Hacker News with Generative AI: Space Travel

Astronauts tight-lipped about reason for hospital visit after 235 days in space (theguardian.com)
Three Nasa astronauts who were taken to a Florida hospital after returning to Earth from the International Space Station two weeks ago told reporters on Friday that they were all in good health following the medical ordeal – and that the agency was “still piecing things together” about what happened.

Space Travel, Health, NASA, Astronauts

60 points by mindracer 12 days ago | 7 comments

NASA Tells SpaceX to Focus on Safety After Astronaut Hospitalizations (gizmodo.com)
A NASA safety panel warned SpaceX to focus on crew safety for its commercial trips to the International Space Station (ISS) after four astronauts were recently hospitalized.

Space Travel, Safety, NASA, SpaceX

4 points by bookofjoe 19 days ago | 1 comments

Shenzhou-18 crew video on life and work in space aboard Tiangong Space Station (youtube.com)

Space Travel, China

7 points by abstractbeliefs 24 days ago | 0 comments

Astronauts return from nearly eight months on ISS after Starliner problems (theguardian.com)
Four astronauts have returned to Earth after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton.

Space Travel, Space Exploration, NASA, Delays

9 points by thunderbong 27 days ago | 0 comments

NASA's Crew-8 mission members return to Earth on SpaceX capsule (npr.org)
NASA’s Crew-8 mission members returned to Earth Friday — capping a nearly eight-month mission after their trip from the International Space Station was extended several times.

Space Travel, NASA, SpaceX

7 points by defrost 27 days ago | 4 comments

SpaceX grounds its Falcon rocket fleet after upper stage misfire (spaceflightnow.com)
SpaceX’s Falcon rocket fleet was grounded for the third time in three months after a second stage problem occurred Saturday following the successful launch of a Dragon Capsule carrying two crew to the International Space Station.

SpaceX, Rocketry, Space Travel, Space Exploration, Launch Failures

42 points by bookofjoe 53 days ago | 6 comments

SpaceX launches mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck on the ISS (apnews.com)
SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year.

SpaceX, NASA, Space Travel

381 points by JumpCrisscross 54 days ago | 346 comments

Boeing Starliner astronauts speak out after capsule leaves without them (apnews.com)
Stuck-in-space astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday it’s been tough dealing with their Boeing ride leaving without them and the prospect of spending several extra months in orbit.

Space Travel, Boeing, NASA

11 points by howard941 69 days ago | 0 comments

Starliner departs space station and returns to Earth (arstechnica.com)

Space Travel, NASA, Spacecraft

5 points by ChumpGPT 75 days ago | 1 comments

Boeing Starliner, leaving its crew behind, lands in New Mexico (cbsnews.com)

Space Travel, Boeing, New Mexico

80 points by clessg 75 days ago | 75 comments

Stranded astronauts' capsule heads home without them (bbc.co.uk)
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the International Space Station.

Space Travel, NASA, Boeing

60 points by EwanToo 76 days ago | 59 comments

Radian Aerospace wants to reinvent the space rocket – as a space plane – CNN (cnn.com)

Space Travel, Aerospace, Startups, Innovation

8 points by rbanffy 80 days ago | 4 comments

Starliner crew reports hearing "sonar like noises" (arstechnica.com)

Space Travel, Spacecraft, News

120 points by areoform 81 days ago | 68 comments

NASA makes room on SpaceX trip to return astronauts stuck in orbit (theguardian.com)

SpaceX, NASA, Space Travel, Astronauts

6 points by tosh 83 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster 'tipped over' into the ocean during landing (theverge.com)