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‘Heavy’ history: ULA Launches Final Delta Rocket After 64 Years.

The last flight of a Delta rocket lifted off today from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, bringing to an end more than 60 years of service. The rocket evolved considerably over those decades and this version, Delta IV Heavy, for many years was the most powerful in the U.S. fleet. Carrying a...

Astrobotic To Launch Mini Rover Along With NASA’s Ice-Hunting VIPER On Next Moon Mission.

Astrobotic’s next moon mission will send not one but two rovers to Earth’s nearest neighbor. The Pittsburgh-based company plans to launch the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this year. Griffin’s main job is to deliver...

United Launch Alliance Launch Its Final Delta Heavy IV rocket.

The era of Delta Heavy IV is coming to an end. For the last 64 years, United Launch Alliance‘s (ULA’s) heavy-lift rocket has led an impressive career lofting large payloads into space. However, the rocket is scheduled to lift off one last time when it launches from Space Launch...

Total Solar Eclipse 2024 Thrills Millions Across North America.

The moon turned daytime skies dark as it swept across North America in a total solar eclipse Monday (April 8), thrilling tens of millions of skywatchers who had their eyes glued to the skies. All of North America and Central America experienced a partial solar eclipse, but only those located within...

White House Directs NASA To Create A New Time Zone For The Moon.

The White House has tasked NASA with creating a new time zone for the moon by the end of 2026, as part of the United States’ broader goal to establish international norms in space. The direction to set up a lunar time zone comes amid growing global interest for humanity to establish a...

SpaceX Rocket Launches 11 Satellites, Including One For South Korea, On Bandwagon-1 Rideshare Flight .

SpaceX launched 11 satellites on its first-ever Bandwagon-1 class rideshare mission from Florida tonight (April 7) and aced an evening rocket landing just minutes later. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) tonight at 7:16 p.m. EDT (2316 GMT), kicking off the...

April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Everything You Need To Know.

Today (April 8), a total solar eclipse will plunge parts of 15 U.S. states into sudden darkness as the moon’s enormous shadow sweeps across the continent. Crossing northeast from Mexico to Canada over the course of several hours, the April 8 total solar eclipse will be visible to an estimated...

MSTelecom and GGPEN Sign MoU to Enhance Broadband Connectivity in Angola.

MSTelecom, a leading telecommunications service provider in Angola, and the Angola National Space Programme Management Office (GGPEN) have signed a significant Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on delivering high-speed broadband connectivity across Angola. Dr Zolana Joao, General...

Soyuz Capsule With Crew Of 3, Including 1st Female Astronaut From Belarus, Lands Safely To End ISS Mission.

The first female Belarusian in space, alongside a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, came back to Earth early this morning (April 6). A Rusian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of...