Major General Sameh Katta, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of the Egyptian Satellite Company Nilesat has announced the company’s robust financial performance for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2023. Nilesat recorded profits amounting to USD 43.754 million, marking a 12% increase compared to the previous year’s earnings of USD …
The five-day push will accommodate high levels of activity on the International Space Station. The first crewed launch of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule has been delayed by an additional five days, to May 6. NASA and Boeing had been targeting May 1 for the highly anticipated Starliner mission, which is known as Crew Flight Test …
Boeing’s 1st Starliner Astronaut Launch Delayed Again, To May 6. Read More »
The flaming wreck appears to be the orbital module from China’s Shenzhou 15 astronaut mission, which launched in November 2022. A big piece of Chinese space junk crashed to Earth over Southern California early Tuesday morning (April 2), putting on quite a show for observers in the Golden State. The fall created a blazing fireball …
An unusual “horned” comet is now visible in the night sky and may even make a rare appearance during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. An unusual “horned” comet is now visible in the night sky — and it may even make a rare appearance during the 2024 total solar eclipse on April …
A ‘Horned’ Comet May Be Visible During The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Read More »
NASA’s sun-kissing Parker Solar Probe peered into the depths of a coronal mass ejection (CME) for the first time, revealing new details within the violent solar phenomenon. Every so often, the sun’s simmering magnetic field burps colossal clouds of plasma out into the space beyond. These are called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). If one CME strikes Earth, for example, …
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Monday (April 1). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Bad weather scuttled two previous tries at the launch. This time the weather cooperated and the Falcon 9 left the pad at 10:30 p.m. EDT …
SpaceX Launches 22 Starlink Satellites From California. Read More »
JWST quickly spotted signs of a forming exoplanet — but not the one that astronomers had expected to see. Astronomers are hunting for planets in the process of forming around infant stars using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The powerful space telescope quickly delivered the goods, albeit in an unexpected way. These infant planets …
James Webb Space Telescope Joins The Hunt For Newborn Exoplanets. Read More »
The ULLYSES program is the largest Hubble operation ever performed. Now that observations are over, scientists can dive into a treasure trove of data. In December 2023, the Hubble Space Telescope completed its largest program since launching in 1990. With this program, the telescope made observations of 500 individual stars over three years — and …
Hubble Space Telescope Finds Bucket Of Cosmic Easter Eggs — 500 Blue And Red Stars. Read More »
SpaceX had a busy Saturday evening (March 30), launching two rockets from Florida less than five hours apart. The action started at 5:52 p.m. EDT (2152 GMT) on Saturday, when a Falcon 9 rocket sent the Eutelsat 36D telecommunications satellite skyward from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Then, at 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 GMT on …
Spaceflight Doubleheader! SpaceX Launches 2 Rockets In 4-hour Span. Read More »
