Day: July 23, 2024

Russia has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap for building its newest space station and associated Earth-based infrastructure, with the first modules expected to launch within three years. On July 2, the leadership of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos described their upcoming to create the nation’s newest space station, currently known as the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), …

Russia Unveils Timeline For Building Its New Space Station, Starting In 2027. Read More »

ABL Space Systems will have to wait a while to conduct its second-ever orbital launch. The California-based startup has been prepping its RS1 rocket for a test flight, which will lift off from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska. But that vehicle is no longer in any condition to earn its wings. “After a pre-flight …

ABL Space System’s 2nd RS1 Rocket Destroyed During Preflight Testing. Read More »

SpaceX‘s new vehicle to bring down the International Space Station will be a monster. The SpaceX deorbit vehicle, a variant of its workhorse Dragon spacecraft, will carry 46 Draco thrusters to send the International Space Station (ISS) to its end in the south Pacific Ocean in the next decade, the company said in remarks last …

SpaceX Has Dreamed Up A Dragon Ship On Steroids To Drag The ISS Out Of Space. Read More »

A European moon lander being developed to provide the continent autonomous access to the moon is targeted to launch in 2031, according to a development call published last week by the European Space Agency (ESA). The robotic lander, called Argonaut, is expected to lift off on an Ariane 6 rocket, which after a long series …

Europe on the moon: ESA Targeting 2031 For 1st ‘Argonaut’ Lunar Lander Mission. Read More »

Using a NASA X-ray telescope mounted on the International Space Station (ISS), astronomers have weighed a rapidly spinning dead star that signifies the heart of the closest millisecond pulsar to Earth. Like all neutron stars, pulsars are born when massive stars die, but what really sets millisecond pulsars apart is the fact that they spin …

NASA X-ray Telescope ‘Weighs’ The Closest Rapidly Spinning Dead Star to Earth. Read More »