Day: October 21, 2024

The 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), hosted in Milan, Italy, from October 14 to 18, 2024, brought together over 11,000 delegates from 96 countries, making it the premier global event for space professionals. Organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), this year’s congress, themed “Responsible Space for Sustainability,” saw a significant presence from the African …

Africa’s Participation At The 75th IAC In Milan. Read More »

SpaceX sent a set of internet satellites to orbit for another company early Sunday morning (Oct. 20). SpaceX launched the last batch of Eutelsat OneWeb’s V1 satellites from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday at 1:13 a.m. EDT (0513 GMT; 10:13 p.m. on Oct. 19 local California time). The …

SpaceX Launches 20 Eutelsat OneWeb Broadband Satellites To Orbit. Read More »

NASA recently put a crucial part of the Roman Space Telescope — the Outer Barrel Assembly — through a rigorous “spin test” designed to evaluate its resilience against the intense gravitational forces it will encounter during launch. This test, a standard procedure in aerospace engineering, typically takes place inside a massive centrifuge that mimics the …

NASA’s Next-Generation Nancy Roman Space Telescope Aces Crucial ‘Spin Test’. Read More »

SpaceX has given us another angle on the epic fifth test flight of its Starship megarocket. The company made history on that Oct. 13 mission, catching Starship‘s Super Heavy first-stage booster with the “chopstick” arms of the launch tower about seven minutes after liftoff. But Starship’s 165-foot-tall (50 meters) upper stage — known as Starship, or …

SpaceX’s Starship Come Down For Nighttime Splashdown During Epic Test Flight. Read More »