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Virgin Galactic has successfully completed the Galactic 02 mission, which launched from Spaceport America in New Mexico. On August 10, 2023, the company sent tourists to the frontier of space. The Galactic 02 mission was the company’s second commercial suborbital launch, and it also became the first tourist flight into space. In addition, it was […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) has postponed the first launch of the Ariane 6 rocket. This means that Europe still does not have independent access to Earth orbit. Ariane 6 is a European heavy launch vehicle that still cannot replace Ariane 5, which made its last (117th) flight a few weeks ago. COVID-19 and difficulties […]
Ingenuity recently made its 53rd flight over the surface of Mars. As it turned out, it almost ended in the crash of a Martian drone. NASA planned to conduct five Ingenuity flights. Despite the fact that the target was exceeded, the agency does not intend to lose the drone prematurely. In case of an emergency, […]
On the morning of Tuesday, August 8, SpaceX launched 15 of its Starlink Internet satellites into low Earth orbit, Space.com reports. At 6:57 a.m. Kyiv time (almost midnight in the United States), a Falcon 9 cargo rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base […]
As previously reported, SpaceX is authorized to launch 12,000 satellites and has applied for permission to launch another 30,000 Starlink satellites. This is a huge number. SpaceX launches satellites into space in batches of 56 and 22 satellites at a time, depending on the version of the satellite. Starlink v1.5 is much smaller than Starlink […]
This morning (05:41 Kyiv time), SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink Internet satellites and landed a rocket on an unmanned ship at sea This was reported by Space. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the next batch of Starlink spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 22:41 Eastern Time (02:41 GMT on August 7). The […]
NASA has completed the first fire tests of rocket engines that will be used in the Mars Sample Return mission to deliver samples of Martian soil to Earth. What is known Northrop Grumman is developing the SRM1 and SRM2 solid propellant engines for NASA. The first stage power plant will be equipped with frost-resistant nozzles. […]
Last month, SpaceX postponed the launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket with the Jupiter-3 satellite several times. This negatively affected the schedule of the Crew-7 mission for NASA. NASA planned to send a crew to the International Space Station on August 15. However, SpaceX announced that the launch was postponed to August 23. Earlier, it […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is planning to launch its own streaming video service. It will be called NASA+. The Federal Space Agency has officially announced a new platform. If everything goes according to plan, NASA’s new streaming service will be launched by the end of 2023. NASA+ will offer broadcasts of important space […]
NASA intends to launch an on-demand streaming service, as well as update its app and redesign its websites to make it easier to access the agency’s content. “Our vision is to inspire humanity through NASA’s only world-class web resource,” says Jeff Seaton, NASA Chief Information Officer. To accomplish this goal, the nasa.gov and science.nasa.gov websites […]