The legislation has drawn bipartisan support amid the coronavirus pandemic as Democrats and Republicans have become increasingly concerned about Beijing’s supply chain dominance.
Tag: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
China Launches First Woman With New Crew to Space Station
China has launched a second crew to the country’s new orbiting space station. The mission is one of many challenging U.S. dominance of space exploration.
4 Astronauts Float Into the International Space Station and Open Arms
The crew arrived on Saturday on the Dragon Endeavour, a spacecraft built by SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space exploration company.
Astronauts Launching to Space Are Vaccinated Against Covid-19
All four members of SpaceX’s Crew-2 mission got their shots recently.
Glynn S. Lunney Dies at 84; Oversaw NASA Flights From Mission Control
He was hailed for leading the rescue of Apollo 13 astronauts when their spacecraft was rocked by an explosion en route to the moon, and for helping guide them home.
Once Upon a Time on Mars
A dune buggy is about to set off on behalf of its human owners to fulfill a primordial yearning.
Millie Hughes-Fulford, NASA Shuttle Scientist, Dies at 75
As the space agency’s first female payload specialist, she conducted experiments about the impact of weightlessness on astronauts’ immune systems and loss of bone mass.
How Space Became the Next ‘Great Power’ Contest Between the U.S. and China
The Biden administration faces not only waves of Chinese antisatellite weapons but a history of jumbled responses to the intensifying threat.
China Moon Mission Brings Lunar Rocks to Earth, and New Competition to Space
The Chang’e-5 mission’s success highlights the progress of China’s space program, and growing rivalry with the United States.
Missions to Venus: Highlights From History, and When We May Go Back
Much visited in an earlier era of space exploration, the planet has been overlooked in recent decades.