SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket at 6:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 27 to transport 21 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. …
New NASA Telescope Reveals Stunning X-ray Glow of Star That Exploded in 17th Century
Astronomers are now equipped with a new pair of eyes in the sky. As of mid-February, the new Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observation platform, orbiting Earth since late 2021, sent back its first exploration images to scientists on the ground—revealing new scenes of the cosmos with its X-ray eyes. On Dec. 9, 2021, NASA,…
Orange County Man to Command First Private Astronaut Mission
MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—A 1976 Mission Viejo High graduate and astronaut and test pilot, Michael López-Alegría, returns to low-Earth orbit for the fifth time next month as commander of Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first all-private crew to the International Space Station. López-Alegría also serves as vice president of business development for Axiom Space, a privately…
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