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One of the key trends in the space industry is to reduce the cost of sending crews and payloads into space by using new technologies and processes. Space agencies are striving to find new ways to make missions more cost-effective. NASA has successfully tested an aluminum rocket engine nozzle made using the 3D printing process. […]
SpaceX plans to increase the number of launches to 100 rockets by the end of the year and has an ambitious goal of launching 144 flights a year starting in 2024. This was reported by Ars Technica. One of SpaceX’s goals is to expand satellite communications services for users. The company plans to upgrade its […]
The Alekseev-Sukhoy launch system was supposed to send a Soviet shuttle into space on the back of a spacecraft launch vehicle that was launched from a hydrofoil barge. The project was proposed in 1974. The Hazegrayart channel visualized the launch of a Soviet-era space shuttle prepared by the Sukhoi aircraft company, known for its jet […]
The first test of the Gaganyan spacecraft took place in India. On Saturday, October 21, India conducted the first test of the Gaganyan spacecraft prototype, but without a crew. As part of the test flight, the scientists tested the launch and rescue system for the ship’s crew. This is the first step in the realization […]
While the Blue Origin spacecraft is able to take space tourists to an altitude of 100 km, which is the beginning of space, and the Virgin Galactic spaceplane to an altitude of 80 km, which is almost outer space, Space Perspective offers a slightly different experience. At the end of 2024, the US company plans […]
Artificial intelligence was first used to detect and classify supernovae without human intervention. Scientists from the international team developed an AI tool called Bright Transient Survey Bot (BTSbot) using machine learning on more than 1.4 million images from nearly 16,000 sources. This new tool automates the process of detecting starbursts, improving speed and preventing errors, […]
Blue Origin presents a multifunctional platform for Earth orbit and beyond. Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin is working on reusable rockets, orbital outposts, and lunar vehicles, aiming to create a future where millions of people will live and work in space. The system integration is a large multifunctional platform that can place, launch and […]
One of the problems associated with lunar missions is fine dust or regolith. Once in a low-gravity environment, tiny charged particles hang in space and pose a serious danger to the operation of Earth’s mechanisms. New research has shown that regolith can be turned into smooth roads by directing a laser at it. The strength […]
One of the biggest challenges for space agencies planning to establish bases on the Moon is dust. After all, it damages spacesuits, clogs mechanisms, interferes with the operation of scientific instruments, and makes it difficult to move. This is stated in a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. Scientists have discovered a possible solution […]
An international team of astronomers has observed for the first time a thermal afterglow resulting from the collision of two icy exoplanets. The cloud formed by the cataclysm led to a change in the brightness of the star. The described events took place in the vicinity of the sun-like star ASASSN-21qj, which is located at […]