It looked like the final scene of a movie, the denouement of a long adventure in which the good guys finally prevail. Azure skies and brilliant blue seas provided a perfect backdrop on Tuesday evening as a spacecraft carrying four people neared the planet’s surface. “Just breathtaking views of a calm, glass-like ocean off the … Read more
As such, there is a rich tradition of space mission patches to draw on, and we thought it would be fun to share some of our favorites over the decades. Apollo 11 mission patch. NASA Apollo 11 mission patch. NASA The Apollo 13 mission patch is the only other Apollo Moon mission without names. The … Read more
Enlarge / Crew Dragon enters Earth’s ambiance on Sunday morning as restoration boats await. SpaceX A white spacecraft, evenly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metallic, fell out of the night time sky early on Sunday morning and splashed down within the Gulf of Mexico not all that removed from Key West. The … Read more
Enlarge / A Crew Dragon spacecraft separates from the higher stage of a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday morning. SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket streaked into the blackened the pre-dawn sky above Florida on Tuesday, carrying 4 folks on essentially the most formidable non-public human spaceflight so far. The crew of the Polaris Daybreak mission, … Read more
