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China Putting Finishing Touches On Seaside Spaceport For Commercial Launches.

China is making progress on two new pads for commercial space launches from the island of Hainan. Launch Pad Number 1 at Hainan International Commercial Space Launch Center was completed late last year, while progress on a second pad has entered the equipment-installation phase and will be completed by the end of May. The first […]

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Blue Origin Will Launch Ed Dwight, The 1st-Ever Black Astronaut Candidate, To Space On Next New Shepard Rocket Flight.

We now know who will be on board for Blue Origin’s first crewed spaceflight since August 2022. Today (April 4), Jeff Bezos‘ company announced the six crewmembers for the NS-25 space tourism mission, which will lift off from Blue Origin‘s West Texas site in the relatively near future. (The target date has not yet been

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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Begins Exploring Possible Dried-Up Red Planet River.

Currently in the twelfth year of its mission, NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to press on while treading the world of Mars, delving into areas no rover has gone before. The latest phase of Curiosity’s adventure has brought it to what some scientists believe is the desiccated bed of an ancient river. As Curiosity prepares to

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Mysterious object that crashed through Florida Home Was Likely Space Junk From The International Space Station.

A mysterious object that came crashing through a house in Florida is possibly debris from the International Space Station (ISS). The cylindrical tube was a few inches long and weighed nearly 2 pounds (0.9 kilograms). It crashed through the roof and both floors of Alejandro Otero’s home in Naples, Florida, at 2:34 p.m. local time

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James Webb Space Telescope Spots Hints Of Exomoons Forming In Infant Star System.

Three definitely isn’t a crowd for planets around a distant infant star. Astronomers had already discovered two planets forming in the disk of gas and dust, or protoplanetary disk, around the infant star PDS 70. Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers with the MIRI mid-infrared Disk Survey (MINDS) project have seen hints of

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Nilesat Reports USD 43.8 Million Profit in Fiscal Year 2023, Marking a 12% Increase from the Previous Year.

Major General Sameh Katta, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of the Egyptian Satellite Company Nilesat has announced the company’s robust financial performance for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2023. Nilesat recorded profits amounting to USD 43.754 million, marking a 12% increase compared to the previous year’s earnings of USD

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Boeing’s 1st Starliner Astronaut Launch Delayed Again, To May 6.

The five-day push will accommodate high levels of activity on the International Space Station. The first crewed launch of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule has been delayed by an additional five days, to May 6. NASA and Boeing had been targeting May 1 for the highly anticipated Starliner mission, which is known as Crew Flight Test

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Chinese Space Junk Falls To Earth Over Southern California, Creating Spectacular Fireball.

The flaming wreck appears to be the orbital module from China’s Shenzhou 15 astronaut mission, which launched in November 2022. A big piece of Chinese space junk crashed to Earth over Southern California early Tuesday morning (April 2), putting on quite a show for observers in the Golden State. The fall created a blazing fireball

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