This is how decades-old space junk drifting in Earth’s orbit would look like seen from just 50 meters (164 feet) away. You are looking at the spent upper stage of a discarded Japanese rocket that launched an Earth observation satellite back in 2009. The rocket body was imaged up close on May 23 by the …
Private Space-Junk-Inspection Probe Spots Discarded Rocket In Orbit Up Close. Read More »
All right, everyone — we can all breathe a sigh of relief. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is fully operational once more, with all four science instruments returning usable data to Earth. The problems began in November 2023, when Voyager 1 lost its ability to “speak” with us. More specifically, it started sending to Earth unintelligible data …
Boeing’s first crewed Starliner mission, that ferried astronauts to the International Space Station, will need to wait a little longer before returning its crew to Earth. On June 5, the Crew Flight Test (CFT) for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board; the spacecraft docked at the International …
NASA Delays Landing Of Boeing’s 1st Starliner Astronaut Mission To June 22. Read More »
An Earth-observing satellite has given us a unique view of Boeing’s new Starliner astronaut taxi in space. Starliner arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on June 6, delivering NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the orbiting lab on a shakeout cruise known as Crew Flight Test (CFT). A day later, Maxar Technologies’ …
Boeing’s Starliner Astronaut Taxi Spotted at ISS. Read More »
Eight former SpaceX employees are suing the company and its founder and CEO, Elon Musk, alleging sexual harassment and whistleblower retaliation, among other wrongdoing. In June 2022, the eight employees helped distribute an open letter to SpaceX executives that decried Musk’s behavior and the purported negative impact it has had on the company and its …
Former SpaceX Employees Sue Company, Elon Musk For Retaliation, Sexual Harassment. Read More »
The first astronauts to fly Boeing’s new Starliner vehicle have spoken in glowing terms of the spacecraft. Starliner launched on June 5, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams testing out the spacecraft’s capabilities on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Williams and Wilmore spoke via video link …
The spacewalk scheduled for two NASA astronauts today (June 13) has been postponed. International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 71 crew members Tracy Dyson and Matt Dominick will not be performing an extravehicular activity (EVA) that had been scheduled to begin Thursday (June 13) morning. The pair had already begun donning their spacesuits when NASA announced …
NASA Calls Off Spacewalk At International Space Station Due to ‘Spacesuit Discomfort’. Read More »
Key Highlights After a year of approval, Starlink’s operation is now available in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is the 100th connected country to Starlink’s operations. In June 2023, Sierra Leone became the fifth African country to grant Starlink an operational license. At the time, David Moinina Sengeh, the Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education …
A bright pink koi fish has been spotted swimming across the southern sky. The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) VLT Survey Telescope (VST) snapped a beautiful new view of the Gum 3 nebula, located about 3,600 light-years from Earth. The nebula — an interstellar cloud of gas and dust that plays a key role in the …
Cosmic ‘Koi Fish’ Swims Through Starry Sea In Stunning Telescope Photo. Read More »
The same gigantic sunspot that was responsible for triggering a historic geomagnetic storm on Earth in mid-May whipped up a legendary one for Mars a few days later. On May 20, data from Europe’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft showed that an estimated X12 solar flare — the strongest type on the flare classification scale — erupted …
Radiation Will Be A Real Challenge For Mars Colonists, Powerful Solar Storm Shows. Read More »
