Astronaut Christina Koch logs longest spaceflight by a woman
Completing her 298th day on the International Space Station, Christina Koch set the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. Set to be there till February, Koch has been studying the impacts of long-term space travel on the human body as NASA considers sending astronauts to Mars. She was also one of the two woman to complete the first ever all-woman spacewalk in October.
nasa mars christina-koch astronaut spacewalk all-woman longest-spaceflight
CnetRelated Articles
NASA team is controlling the Mars Curiosity rover from home
The Curiosity team, which typically works from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, has been working remotely since California officials issued a "stay at home" order for all non-essential workers to help stop the spread of coronavirus in March, the space agency said in a blog post this week.
mars coronavirus curiosity-rover national-aeronautics-and-space-administration entrepreneurship
Google
SpaceX bans Zoom due to security concerns
SpaceX bans Zoom due to security concerns
SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket company, has banned its employees from using Zoom, the video conferencing app. The company sent out an internal memo warning employees about the security risks associated with the app. SpaceX is currently working on numerous projects that are vital to national security. NASA has also prohibited its employees from using Zoom.
nasa space privacy security national-security spacex zoom video-conferencing rockets
Aljazeera
NASA continues to work on critical missions and space tourism initiative
NASA has announced that it has ceased work on most of its projects and is now only working on missions that are crucial to the safety of those on the International Space Station. Key critical missions alongside the space tourism initiative remain on schedule.
nasa international-space-station space-tourism astronaut coronavirus quarantine commercial-space-travel space-station pod
TechCrunch
Elon Musk unsure if SpaceX will make it to Mars within his lifetime
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has recently said in a conference that he may die before SpaceX can land a rocket on Mars. He said that it took the company 18 years just to prepare to send its first manned mission into orbit and if the company moves at this speed he will not be around to see its first Mars mission.
elon-musk mars space rocket exploration death spacex starship
Bloomberg