The six NASA astronauts who are living off planet at the moment just beamed a special birthday message down to their home country. Mike Barratt, Matt Dominick, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Jeanette Epps, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore each took a turn at the mic, saying a few words about the Fourth of July from their …
NASA Astronauts Send Fourth of July Message To Earth From ISS. Read More »
China’s Shenzhou 18 astronauts are getting ready for a new extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station. The upcoming activities and training include science experiments and orbital maneuvers, according to state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). Commander Ye Guangfu and crewmates Li Cong and Li Guangsu have been aboard Tiangong since April 25. The trio …
China’s Shenzhou 18 astronauts prep for 2nd spacewalk. Read More »
NASA has a backup astronaut standing by for the first human moon mission in more than 50 years, which will lift off no earlier than 2025. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas will serve as backup for the three U.S. astronauts on the Artemis 2 round-the-moon flight, the agency announced today (July 3). Douglas will back up …
A private Chinese rocket took an unscheduled flight over the weekend. The Beijing-based company Space Pioneer conducted a “static fire” test with the first stage of its new Tianlong-3 rocket on Sunday (June 30) in Gongyi, a city of about 800,000 people in the central Chinese province of Henan. Space Pioneer briefly ignited the stage’s …
Private Chinese Rocket Accidentally Launches During Test. Read More »
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket will fly for the fifth time ever early Tuesday morning (July 2), and you can watch the action live. The mission, which Firefly calls “Noise of Summer,” is scheduled to launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:03 a.m. EDT (0403 GMT; 9:03 p.m. on July 1 local California time). …
Watch Firefly Aerospace Launch 8 Cubesats To Orbit Tonight. Read More »
If you’ve always wanted to witness a stellar explosion, your time is about to come. T Coronae Borealis, also known as T CrB (pronounced tee-core-bore) or the “Blaze Star,” is on the precipice of a massive explosion — one that should be visible from Earth. According to calculations by Brad Schaefer, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at …
Once-in-a-lifetime Star Explosion, Visible From Earth, Could Happen Any Day Now. Read More »
Japan’s new H3 rocket flew for the third time ever tonight (June 30). The H3 launched the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4; also known as DAICHI-4) from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center tonight, rising off the pad at 11:06 p.m. EDT (0306 GMT and 12:06 p.m. Japan Standard Time on July 1). ALOS-4 was deployed into …
Japan Launches Advanced Earth-observing Satellite On 3rd Flight of H3 Rocket . Read More »
NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft, the longest-running mission at Mars, circled the Red Planet for the 100,000th time today, the mission team announced in a statement. To celebrate the milestone, the space agency released an intricate panorama of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system; Odyssey captured the view in March. The volcano’s base sprawls …
MTN Ghana has announced the start of a major network upgrade across the country to improve customer experience and reduce carbon emissions. The upgrade will involve replacing existing mobile network infrastructure with more efficient and environmentally friendly equipment. The project will be completed in August 2024. The Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of MTN Ghana, Thomas …
A key Perseverance rover instrument has been revived to continue its search for evidence of microbial life on Mars. The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument mounted on Perseverance’s robotic arm had been out of action for around six months, due to a moveable protective lens cover not …
Perseverance Mars Rover Team Revives Life-hunting Instrument After 6 Months of Effort. Read More »
