to fly SpaceX and Boeing’s new spaceships — here’s how to watch the announcement live today
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NASA to announce first commercial astronauts today in Houston
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A Russian architect is building a giant NASA space blanket to protect Burning Man festival attendees from the sun
A Russian architect has launched a fundraiser to build a giant space blanket for this year’s Burning Man festival. Installation artist Sasha Shtanyuk’s blanket is roughly 330 feet long by 330 feet wide, or about the length of a soccer field in each direction. It can change its silhouette constantly, looking like a wave,a mountain, and more. The blanket will be constructed from more than 3,300 NASA space blankets, and nearly 25 miles of reinforced tape will hold it together. The lightweight emergency blankets were created by NASA in the 1960s to protect spacecraft and astronauts from the extreme temperature swings in space. The Burning Man festival, which began as a bonfire among friends in San Francisco more than 30 years ago, has grown into an international spectacle. Now, more than 65,000 people descend on Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to celebrate the annual event. The counterculture gathering includes surreal art installations, musical acts, wild fashion, and … [Read more...] about A Russian architect is building a giant NASA space blanket to protect Burning Man festival attendees from the sun
Leaky valves on Boeing’s new spacecraft are increasing the risk that NASA astronauts could lose access to the space station
NASA is about to name astronaut crews for the first commercial spaceships, built by Boeing and SpaceX. Neither company met NASA’s original goal to finish building and certifying its spaceships in 2017 and now hope to do so in 2019. However, a recently discovered fuel leak in Boeing’s spacecraft, called the CST-100 Starliner, has resulted in new delays. If no American spaceship is ready by the end of next year, NASA might temporarily have no way to reach the International Space Station. NASA is preparing to name a batch of astronauts who will fly the first-ever commercial spaceships: the CST-100 Starliner built by Boeing and Crew Dragon built SpaceX. But the agency is staring down a real possibility that it might not be able to send people into space after next year. That risk likely increased after Boeing discovered a problem in a new spacecraft system the company designed for NASA. The issue – a fuel leak – appeared on June 2, as Ars Technica first … [Read more...] about Leaky valves on Boeing’s new spacecraft are increasing the risk that NASA astronauts could lose access to the space station
Mga dapat tandaan habang nasa ‘heightened alert’ ang Kamaynilaan
Watch more in iWantv or TFC.tv Isinailalim ng Philippine National Police (PNP) sa heightened alert ang Metro Manila matapos ang nangyaring pagsabog sa Lamitan, Basilan noong Martes na kumitil sa buhay ng 10 katao. 10 patay sa pagsabog ng 'car bomb' sa Basilan Dahil nasa heightened alert, magkakaroon ng mas maraming pulis sa mga kalsada at mga lugar na matatao gaya ng mga terminal at mall. Maglalagay din ang mga station commander ng mga checkpoint sa ilang bahagi ng National Capital Region (NCR). Metro Manila police on heightened alert Narito ang mga dapat tandaan ng isang motorista sakaling matiyempuhan ang checkpoint: Itsura ng isang lehitimong checkpoint Dapat nasa maliwanag na lugar nakapuwesto ang mga checkpoint Dapat naka-uniporme ang mga pulis Hindi dapat nakatago ang mga name plate ng pulis Visual search lang ang puwedeng gawin ng mga pulis Giit ni National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) director Chief Superintendent Guillermo Eleazar, basta't makipagtulungan … [Read more...] about Mga dapat tandaan habang nasa ‘heightened alert’ ang Kamaynilaan