SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Tuesday night (June 4), including 13 that can beam service directly to smartphones. The Starlink spacecraft took flight atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tonight at 10:16 p.m. EDT (0216 GMT on June 5). The Falcon 9’s first …
SpaceX Launches 20 Starlink Satellites, Including 13 Direct-to-cell Craft. Read More »
Rocket Lab launched the second of two cubesats for NASA’s PREFIRE climate change mission on Tuesday night (June 4). An Electron rocket topped with the tiny satellite lifted off from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site Tuesday at 11:15 p.m. EDT (0315 GMT and 3:15 p.m. local New Zealand time on June 5). Tonight’s launch was …
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Boeing’s Starliner capsule is scheduled to launch astronauts for the first time ever on June 1 and you’ll be able to watch it live online. Space fans will be glued to their screens for the historic liftoff, which will send NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams toward the International Space Station (ISS) atop a United …
Boeing To Launch Its 1st Starliner Astronaut Mission On June 5 After Delays. Read More »
Japan plans to launch the world’s first wooden satellite this September. The experimental satellite, called LignoSat, was developed by researchers at Kyoto University and the Japanese logging company Sumitomo Forestry. It is set to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) in September, after which it will be deployed into orbit, according to the Japan …
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China’s Chang’e 6 lander has sent home stunning images of the lunar surface on the mysterious far side of the moon. Additionally, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released stunning footage that shows the lunar far side samples the lander has been collecting over the past two days. The samples were launched to orbit …
China’s Chang’e 6 probe Launches Samples Of Far Side Of The Moon To Lunar Orbit. Read More »
Indian space startup Agnikul Cosmos successfully launched the nation’s first 3D-printed rocket engine on Thursday (May 30), paving the way for reduced time and costs associated with building rockets and boosting the country’s spacefaring capabilities. “It signals the ability to rapidly assemble rockets that is unparalleled,” Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy of Agnikul Cosmos, who is also a …
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China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission has carried out a successful far side touchdown and is already busily gathering specimens for send-off to Earth. The first batch of data has been relayed from the Chang’e 6 lander-ascender combination following its arrival on Sunday morning (Beijing Time). The landing was aided by China’s newly positioned Queqiao-2 relay satellite …
China’s reusable space plane has released another unknown object into Earth’s orbit. The experimental orbital plane, named Shenlong, which means “divine dragon” in Chinese, has been in orbit for 168 days. Space activity tracker Jonathan McDowell first spotted the spacecraft’s recent activity on May 24. The new object has since been cataloged as 59884 (International …
China’s Space Plane Releases Another Mystery Object Into Orbit. Read More »
China has landed on the moon’s mysterious far side — again. The robotic Chang’e 6 mission touched down inside Apollo Crater, within the giant South Pole-Aitken basin, at 6:23 a.m. Beijing Time on Sunday (June 2) , according to Chinese space officials. It was 6:23 p.m. EDT (2223 GMT) on June 1 at the time …
China lands Chang’e 6 Sample-Return Probe On Far Side Of The Moon, A Lunar Success. Read More »
The first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been delayed until no earlier than June 5 after an automatic abort cut short an attempted flight Saturday afternoon just minutes before liftoff. Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and its Atlas V rocket were less than 4 minutes away from launching two NASA astronauts to the International Space …
Boeing’s 1st Starliner Astronaut Launch Aborted Minutes Before Liftoff. Read More »
