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Sunlight illuminates the exhaust plumes of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft on Oct. 13, 2026. This visual phenomenon is known as a “jellyfish”; it happens near sunrise or sunset when the exhaust plume from the rocket becomes brightly illuminated, creating a glowing shape resembling a jellyfish. The mission lifted off […]
After eight months aboard the International Space Station, Sophie Adenot is about to return to Earth. French astronaut left the ISS on Wednesday aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule and is due to land this Thursday, October 8 off California, after about 27 hours of travel. She spent 235 days in space, a record for a European astronaut.
In this Oct. 1, 2026, photo, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft is carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station for a […]
Ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission launch, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in this Sept. 27, 2026, photo. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey […]
NASA and SpaceX could launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on October 1, with the Dragon spacecraft reaching orbiting outpost less than nine hours after liftoff. Crew-13 will join Expedition 75 after teams complete a final round of intensive launch-readiness checks.
Sky’s “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series has found its leads in David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn. Oyelowo (“Silo,” “Selma”) will play disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist alongside Prettejohn (“The Crown,” “The Testament of Ann Lee”) as hacker Lisbeth Salander in a TV reimagining of Steig Larsson’s hit Millennium book series. The characters were portrayed […]
SpaceX is getting an extension to an existing contract that will allow three additional crewed Dragon flights to the International Space Station.
Deborah Meaden makes a bold opening move in response to a pitch.
