You can find Tariq at and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast with space historian Rod Pyle on the TWiT network. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. In October 2022, Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee. Before joining, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. He became 's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. 29 with news of the launch delay to March 2. The other company, Boeing, aims to launch the first crewed flight on its Starliner spacecraft no earlier than April 22.Įditor's note: This story was updated at 1:20 a.m. SpaceX is one of two commercial companies with multi-billion-dollar contracts to fly astronauts to and from the ISS for NASA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In Los Angeles. SpaceX and NASA are currently working to certify the reusable Dragon capsules for up to 15 spaceflights, NASA officials said. Beginning Monday night, the space shuttle Endeavour will be lifted by a 450-foot crane and placed next to its fuel tanks. Endeavours touch down in California marked the 100th daytime landing by a space shuttle and the first use of a 'temporary' runway constructed while the main landing strip was under refurbishment. Engineers are also reviewing some paint discoloration on Crew-7's Dragon capsule currently docked at the ISS, apparently due to residue tape on the capsule, to ensure it's not an issue for reentry and landing.Ĭrew-8 will mark the fifth flight of the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, which first flew astronauts to the ISS in May 2020 on SpaceX's first-ever human spaceflight, Demo-2. Those include reviews of composite material fasteners on the Dragon/Falcon 9 launch vehicle for Crew-8 that are expected to be resolved before flight. Steve Stich, NASA's Commercial Crew Program manager, told reporters Sunday that NASA and SpaceX are working through some final issues to clear ahead of the Crew-8 launch. SpaceX: Facts about Elon Musk's private spaceflight company Space shuttle Endeavour will spend its last flying day Friday not rocketing into space, but doing what most tourists do when visiting California: Taking in the state Capitol, Golden Gate Bridge. SpaceX launches Crew-6 astronaut mission to space station for NASA Rudolph said that there would be stretches along the route where the public can see the shuttle, but that those locations had yet to be released by Los Angeles and Inglewood police, and that he would defer to police as far as where they think the best viewing places are.- Russians will fly on SpaceX's Crew-7, Crew-8 astronaut missions: report Other than that, he said that the biggest opportunity to check out the shuttle would be a stop the shuttle’s making Saturday morning at the Inglewood Forum. that the best place for the public to watch the shuttle move is… on TV. View Mission 26: The Big Endeavour in a larger mapĬalifornia Science Center president and CEO Jeff Rudolph told NBC L.A. The space shuttle Endeavour moves this weekend from LAX to the California Science Center.
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