A long-running leak is the top “safety risk” affecting the plan to keep astronauts on board the International Space Station until 2030, a new NASA audit found. The affected area, found in the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), has been leaking for five years and poses no immediate threat to astronauts, NASA …
This month, Earth will briefly gain a second moon, a small asteroid known as 2024 PT5. According to space.com, unlike Earth’s permanent companion the actual moon, which has orbited the planet for roughly 4 billion years, this “mini-moon” will only remain in Earth’s orbit for about two months before continuing its journey around the sun. …
NASA engineers have turned off one of Voyager 2’s science instruments due to dwindling power supplies on the spacecraft as it explores interstellar space. Voyager 2 launched into space on Aug. 20, 1977 and left the solar system on Nov. 5, 2018. It is currently 12.8 billion miles (20.5 billion kilometers) from Earth and is using four …
NASA Shuts Off Voyager 2 Science Instrument As Power Dwindles. Read More »
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Defence, Honourable Soipan Tuya, co-chaired the 2nd Council of Ministers Meeting together with Italy’s Minister for Enterprises and Made in Italy, Honourable Senator Adolfo Urso, at the Luigi Broglio Malindi Space Centre, in Malindi, Kenya on 1st October 2024. The discussion centred on furthering the execution of the bilateral agreement between …
Kenya and Italy Strengthen Collaboration on the Luigi Broglio Space Centre. Read More »
United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket is ready for its second-ever liftoff, which is targeted for Friday (Oct. 4). ULA conducted a launch readiness review (LRR) today (Oct. 2) for Vulcan Centaur‘s second mission, a test flight called Cert-2 that’s designed to help get the rocket certified for use by the U.S. Space …
ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket Is ‘Go’ For 2nd-Ever Launch On Oct. 4. Read More »
Two astronauts who were supposed to be in space right now say they are still glad to be part of the ground team. Until recently, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson were assigned to SpaceX‘s Crew-9 mission. But their Crew Dragon spacecraft left without them on Saturday (Sept. 28) after their seats had to …
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring an investigation of the anomaly a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket experienced during the Crew-9 astronaut launch on Sept. 28. That liftoff successfully sent a Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov toward the International Space Station. However, the Falcon 9‘s upper …
FAA Requires Investigation Of Anomaly On SpaceX’s Crew-9 Astronaut Launch. Read More »
China has strutted out its moon-landing spacesuit, unveiling its design in a ceremony Saturday (Sept. 28) in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. A technician put the spacesuit — which China aims to start using on crewed moon missions by 2030 — through its paces, showcasing various movements and gestures, including climbing the rungs of a ladder. The …
China Unveils Spacesuit For Moonwalking Astronauts. Read More »
The Rosette Nebula blossoms in deep space, captured in this wonderful image taken by the high-resolution Dark Energy Camera, illustrating how hot, bright stars at the heart of the Rosette are energizing the molecular gas around them. The Rosette Nebula is a welcome sight for astrophotographers as it rises into the northern hemisphere’s winter sky …
A Star-Studded Rosette Nebula Brings Gorgeous Color To The Cosmos. Read More »
What effects does spaceflight have on an astronaut’s heart? This is exactly the question that prompted scientists from Johns Hopkins University to send 48 bioengineered heart tissue samples to the International Space Station, where they were monitored for 30 days and compared to identical samples on Earth. The team examined how low gravity impacts things …
Heart Tissues Beat Half As Strongly On The ISS As They Do On Earth. Read More »
