On March 3, 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 9, the first manned flight of the lunar module and tested all of the components for the lunar landing mission. On the flight, the module performed many of the same maneuvers, like docking and rendezvous, that would be used in the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission. It…
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Mission to Space Station eyed for March
Today, NASA announced its targeting Fri., March 1, as the launch date for the next cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station. The launch is currently scheduled for 10:10 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission is to resupply the station via a capsule called Dragon, with more than 1,200…
Lasagna in Space
No sooner did we check the European Space Agency’s Twitter account after posting about the JUICE mission did we see perhaps the greatest part of this day: Lasagna in Space. Here’s the link to the ESA blog on the story: Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano testing the first lasagna that will be sent to space. “As…
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