Trump asks Elon Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS for NASA— but they already have a SpaceX ride home

Trump asks Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS - but SpaceX is already slated to bring them home | Space Quiz! What are regions on the sun where its magnetic fields has opened up? | Taikonauts send Year of the Snake greeting from Tiangong Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version January 29, 2025 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad (NASA) Trump asks Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS - but SpaceX is already slated to bring them home Well, this is something of a head-scratcher. Read More Space Quiz! What are regions on the sun where its magnetic fields has opened up? Learn the answer here! Coronal holes Sun sinkers Coronal mass ejections Solar flares Taikonauts send Year of the Snake greeting from Tiangong (CCTV+) Happy Lunar New Year! Wednesday welcomes the Lunar New Year, during which families, loved ones and even astronauts gather around the world to eat traditional holiday foods and pay their respects to their ancestors. In a video, the crew of the current Shenzhou-19 mission held up paper cuttings of the Chinese character 福 (fu, meaning "good luck" or "fortune") and sent home a holiday greeting. Full Story: Space (1/29)  Spaceflight India launches navsat into orbit on its 1st mission of 2025 (ISRO) India just launched its first mission of 2025. The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on schedule yesterday at 7:53 p.m. EST (0053 GMT and 6:23 a.m. local time on Jan. 29). Full Story: Space (1/28)  Science & Astronomy 500,000-mile 'hole' in the sun's aims solar wind at Earth (NASA/SDO) A colossal coronal hole, nearly 500,000 miles (800,000 kilometers) wide, has opened in the sun's atmosphere, spewing fast-moving solar wind toward Earth. Full Story: Space (1/28)  Technology Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on test flight (Boom Supersonic) Boom Supersonic made history yesterday when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time. The XB-1 went supersonic two additional times during the flight, at about 17 and 22 minutes after takeoff, to allow pilots to test the jet's handling performance during supersonic flight. Full Story: Space (1/28)  Search for Life Super-Earth orbits in and out of star's habitable zone (MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO)) A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. That's really (relatively) close. Full Story: Space (1/28)  Entertainment 'Alien: Earth's new trailer shows us the Xenomorph's arrival (FX / Hulu) Earth was in Xenomorph-related trouble long before the Nostromo's trip to LV-426. Here's the latest teaser for 'Alien: Earth', the FX show coming this summer. Full Story: Space (1/27)  Star Trek 'Section 31' goes back to Trek's 'space western' roots (Paramount) "Star Trek" veteran Alex Kurtzman and director Olatunde Osunsanmi talk about creating "a different color of the rainbow" for their space western take on modern Trek. Full Story: Space (1/28)  On This Day in Space On this day in space! 1/29/1989: Phobos 2 enters Mars orbit (NASA) On January 29, 1989, a Soviet space probe named Phobos 2 arrived in orbit around Mars. Full Story: Space (2/27)    Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036