A Spanish company launched the country’s first private rocket. A Spanish company launched the country’s first private rocket on Saturday in a step towards bringing Spain into the exclusive club…
Category: Planetary Science
Virgin Galactic carries first Pakistani into space
Namira Salim during a press conference in Islamabad in 2006. Adventurer Namira Salim became the first Pakistani to travel into space on Friday, riding aboard Virgin Galactic’s fifth successful flight…
Hubble captures starry Cetus constellation galaxy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, ESA, R. Chandar (University of Toledo), and J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) New and old stars alike twinkle…
Space needs better ‘parking spots’ to stay usable, and an engineer is finding them
“Space is a common resource for humanity,” says David Arnas, a Purdue professor whose research is pointing out more sustainable ways to organize satellites in space. Credit: Purdue University photo/John…
Estonia’s next satellite, largely built by undergrad students, to fly aboard Vega VV23
ESTCube-2 being carried into vibration testing. The CubeSat was tested against harsh launch vibrations at Stoneridge Electronics in Estonia. More specifically, the satellite undergoes a Quasi-Static Load, Sine and Random…
US TV provider given first-ever space debris fine
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain US authorities have issued a “breakthrough” first-ever fine over space debris, officials said Monday, slapping a $150,000 penalty on a TV company that failed to properly…
Indian spacecraft heads towards center of solar system
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain India’s sun-monitoring spacecraft has crossed a landmark point on its journey to escape “the sphere of Earth’s influence”, its space agency said, days after the disappointment…
How researchers make sure the LSST Camera is the best it can be
Credit: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Building the world’s largest digital camera ever made for astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time Camera, is no simple…
