NASA astronaut and Pittsburgh native Mike Fincke released a statement Wednesday — revealing he was the one who needed medical attention that required SpaceX Crew-11’s early return. The Emsworth native and Sewickley Academy graduate was selected to be an astronaut by NASA in 1996. In the statement posted to NASA’s website, he said that on
Tyrannosaurus rex may loom large in our collective imagination, but new research suggests the creature moved more like a supersize barnyard bird than a stomping movie monster. A study in Royal Society Open Science argues that the predator walked and ran on its toes, using quick, choppy steps reminiscent of modern birds rather than
NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Services Undocking – YouTube Watch On A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule will undock from the International Space Station today (Feb. 26), and you can watch its departure live. The robotic Dragon is expected to depart today at 12:05 p.m. EST (1705 GMT), ending a roughly six-month orbital stay during which
AP – NASA’s Mike Fincke identified himself Wednesday as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency’s first medical evacuation. In a written statement, the 58-year-old spaceflight veteran revealed he was the ailing crew member last month aboard the International Space Station. He did not say what was wrong with him, but explained that
If you’re fairly new to buying Lego sets, where do you even start? There are hundreds to choose from, and even if you narrow down to a specific theme, you’re still spoilt for choice. Take Lego Star Wars: There are dozens of current sets, coming in at all price ranges and sizes. You’ll likely be
During the ”snowball Earth” period about 700m years ago, Earth’s climate shut down. The planet was encased in ice and insulated from seasonal variations: spring, summer, autumn and winter all stopped. Or at least that was the theory. Recent examination of some ancient rocks from the west coast of Scotland has now overturned that thinking,
Scientists have unveiled the largest, most-detailed-ever map of the chaotic gas clouds at our galaxy’s center. The resulting image could take years to analyze but promises to help unravel the mysteries of how the earliest stars lived and died right after the Big Bang. The new observations, taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
NASA’s historic Artemis II lunar flyby mission has hit a snag, pushing its launch timeline to no earlier than April. On Wednesday, NASA had to roll its massive Space Launch System rocket, weighing 11 million pounds, back to its hangar at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., to repair an issue that would affect
Jumping to a new research topic is intimidating but can enable diverse teams and creative breakthroughs.Credit: Getty In science, careers are often imagined as linear: a direct path from school to degree, PhD to postdoc, and onwards to the inevitable professorship or industry role. In reality, research rarely moves in straight lines — and neither
In late February, people in the Northern Hemisphere can look up for a special sight: six planets will all be visible from clear and dark night skies. New sonifications from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released Feb. 25 will help commemorate this latest “planetary parade.” Because the planets in our solar system travel around the Sun