All articles tagged with #space flight
The article is about a BBC News quiz covering notable events from April to June 2025, including a question about what Katy Perry sang on an all-female space flight, as part of a year-end quiz series.
University at Albany chemists have synthesized a new high-energy compound, manganese diboride, which is more efficient and safer than current rocket fuels, potentially revolutionizing space travel by reducing fuel requirements and increasing payload capacity.
Mariah Carey was unaware of Katy Perry's recent space flight and expressed admiration for her achievement, but humorously declined the idea of going to space herself, saying she's done enough in her career.
Katy Perry's brief space trip has caused tension with her fiancé Orlando Bloom, who criticized the event as cringeworthy, leading to a rough patch in their relationship amid public scrutiny and personal disagreements over her career choices and recent events.
Orlando Bloom reportedly criticized Katy Perry's brief space flight, leading to tension in their relationship, with Bloom also planning to attend Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding solo, highlighting ongoing conflicts over Perry's career choices and their personal issues.
Anil Menon, a NASA astronaut and former SpaceX flight surgeon, shares how he and his wife, Anna Menon, a lead space operations engineer at SpaceX, manage their demanding careers while raising their two young children. They use astronaut-level problem-solving skills to navigate conflicting schedules and time management, and involve their kids in their space flight training to inspire them to chase their own dreams. The couple hopes to demonstrate the importance of following one's passion through their actions, motivating their children to do the same.
A bright light seen streaking through the sky over north Mississippi was a SpaceX Dragon capsule re-entering the atmosphere after a space flight. The capsule had four astronauts on a private 10-day mission and had been docked at the International Space Station for days before splashing down in the ocean off the coast of Florida.
Welsh company Space Forge has designed a heat shield called Pridwen, inspired by the shuttlecock used in badminton, which can be folded before launch and then expanded into a shuttlecock-like shape once ready for re-entry. The heat shield is intended for returning materials from the Moon or from asteroids, or for landing spacecrafts on celestial bodies with atmospheres like Mars or Venus. Space Forge hopes to see a space flight using Pridwen before the close of 2023.
Virgin Galactic is planning its first paid passenger flight from Spaceport New Mexico for late June. A native New Mexican, Jamila Gilbert, who is a Virgin Galactic employee, will be part of the crew for the final test flight in late May. Gilbert was picked by the company to experience a trip to space from a customer’s perspective. She will get the full customer experience, including three days of training followed by a space flight on the fourth day.
Scientists at Oklahoma State University have found that cellular repair systems respond to microgravity, which could help them better understand the effects of space flight on the human body. The researchers focused on SUMO, small proteins that attach to and modify other proteins in cells, and found that it plays a key role in cellular adaptation to microgravity stress. The study identified 37 proteins that physically interacted with SUMO, including those involved in DNA damage repair, energy and protein production, and maintaining cell shape and division.