by Alisa Nelson | Jul 31, 2020 | Military, News, Science / Technology
Weather permitting, NASA astronaut Bob Behnken and fellow spaceman Doug Hurley are scheduled to undock Saturday evening at the International Space Station and begin their historic journey back home. Their mission marks the first time in U.S. history that a commercial...
by Alisa Nelson | May 27, 2020 | News, Science / Technology
St. Louis County native and NASA astronaut Bob Behnken’s mission to the International Space Station will have to wait. Bad weather forced the liftoff to get postponed until Saturday afternoon. Behnken is part of the first manned U.S. spaceflight in nearly a decade and...
by Alisa Nelson | May 11, 2020 | News, Science / Technology
Later this month, north St. Louis County native Bob Behnken will put on his spacesuit and command the historic SpaceX flight to the International Space Station. He will strap into his seat in the cockpit of the Dragon spacecraft and fire up the vehicle. After a...