As the International Space Station approaches its scheduled death date in 2030, several planned commercial stations hope to fill the void and become the premier lab-for-profit in low Earth orbit. SpaceX and Vast announced on Tuesday that they are requesting science experiments for Haven-1,
Late Tuesday afternoon, Elon Musk put out a message on X saying that President Donald Trump had asked him to return the two Boeing Starliner astronauts who have been on the space station since June as soon as possible.
Starliner co-pilot Sunita Williams is now the world's most experienced female spacewalker, moving up to No. 4 overall.
Liftoff is scheduled for 8:34 p.m. ET tonight (Jan. 29).
The founder of SpaceX said President Trump had asked his company to return two astronauts aboard the space station to Earth “as soon as possible.” NASA said it would do that “as soon as practical.”
SpaceX and Vast Space are looking for research ideas to fly aboard Vast's new Haven-1 space station launching later this year.
Elon Musk says Donald Trump has asked SpaceX to rescue two astronauts who have been in space for more than seven months — even though NASA has said there's a plan in place.
President Trump on Tuesday announced that he has asked SpaceX founder Elon Musk to “go get” two NASA astronauts who have been aboard the International Space Station since June awaiting a return trip to Earth.
So the return of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore has never been a political story—until this week. And it's a good thing that the two will be in space tomorrow because, as attested to in the tagline for the movie Alien, in space, no one can hear you scream.
NASA is set to collaborate with SpaceX to return astronauts from the ISS amidst plans for further cosmic exploration. Samples from asteroid Bennu suggest the presence of life's building blocks. Meanwhile,