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NASA’s retired space shuttle Discovery has been reunited with one of its last crew members. The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum debuted Robonaut-2 (R2), NASA’s first dexterous humanoid robot flown into space, on Thursday (Oct. 24). The two-armed, two-legged robotic testbed launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Discovery’s final mission in 2011. …

NASA’s Robonaut-2 Reunited With Its Ride Into Space At Smithsonian. Read More »

Four space station crewmates are safely back on Earth after an extended mission and a long wait for the weather to cooperate. SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps all with NASA and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida on Friday …

Crew-8 Astronauts Splash Down On SpaceX Dragon Endeavour After Weather Delays. Read More »

The European Space Agency (ESA) is making strides in its efforts to boost space safety and sustainability. ESA is promoting the Zero Debris Charter, which aims to increase international efforts and cooperation to solve Earth’s growing space junk problem. And the agency now has attracted well over 100 signatories to the charter, following a ceremony …

More Than 100 Partners Sign Europe’s ‘Zero Debris Charter’. Read More »

SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket just hit the century mark for the year. A Falcon 9 launched a batch of next-gen spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) (Oct. 24) from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:13 p.m. EDT (1713 GMT; 10:13 a.m. local time). The clandestine mission, known as NROL-167, was …

SpaceX Launches Next-Gen US Spy Satellites On 100th Falcon 9 Flight Of The Year. Read More »

On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, the Fourth International Conference on Advanced Geospatial Science & Technology (TeanGeo 2024) officially began at the Laico Hotel in Tunis. Under the authority of the Tunisian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the event aims to promote the growth of geospatial science and technology in North Africa and beyond. …

TeanGeo2024 International Conference Kicks Off Today in Tunisia. Read More »

SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (Oct. 23). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today. SpaceX had been targeting Tuesday (Oct. 22) but called that try off due to weather concerns. The Falcon 9’s first …

SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Broadband Satellites To Orbit From Florida. Read More »

Intelsat declared a “total loss” of one of its satellites on Monday (Oct. 21) and is investigating the cause of the issue. The Intelsat-33e communications satellite is no longer operational after an outage Oct. 19; affected customers are being moved to other platforms, the company added in a statement. Meanwhile, U.S. Space Force was tracking …

Boeing-Built Communications Satellite Breaks Up In Orbit. ‘Total Loss,’ Operator Says. Read More »

SpaceX’s Starlink internet service continues to make inroads around the globe. Starlink provided Wi-Fi on a Boeing 777 jet for the first time, during a Qatar Airways flight from the Qatari capital of Doha to London. The 777 is the “largest and longest-range passenger aircraft equipped with Starlink to date,” SpaceX representatives said in an …

SpaceX’s Starlink Internet Flies On A Boeing 777 Jet For The 1st Time. Read More »

Blue Origin launched its second human-rated spacecraft on Wednesday (Oct. 23) after a more than two-week delay. Jeff Bezos‘ aerospace company launched its uncrewed NS-27 mission at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) today, sending a brand-new New Shepard rocket-capsule combo on a brief trip to suborbital space. No people launched aboard NS-27, but the mission …

Blue Origin Launches 2nd Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket, Nails Landing. Read More »

China’s next space station mission is almost ready for launch. A Long March 2F rocket, topped with the Shenzhou 19 spacecraft, now sits on its pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China, ready for launch to the Tiangong space station. The 203-foot-long (62 meters) rocket was transferred 0.93 miles (1.5 kilometers) by rail from …

China Rolls Out Rocket For Shenzhou-19 Astronaut Launch. Read More »