Ali Alqarni

Following their brief stint on board the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space’s Mission 2 (Ax-2) crew is back on Earth with an altered view of the planet that we call home.Three Astronauts May Be Stranded on the ISS After Disturbing Soyuz Coolant Leak“Can you believe we landed less than 48 hours ago?” Ax-2 Commander Peggy Whitson exclaimed during a press conference on Thursday. “It’s still striking to me to think about it, but everything was just so fast.”Axiom Space launched its second private mission to the…

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four private astronauts is making its way down from the International Space Station (ISS) and is set to splash down in Florida on Tuesday night. The ocean touchdown will be broadcast live. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewAfter spending 10 days on board the ISS, The Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) crew is scheduled to return back to Earth on May 30 around 11:04 p.m. ET. The crew aboard the Dragon spacecraft, nicknamed Freedom, will splashdown off the…

The International Space Station (ISS) just welcomed new guests, a private crew of four astronauts who are settling in on board the orbiting lab and learning to adapt to the microgravity environment. Better Mobility & Cameras: NASA & Axiom's New Spacesuits | TechmodoAxiom Space launched its second private mission to the ISS on Sunday, with the crew members arriving to the space station at 11:00a.m. ET on Monday following a roughly 16-hour journey through space. The crew members are set to spend around eight days…

The four-person crew training ahead of their ISS mission.Photo: Axiom SpaceAxiom Space is gearing up for the launch of its second private crew to the International Space Station (ISS). The four astronauts will spend a little over a week conducting experiments within the orbital lab.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewA Falcon 9 rocket will send up the crew inside a SpaceX Dragon capsule nicknamed Freedom. The rocket is scheduled to blast offSunday at 5:37 p.m. ET from Launch…

The second private crew to the International Space Station (ISS) is getting ready to strap into a SpaceX Dragon capsule, venturing to low Earth orbit as part of Axiom Space’s follow-up mission to the orbiting lab.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewAxiom Mission 2, or Ax-2, is scheduled for liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:37 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 21. The rocket will launch from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Following a roughly 16-hour journey to…

History could be made this week, as astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi seeks to become the first Saudi woman and first Arab woman to reach orbit. We’ve also got our eyes on the annual Humans to Mars Summit and an ongoing contest to make in-space food production more practicable. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewIt’s alsoa big week for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which could perform as many as four missions in the coming days.Axiom’s second stint on the ISSThe second privately funded…

This week, NASA announces the names of the four astronauts who will venture beyond the Moon for the planned Artemis 2 mission next year, and we couldn’t be more excited.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewSpring is in the air and so are Falcon 9 rockets, two of which are set to launch this week. It’s also the season for new insights into an upcoming private mission to the ISS and the launch of an important pollution-monitoring sensor. NASA’s big Artemis 2 astronaut revealOn Monday…