Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Less than a week after the fates took Walter Koenig from our galaxy, another “Star…
Category: Astronomy
On this day in space! Oct. 28, 1971: Britain launches its 1st satellite Prospero into space on a Black Arrow rocket
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter On Oct. 28, 1971, the United Kingdom launched its first satellite. The satellite was named…
How ‘spacewalking’ underwater made me feel like I was really in space
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter I was breathing just fine through my life support systems, but I kept feeling an…
Analog astronauts: How living underwater can prepare humans for space missions
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter I have been dreaming of doing research in space as an astronaut my whole life,…
On this day in space! Oct. 25, 1671: Astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, Saturn’s ‘yin-yang’ moon
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter On Oct. 25, 1671, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered a new moon at Saturn!…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 233 — The Artemis Generation
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The Artemis Generation – The STEM Pipeline for Space – YouTube Watch On On Episode…
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California as Falcon 9 cadence slows (photos)
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter SpaceX launched its newest batch of Starlink broadband internet satellites today (Oct. 23) from the…
Europe’s Space Rider vehicle comes crashing down during drop test
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Europe has dropped the ball on the prototype for its first reusable spacecraft. Or, rather,…
On this day in space! Oct. 21, 2008: India launches its 1st mission to the moon with Chandrayaan-1
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter On Oct. 21, 2008, the Indian Space Research Organization launched its first mission to the…
On this day in space! Oct. 20, 1970: The Soviet Union launches last-ever Zond moon mission
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter On Oct. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission…
