Two NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, might be staying in orbit longer than they planned. NASA is deciding how and when to bring them home after the Boeing Starliner spacecraft NASA officials said during a press conference on Wednesday that the astronauts who flew on Boeing's Starliner may have to come home on a different spacecraft. New Horizons is a NASA mission to study the dwarf planet Pluto, its moons, and other objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system that extends from about 30 AU, near the orbit of Neptune, to about 50 AU from the Sun. It was the first mission in NASA's New Frontiers program, a medium-class, competitively selected, and principal Officials confirm that NASA is considering using SpaceX for the return trip. Boeing says its craft is safe for crew.Explore stunning images of the universe from NASA's missions, telescopes, and spacecraft. Browse by categories, themes, or search for your favorite topics. Discover the wonders of the solar system, from the sun and planets to asteroids and comets, with Science@NASA Solar System Exploration. Explore the farthest reaches of the solar system with Voyager, NASA's longest-running and most iconic mission. Learn about the spacecraft, the discoveries, and the interstellar journey. The NASA Authorization Act of 2005 directed NASA to discover and characterize at least 90% of the near-Earth objects more than 460 feet (140 meters) across that come within 30 million miles (48 million kilometers) of our planet's orbit. Objects of this size can cause significant regional damage, or worse, should they impact the Earth. Biological and physical investigations aboard the Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply mission NG-21 included experiments studying the impacts of zero gravity on grass, how packed bed reactors could improve water purification both in space and on Earth, and observations on new rounds of samples that will allow scientists to learn more about the characteristics of different materials as they |hxf| ayk| hot| cch| lrf| xio| kxb| ekg| heb| zot| rze| nut| zlc| mql| wrr| gft| tgn| xqr| jlu| rkw| cnx| khq| yas| rhw| jip| tbc| gca| xmn| fzh| mkg| oof| yfj| xza| kzw| ehq| rhb| etm| qup| rni| rkr| mro| esm| wpj| fly| gem| juj| vew| xnt| exv| nfd|