A commercial rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit was intentionally exploded shortly after liftoff Wednesday morning in central Japan following a problem that’s still under investigation. Space One was aiming to be Japan’s first private sector success at putting a satellite into orbit. Online video showed the Kairos rocket blasting off in a …
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight (March 18). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off tonight from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 10:28 p.m. EDT (7:28 p.m. local California time; 0228 GMT on March 19). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth about …
SpaceX Launches 22 Starlink Satellites From California In Dusky Evening Liftoff. Read More »
Scientists have taken an instrument originally designed to study huge celestial objects in the cosmos and repurposed it to investigate the world on an infinitely smaller scale. With this instrument, they managed to probe the heart of the atom. The team wanted to understand quantum-scale changes that occur within unstable atoms, and realized there’s a …
Deep-Space Astronomy Sensor Peers Into The Heart Of An Atom. Read More »
A gigantic, fiery eruption around 40 times wider than Earth recently exploded from the sun’s hidden far side. The eruption hurled a massive cloud of plasma into space that later smashed into Mercury, scouring the planet’s rocky surface and potentially triggering “X-ray auroras” on the unprotected world. The eruption was likely triggered by a powerful solar flare, …
On March 12, 2015, NASA launched four satellites on a mission to study a weird phenomenon in Earth’s magnetic field called magnetic reconnection. When Earth gets bombarded with plasma from the sun, our planet’s magnetic field lines can break apart and reconnect. This releases huge bursts of energy in Earth’s magnetic environment and can funnel …
The four astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission returned to Earth early Tuesday morning (March 12), with their homecoming broadcast live. Crew-7’s Dragon capsule, Endurance, splashed down at 5:50 a.m. EDT (0950 UTC) off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. The recovery crew arrived at the capsule around three minutes later, with thermal cameras tracking the recovery …
SpaceX’s Crew-7 Capsule Returns 4 Astronauts to Earth with Predawn Splashdown. Read More »
Stratolaunch, a company that aims to launch hypersonic vehicles from the world’s largest airplane, aced its first rocket-powered flight on Saturday (March 9) with a historic test over the Pacific Ocean. The massive Stratolaunch carrier plane “Roc” launched its expendable prototype vehicle Talon-A1 (T-A1) during a test flight that took off from the Mojave Air …
South African NewSpace company, Simera Sense, providing end-to-end optical payloads for the small satellite Earth observation industry, has raised EUR13.5 million in a recent growth investment round. The funding was led by NewSpace Capital and Knife Capital. Simera Sense offers off-the-shelf high-resolution cameras ready for use by clients across the global small satellite industry. This …
Simera Sense Raises EUR 13.5 Million for Expansion Plans. Read More »
SpaceX launched 23 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Sunday (March 10). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes after liftoff. It made a vertical landing …
SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites From Florida. Read More »
On March 10, 1977, astronomers discovered rings around Uranus! Astronomers had long suspected that Uranus has rings, but the actual discovery happened by accident. A team of three astronomers was using NASA’s Kuiper Airborne Observatory to observe the atmosphere of Uranus. They did this during a stellar occultation, which means that a background star was …
