Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Japan’s space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its “Moon Sniper” lunar mission due to poor weather. The H2-A rocket due…
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New crew for the space station launches with 4 astronauts from 4 countries
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft with astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station lifts off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in…
India first to land near moon south pole after Russia fails
Side view of the crater Moltke taken from Apollo 10. Credit: Public Domain India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole after Russia’s attempt…
NASA and SpaceX re-attempt launch of four crew to ISS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…
Satellite built as low-cost way to reduce space junk reenters atmosphere years early
SBUDNIC, a bread-loaf-sized cube satellite with a drag sail made from Kapton polyimide film, designed and built by students at Brown reentered Earth’s atmosphere five years ahead of schedule. Image…
Long wait nearly over for Psyche asteroid probe’s Space Coast launch
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Just off a tree-covered side road past businesses selling boats and fishing gear sits a fenced-off building that’s home to a $700 million satellite nearly ready…
India’s historic cut-price Moon mission set for touchdown
An Indian Space Research Organisation rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off on July 14, 2023. India readied Wednesday to become the first nation to land a spacecraft on the…
Chicago stargazers find more light pollution and wildfires are obscuring the skies
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Some of Drew Carhart’s earliest memories remind him of his love of nature. Not just trees, flowers or birds—but the stars, planets and galaxies visible in…
Scientists introduce the design and application prospect of China’s Tiangong space station
Configuration diagram of Tiangong space station. Credit: Space: Science & Technology China’s manned space project was approved in 1992 with a three-step strategic plan, and building a space station is…
One giant step: Moon race heats up
Only Russia, the US and China have landed safely on the Moon’s surface. The crash landing on the Moon of Russia’s Luna-25 probe is the latest twist in an international…
