#Space Safety

Articles (8)

• 🇺🇸 For Artemis II, Returning to Earth May Be the Most Dangerous Part of the Mission — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.

  Related: #NASA Missions, #Technical Challenges
• 🇺🇸 NASA says asteroid won't hit the moon as predicted — 06/03/2026 [USA]

  NASA says asteroid won't hit the moon as predicted

  Related: #Astronomy
• 🇺🇸 Phew! NASA Rules Out Asteroid Smashup on the Moon in 2032 — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Here’s one less thing to worry about — or to look forward to: NASA has ruled out any chance that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032.

  Related: #Astronomical Research
• 🇺🇸 This Is the Worst Thing That Could Happen to the International Space Station — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  There’s a good way to throw out the ISS. And then there’s a really bad way.

  Related: #International Cooperation, #Risk Management
• 🇺🇸 NASA Blames Itself and Boeing for Botched Starliner Flight Test — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  In a report released nearly two years after Boeing’s botched Starliner mission to the International Space Station, NASA put the mishap in the same category as the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle...

  Related: #Corporate Accountability, #Government Oversight
• 🇺🇸 NASA's new chief rebukes Boeing, space agency over problem-plagued Starliner mission — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams were expecting to spend eight to 10 days in space. They ended up​ remaining in orbit for 286 days.

  Related: #Management Failures, #Commercial Spaceflight, #Accountability
• 🇺🇸 NASA report paints damning picture of Boeing mishap that stranded two astronauts in space — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  A NASA investigation of Boeing’s bungled 2024 flight to the International Space Station, which stranded two astronauts there, revealed rampant mistrust and insufficient testing.

  Related: #Corporate Accountability, #Government Oversight
• 🇺🇸 NASA chief slams Boeing, agency failures in botched Starliner astronaut mission — 19/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Space Exploration, #Corporate Accountability, #Aerospace Industry