Tag: station
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NASA astronaut hospitalized after return from space station
A NASA astronaut was flown to a hospital with an unspecified medical issue on Friday shortly after returning to Earth from a nearly eight-month mission on the International Space Station, the space agency said. The astronaut, who NASA did not name for privacy reasons, had splashed down off Florida’s coast at 3:29 a.m. ET on…
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NASA astronauts set to depart space station after weather delays
The summary Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are set to leave the International Space Station on Wednesday after weeks of delays. Their return flight was initially postponed as a result of the problems with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, then again more recently because of poor weather. A primary cause of the delay this month:…
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Australian police chase koala through strain station
SYDNEY — A wayward koala led police on a low-speed, early morning chase through a Sydney train station, video released on Tuesday showed, surprising commuters in the city. Video provided by Transport for New South Wales showed the koala ambling through Casula station on Friday, around 21 miles south-west of the city’s central business district. The video showed the koala checking out an elevator before opting to descend a stairway. Trains in the area were…
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SpaceX to launch capsule that will bring two stranded astronauts back from space station
SpaceX is set to launch two new crew members to the International Space Station on Saturday, in a capsule that will eventually bring home two NASA astronauts who flew to orbit on Boeing’s problem-plagued Starliner spacecraft. Weather permitting, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday at 1:17…