Day: June 7, 2024

The fourth test flight of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built is in the books, and what a dramatic and nail-biting trip for SpaceX it was. SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the fourth time ever today (June 6) at 8:50 a.m. EDT (1250 GMT), sending the 400-foot-tall (122 meters) vehicle aloft from …

SpaceX Starship Launches On Nail-Biting 4th Test Flight Of World’s Most Powerful Rocket. Read More »

Boeing’s Starliner capsule has arrived at its orbital destination. Starliner reached the International Space Station (ISS) today (June 6), making contact with the orbiting lab at 1:34 p.m. EDT (1734 GMT) as the duo flew over the southern Indian Ocean. That was a bit later than originally planned. Starliner missed its first docking chance, at …

Boeing’s 1st Starliner To Carry Astronauts Arrives At ISS Despite Thruster Malfunction. Read More »

The new moon of June 2024 occurs tonight, making this a great night to get and enjoy a sky free from the glare of the moon. New moons occur about every 28.5 days, as the moon passes between the sun and Earth on its journey around its orbit. More formally, a new moon is when …

New Moon of June 2024 Tonight Lets Saturn, Mars and Jupiter Shine. Read More »

A mysterious pit on the flank of an ancient volcano on Mars has generated excitement recently because of what it could reveal beneath the surface of the Red Planet. Here’s what that means. First things first, the pit, which is only a few meters across, was actually imaged on Aug. 15, 2022 by NASA’s Mars …

The ‘Hole’ on Mars Making Headlines Could Be Crucial to Red Planet Exploration. Read More »

China’s Chang’e 6 mission continues to make history, having collected the first samples ever retrieved from the far side of the moon and now transferring those samples between spacecraft in orbit. That transfer was necessary for the next step in the samples’ journey — returning to Earth. The successful rendezvous and docking of the Chang’e …

Chang’e 6 Probe’s Far-side Moon Samples Enter Return-to-Earth Module In Lunar Orbit, China Says. Read More »

SpaceX bigwigs celebrated the arrival of a new American capsule on the human-spaceflight scene today (June 5). That spacecraft is Boeing’s Starliner, which is carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams toward the International Space Station (ISS) after launching this morning atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. “Congratulations on a successful …

SpaceX Congratulates Boeing, ULA on 1st Crewed Starliner Launch. Read More »