The geospatial data analytics market is expanding as interest and demand for solutions that provide accurate data for various industries grows. Agriculture and forestry, health care, urban planning, industrial production, and other areas of human activity require new approaches and more effective solutions. Moreover, more and more businesses are looking for solutions that will help…
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. EST on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Just one part of NASA’s larger planetary…
The United States said Monday it was investigating a “debris-generating event in outer space” after astronauts on the International Space Station were forced to prepare for a possible evacuation. It came amid unconfirmed reports that Russia had carried out an anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) test — rare show-of-force demonstrations criticized by the space community because of…
The International Space Station will perform a brief manoeuvre on Wednesday to dodge a fragment of a defunct Chinese satellite, Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The station crewed by seven astronauts will climb 1,240 metres higher to avoid a close encounter with the fragment and will settle in an orbit 470.7 km (292 miles) above…
Blue Origin and Sierra Space have announced plans for Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit. The station will open the next chapter of human space exploration and development by facilitating the growth of a vibrant ecosystem and business model for the future. Orbital Reef…
Earlier in the day, the ISS lost its orientation in space while testing engines of the Soyuz MS-18 manned spacecraft, which will bring the “cinema crew” back to Earth this weekend. Previously, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov told the Moscow region-based mission control centre that they had “received an emergency message from colleagues [from the US segment…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it has grounded Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip Two vehicle after the vehicle flew outside its designated air space. The spacecraft was carrying Virgin Galactic’s founder, Sir Richard Branson, along with three other passengers. The spacecraft flew outside its designated airspace for 1 minute and 42 seconds over New…
Russian scientists have carried out an unprecedented experiment in space. Human interest in astronomy dates back a long time. However, it was not until the 1960s that space exploration programs experienced a major breakthrough. With our growing ambitions to colonize distant planets like Mars, scientists regularly perform zero-gravity experiments. Space is a dangerous area due…
Russia’s troubled Nauka laboratory module has caused a fright when its rockets accidentally fired after docking the with the International Space Station, throwing the station out of position. A few hours after docking, Nauka’s propulsive devices unexpectedly fired, forcing personnel aboard the ISS to fire thrusters on the Russian segment of the station to counter…
Blue Origin will launch its first crewed mission on its New Shepard rocket July 20 to fly its billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and three other passengers to suborbital space and back. Liftoff is set for 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas. Blue Origin will carry launch Bezos,…
Jeff Bezos said he will go to space when his company, Blue Origin, launches its first passenger-carrying mission next month. The billionaire, who plans to travel alongside his brother, Mark, made the announcement in an Instagram post Monday. The launch is set for July 20, about two weeks after he plans to step down as…
Russian actress, Japanese entrepreneur cleared for space station visits. Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko will join cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov for a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station on Oct. 5 to shoot scenes for an upcoming movie, the Russian space agency announced Thursday. “At the end of 2020, an open competition…