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Rocket Lab has successfully tested the tank of the reusable Neutron rocket for strength and published a spectacular video of its rupture

There is a new good reason to write about Neutron, Rocket Lab’s upcoming reusable medium-class rocket. Recently, engineers from SpaceX’s competitor have successfully tested the second stage fuel tank for strength, or rather the ability to withstand the design pressure. The culmination of these tests was the expected and spectacular rupture of the tank, after […]

October 6, 2023

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Amazon will send the first Project Kuiper Internet satellites into space to compete with SpaceX Starlink

Amazon is ready to send the first Internet satellites into space. As part of Project Kuiper, the company will launch two vehicles. Amazon intends to launch the Protoflight mission today, on October 6. The company intends to launch KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 Internet satellites into orbit. These are prototypes of future spacecraft. They are designed to […]

October 6, 2023

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Amazon is preparing to launch the first two Kuiper satellites on October 6 to create an analog of SpaceX’s Starlink

Amazon launches its first Kuiper satellites into space. The company is ready to launch its first two satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, for the Protoflight mission scheduled for October 6. Amazon’s Kuiper project is a response to SpaceX’s Starlink service. The company is currently planning to launch 3,200 satellites over the next six years to create […]

October 5, 2023

“Dust Devil” 2 km high: NASA shows a powerful weather phenomenon on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover has again recorded a weather phenomenon on Mars that is similar to what can be found in desert regions of the Earth. The “dust devil” on the western edge of the Martian crater Jezero was captured. According to the team’s calculations, at that moment the tornado was about 4 km from the […]

October 2, 2023

NASA’s unmanned helicopter Ingenuity sets a new speed record during its 60th flight over the surface of Mars

This week, the Martian unmanned helicopter Ingenuity made its 60th flight over the surface of the Red Plate. According to NASA, the drone managed to set a new speed record. The anniversary flight took place on September 25, 2023. The unmanned aerial vehicle was able to climb to a height of 16 meters and cover […]

September 29, 2023

SpaceX rocket launches another record-breaking Starlink mission

On September 24, at 03:38 UTC, a Falcon 9 rocket was launched from the SLC-40 launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The carrier sent 22 Starlink v2 mini broadband satellites into low Earth orbit. This was the record 17th flight for the rocket’s first stage: B1060 successfully landed on the Just Read the […]

September 24, 2023

Astronauts print knee meniscus on 3D printer in space for the first time (photo)

Astronauts have manufactured a human knee meniscus on the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time in history, Space reports. They printed the knee meniscus on a 3D printer in cooperation with Redwire. This will improve the treatment of knee joint problems that are common in military personnel and the elderly. “The meniscus has […]

September 9, 2023

The largest rocket in history. SpaceX has reassembled the Starship

On September 6, SpaceX reassembled a full-fledged prototype of the Starship rocket with both stages (70-meter accelerator/first stage Super Heavy B9 + 50-meter spacecraft/second stage Starship S25) – after all the checks, engineers used the already well-known 140-meter Mechazilla crane tower to fully connect both parts of the rocket, and Elon Musk reported that it […]

September 7, 2023

SpaceX will no longer show rocket launches on YouTube

The social network X, owned by Elon Musk for almost a year now, will broadcast SpaceX rocket launches. The aerospace company will no longer broadcast launches on YouTube. The decision of SpaceX, which is also owned by Musk, is related to the American billionaire’s desire to turn the X social network into a Twitch and […]

September 6, 2023

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India launches its own station to study the Sun (video)

India’s Space Research and Development Organization (ISRO) has launched a rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 spacecraft as part of its first mission to observe the Sun. This was reported by Reuters. The launch took place at 9:20 am Kyiv time. Later, ISRO announced on X (formerly Twitter) that the spacecraft had successfully entered orbit. PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission: […]

September 2, 2023