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Twenty volunteers have been selected by a German nightclub for a pioneering party in zero gravity. Although the 90-minute bash on board the Airbus A310 won’t cost them a penny, they may not enjoy it. BigCityBeats, the German company behind the endeavor, recruited top-notch DJs, Dutch Armin van Buuren and American Steve Aoki, to entertain […]
Enlarge / Astronaut Yang Liwei lies in the re-entry capsule of Shenzhou-5 Spacecraft during a training on September 27, 2003 in Beijing, China. (credit: VCG via Getty Images) Later this year, China will mark the 15th anniversary of its first human spaceflight. On October 15, 2003, Yang Liwei launched into space on a Long March 2F […]
Enlarge / At the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Norishige Kanai signs a wall mural Dec. 13 as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies. (credit: NASA) On Tuesday, the spaceflight world twittered in amazement after a Japanese astronaut posted about his surprising growth spurt on Twitter. “I have a major announcement today,” Norishige […]
REUTERS/Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool/File Photo A Japanese astronaut claimed to have grown 9 cm (3.5 inches) while in space, but later corrected that figure to 2 cm (four fifths of an inch) and apologized for spreading “fake news.” He said he was worried he may not fit in the seats of the spacecraft after his growth, but […]
Published time: 9 Jan, 2018 08:50 Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai says he has grown by 9cm in height during the past three weeks aboard the International Space Station. He expressed concern as to whether he would fit into the spacecraft to return to Earth. Kanai, a flight engineer on the Expedition 54/55, shared his observation […]
Published time: 6 Jan, 2018 19:16 Edited time: 6 Jan, 2018 19:42 NASA veteran John Young, the only US astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs, and the first to fly into space six times, has died aged 87. Described by NASA as the agency’s “most experienced […]
Published time: 22 Dec, 2017 23:47 Edited time: 22 Dec, 2017 23:50 Retired NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II has died. The man is being remembered not only for being the first untethered human in space and integral to the first manned moon mission, but also as an inspirational and heroic figure. McCandless was 80 when […]
Video shot and edited by Condé Nast Entertainment. Click here for transcript. (video link) If you’re a frequent Ars reader, you’ve likely heard of Kerbal Space Program, the space flight/space crashing/space explosion simulator that lets you create your own vehicles, then fly them into orbit and perhaps even to other planets. Though silly and fun, […]
Published time: 9 Dec, 2017 17:43 The moment a shooting star rocketed over the coast of Mexico has been captured from a vantage point so unique that one could say it’s simply out of this world. NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik filmed the streak of burning rock from the orbiting space lab of the International Space […]
Video shot by Joshua Ballinger, edited and produced by Jing Niu and David Minick. Transcript will be available shortly. (video link) Around NASA and its contractors, the phrase “Return to Flight” carries special meaning. It’s used very seriously in very specific circumstances: a “Return to Flight” mission is a resumption of normal scheduled missions after […]
