SpaceX’s Starship grounded pending improvements after launch explosion. In April, SpaceX’s Starship vehicle lifted off the pad for the first time in its inaugural test flight but came to a dramatic end when it exploded in the air shortly after liftoff. SpaceX has been preparing to fly the Starship again, but another test flight won’t…
After splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida early Monday morning, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 completed the agency’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, as well as UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, returned…
Teams from NASA and SpaceX gave the “go” for Crew-6 to undock from the International Space Station. Undocking scheduled on Sept. 3 at 7:05am ET and head for splashdown off the Florida coast early Sept.4 at 12:17am ET. NASATV coverage begins at 5am ET with hatch closure. 5 a.m. – Coverage of the SpaceX Dragon…
The first Russian probe since 1976 crashed after an incident on Saturday during a maneuver prior to its landing on the moon. Luna-25, the first probe to be launched by Russia to the Moon since 1976, crashed on the Moon following an incident on Saturday during a maneuver prior to its moon landing initially scheduled…
The small helicopter rose to an altitude 5 meters above the red planet’s dusty surface and then touched back down in the same spot. Ingenuity’s most recent flight on August 3 was nonetheless an important one for the helicopter. That’s because, on its 53rd flight in late July, the helicopter automatically aborted a planned flight…
A mysterious object that washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia has been deemed “safe” but authorities are still trying to identify what it is. Police said an unidentified object washed up on a beach near Green Head, north of Perth, on Saturday afternoon. The giant metal object was found by locals at…
Final Ariane 5 rocket launched pair of satellites from French Guiana. Ariane 5 successfully lifted off at 6:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, delivering its payloads to space. The mission lasted for 33 minutes, ending a spectacular 27-year run for the European rocket. After nearly three decades of delivering precious payloads to space—including the Webb Telescope—the…
On Friday, to celebrate the 20th birthday of ESA’s Mars Express, you’ll have the chance to get as close as it’s currently possible get to Mars. Tune in on Friday from 17:45 CEST to be the first to see new pictures from Mars, beamed down every ~50 seconds from the Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on…
The mysteries of space are multiple and intriguing. They captivate the minds of scientists, astronomers, and curious individuals alike. For example, dark matter and dark energy make up the majority of the universe. Yet their exact nature remains elusive. Also, black holes remain enigmatic, as their inner workings is still not fully understood. The origins…
China will send its first civilian astronaut into space as part of a crewed mission to the Tiangong space station on Tuesday. The world’s second-largest economy has invested billions of dollars in its military-run space programme, trying to catch up with the United States and Russia after years of belatedly matching their milestones. Until now,…
The largest rocket ever built blew up in mid-flight, with no crew on board, leading the FAA to ground the Starship Super Heavy launch program pending a “mishap investigation.” SpaceX launched the largest rocket ever built for the first time on Thursday from its Boca Chica, Texas, spaceport. The Starship spacecraft, designed to fly people…
Here is the crater produced under the Launch Pad following Starship’s launch on Thursday. The Crater produced under the Launch Pad of Starship spacecraft was due to the 33 Raptor engines of the Super Heavy booster that can produce more than 16 million pounds of thrust , but 7 of them were not firing (can…