A tradition borrowed from the Russian space program has now physically crossed over to an American spacecraft for the first time. The “zero-g [gravity] indicator” that launched aboard SpaceX‘s Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station on Saturday (Sept. 28), previously flew on two Russian Soyuz capsules, including one that survived an emergency in-flight abort. …

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A unique SpaceX mission is underway. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40) at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today (Sept. 28) at 1:17 p.m. EDT (1717 GMT), kicking off the Crew-9 astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA. “That was a sweet ride,” NASA astronaut Nick …

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The 75th Ordinary Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation (RASCOM), recently held in Praia, Cape Verde, reaffirmed the organisation’s mission to strengthen collaboration among African satellite communications operators. RASCOM continues championing regional cooperation to bolster Africa’s satellite infrastructure, a critical step towards self-reliance in the fast-evolving digital landscape. …

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China has another sea launch under its belt. One of the country’s Jielong-3 rockets (also known as Smart Dragon-3) lifted off from a floating platform off the coast of eastern China on Monday (Sept. 23) at 10:31 p.m. EDT (0231 GMT on Sept. 24). The Smart Dragon-3 carried eight remote-sensing satellites to sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) …

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NASA cleared its next astronaut flight to the International Space Station for launch on Friday (Sept. 27), a weekend liftoff that will help return two Boeing Starliner astronauts home and break in a new launch pad for SpaceX. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft will launch two Crew-9 astronauts, NASA veteran Nick Hague …

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A commercial Chinese rocket maker has completed its fourth solid rocket launch, sending five satellites into orbit. CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 (also known as Lijian-1) solid rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 7:33 p.m. EDT on Sept. 24 (2333 GMT; or 7:33 a.m. Beijing time on Sept. 25). Aboard …

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The most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way contains incredible images of over 1.5 billion objects within our galaxy. The 200,000 images were collected by the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile over the course of over 13 years, from 2010 to 2023, as part of …

Record-breaking Milky Way Map Showcases 1.5 Billion Objects. Read More »

Starlink has announced that its high-speed internet is now operational in Burundi. This announcement comes after a presidential decree granted the satellite-based internet provider an operating license in May 2024. The permit was granted under the Telecommunications Regulation and Control Agency (ARCT) of Burundi, which will be responsible for executing the decree under the office …

Starlink Expands its Satellite Internet Operations to Burundi. Read More »

NASA and South Korea’s space agency have agreed to deeper cooperation in space exploration, science and aeronautics, including collaboration on a pioneering mission. NASA and the Republic of Korea’s newly created Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) signed a joint statement on advance cooperation on Sept. 19. Areas of potential cooperation include NASA’s Moon to Mars Architecture, …

NASA, South Korea Plan Mission To Unexplored Region Of Deep Space. Read More »

Japan’s workhorse H-2A rocket flew for the second-to-last time early Thursday morning (Sept. 26). An H-2A topped with a secret spy satellite called IGS-Radar 8 lifted off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center on Thursday at 1:24 a.m. EDT (0524 GMT and 2:24 p.m. local Japan time). The rocket deployed the satellite as planned, according to …

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