Day: September 2, 2024

On Saturday (Aug. 31) NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed something weird inside the Starliner spacecraft. Wilmore radioed down to Mission Control to ask about the bizarre noises heard emanating from Starliner‘s speakers while the spacecraft is currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS). “There’s a strange noise coming through the speaker,” Wilmore tells Mission …

NASA Astronaut Butch Wilmore Reports ‘Strange Noise’ Coming From Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft, ‘I Don’t Know What’s Making It’. Read More »

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) have signed a collaboration agreement. This agreement concludes a highly productive week-long African Heads of Space Agencies meeting at the National Space Conference 2024. Mr Mudau, the CEO of SANSA, and Dr Joseph Bremang Tandoh, the director of GSSTI, signed …

Sidelines From The National Space Conference: SANSA Signs Collaboration Agreement with Ghana. Read More »

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets in just over an hour early Saturday (Aug. 31) and nailed back-to-back booster landings three days after a recent failure. The two Falcon 9 launches — which lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base, respectively — delivered a total of 42 …

SpaceX Launches Back-to-Back Falcon 9 Rockets Within 65 Minutes And Aces 2 Landings Days After A Failed Booster Touchdown. Read More »

Two Mars-bound smallsats that will fly on the highly anticipated debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket have arrived at their launch site in Florida. The satellite duo, known as ESCAPADE (“Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers”), are set to launch atop New Glenn no earlier than Oct. 13 from Cape Canaveral Space Force …

Rocket Lab’s Mars Probes Reach Launch Site Ahead Of 1st Flight On Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket. Read More »