And technicians have figured out why one main parachute didn’t deploy as planned. Boeing’s astronaut taxi remains on track for a December demonstration flight to the International Space Station (ISS) after passing a key safety test earlier this week. [embedded content] See Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner soar in an abort test animation. Boeing CST-100 Starliner: Next-Generation Spaceship On Monday […]

Since the retirement of NASA’s space shuttle fleet in 2011, there’s been just one vehicle ferrying crewmembers to and from the International Space Station (ISS): Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft. [embedded content] Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon ace its 16th parachute test, this one aimed at testing parachute deployment in the event of a low-altitude launch abort. The […]

On Nov. 11, people across most of the world can catch the planet Mercury passing across the sun. This rare event won’t be seen from Earth again until 2032. [embedded content] Mercury will transit the Sun on Nov. 11, 2019. Get all the details here. The smallest planet in the solar system is also the closest to […]

I work in a factory during the graveyard shift from 10 pm to 6:30 am. This night I was actually working my 6th day in a row for overtime. I have had this job for a while now and I am used to this kind of schedule. I am bringing this up because typically after […]

If you think the belief in God is the most common religious belief, think again! There are just as many American people who believe in intelligent alien life. A poll showed the same for German and British people as well. A Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina Diana Pasulka argues that […]