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Aerospace company SpaceX continues to expand the orbital satellite group Starlink. As part of the recent launch of the rocket, another batch of miniature satellites went into orbit. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle with 53 Starlink satellites on board launched from the site of the Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida on April 29 at 17:27 […]
The flights of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) with a 2.7-meter infrared telescope based on the Boeing 747 will end on September 30. The profitability of SOFIA has raised questions for several years: NASA spends $85 million a year on this observatory. This is more than any other astrophysical mission except the Hubble […]
On the morning of April 27, SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon-4 spacecraft with four astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS). As always, the launch from the initial preparatory phase could be watched live on SpaceX and on NASA’s website. SpaceX Crew-4 is the seventh manned flight of Crew Dragon 2 and the […]
The non-profit organization Halifax International Security Forum is trying to raise $10 million to create a network of surveillance satellites for Ukraine. Satellogic, an Earth observation company, was selected to produce the satellites after the fundraiser was completed. It is noted that Halifax International has established the Ukraine Victory Fund to raise $10 million to […]
Launching launch vehicles not from the Earth, but from the atmosphere, saves fuel and reduces costs. The greatest savings can be achieved by launching a rocket from a balloon, the cost of manufacturing and maintenance of which is very low. And although with the current development of technology such a medium will not go into […]
The American private space company Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched another batch of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to the company’s broadcast on Twitter. The launch took place at 13:51 on the US East Coast (20:51 Kyiv time) from the 40th launch complex at the Cape Canaveral spaceport […]
The NASA Perseverance rover captured rare footage of a satellite of Mars Phobos crossing the visible surface of the Sun. These observations may help scientists better understand the moon’s orbit and how its gravity affects the Martian surface, forming the crust and mantle of the Red Planet. The solar eclipse captured by the Perseverance Mastcam-Z […]
As space rockets damage the environment and sometimes simply explode at launch or in flight, humanity is looking for more effective alternatives. In addition to the “kinetic gun” SpinLaunch, which spins the object to high speed before launch into space, there is another option – a huge gas gun from Green Launch. The company’s CEO, […]
The Martian helicopter Ingenuity successfully made its 25th flight over the surface of the Red Planet. The launch took place last week on Friday. The helicopter set a new record for range as well as speed, according to the Ingenuity team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. According to NASA, on April 8 Ingenuity flew, moving […]
Experts from the James Webb Mission Support Team (JWST) reported the successful cooling to operating temperature of the telescope’s most sensitive instrument, the MIRI Medium Infrared Camera. This means that the observatory is one step closer to the beginning of its scientific program. How to see the light of the first stars Why do you […]