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Navy commander leads latest NASA space station mission

The Navy officer-led NASA Crew-8 mission successfully blasted off Sunday.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

2 months ago

A statue depicting ancient Greek goddess Athena in central Athens is seen during a "blood moon" eclipse in July 2018.

Opinion

Why the military is integral to America’s return to the moon

A lack of military involvement will slow U.S. progress in the race to the moon and place at risk national security, scientific and economic interests.

By Charles Galbreath

8 months ago

Naval Academy grads hope to walk on the moon with NASA team

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kayla Barron and Marine Corps Lt. Col. Nicole Mann are among the 18 members of NASA's Artemis Team, and could be one of the first women to step on the moon.

By Katherine Fominykh, The (Annapolis, Md.) Capital Gazette via the AP

3 years ago

More than half of NASA’s moon-bound astronauts are active-duty military

NASA's Artemis program plans to return to the moon by 2024. Among the crew will be the first woman to walk on the moon.

By Harm Venhuizen

3 years ago

Best pics of the week: Aug. 16, 2020

From firefighting training to shooting the M240 at the range to clearing buildings at Exercise Deep and more, here's this week's Frontline Photos.

4 years ago

Astronauts arrive at space station in SpaceX’s Dragon capsule

SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company.

4 years ago

Historic SpaceX launch postponed because of stormy weather

The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit was called off with 16 minutes to go in the countdown Wednesday because of thunderclouds and the danger of lightning.

4 years ago

NASA, SpaceX bringing astronaut launches back to home turf

For the first time in nearly a decade, U.S. astronauts are about to blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil. And for the first time in the history of human spaceflight, a private company is running the show.

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: April 26, 2020

The military responds to the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected everything from academy graduations to building field hospitals and mobilizing state National Guard units.

4 years ago

Biggest explosion seen in universe came from black hole

It carved out a crater in the hot gas that could hold 15 Milky Ways, said lead author Simona Giacintucci of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington.

4 years ago

Boeing capsule returns to Earth at Army’s White Sands Missile Range after aborted space mission

Boeing safely landed its crew capsule in the New Mexico desert Sunday after an aborted flight to the International Space Station that could hold up the company’s effort to launch astronauts for NASA next year.

4 years ago

First human to walk in space dies in Moscow

Former cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was 85.

5 years ago