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On April 8, SpaceX launched its Crew Dragon Endeavor manned spacecraft with private astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS). The flight is organized by Axiom Space, a startup that bookings from SpaceX and coordinates ISS flights with NASA for anyone who can afford it. The multinational crew of the Ax-1 mission is […]
The American private space company SpaceX will take a former NASA astronaut and three space tourists on a trip to the International Space Station. The mission called Ax-1 starts on April 8. The launch, which will take place a few days later than expected after the delay of the “wet rehearsal” of NASA Artemis 1, […]
The head of the Russian space agency Dmitry Rogozin took up his role again. This time, he is conveniently distorting reality to impress Chinese officials and persuade them to help Russia with its space program, which has largely lost international support since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with China’s state-run CGTN, Rogozin said […]
At a distance of 508 light years from Earth, which is quite close by cosmic standards, the young star AB Aurigae is still forming. However, planets are already being born around it. A new study has shown that one of the planets forms at a very great distance from its star and in a rather […]
NASA has postponed critical tests of the super-heavy launch vehicle Space Launch System (SLS). On Sunday, April 3, the agency planned to refuel the rocket as part of a “dress rehearsal” to recreate the countdown to the upcoming launch of Artemis 1. However, shortly after 12:00 Eastern Time (19:00 Kyiv time) NASA announced the cancellation […]
Russia has once again threatened to suspend cooperation with the West under the International Space Station (ISS) program. Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin is demanding the lifting of sanctions against his country. Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, has condemned sanctions imposed by the United States, Japan, Canada, and the European Union […]
Due to the subtle atmosphere on Mars, the sound does not spread as well as on our planet. NASA has analyzed recordings from the microphones of the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity drone to determine how fast the sound wave is moving. The results of the study published in the journal Nature on April 1. […]
There were several flares in the sun in late March. The strongest (M9.6 – medium intensity) occurred at 18:35 UTC on March 31. The source was a group of sunspots with high magnetic complexity (Region 2975). This was reported by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The charged particles emitted by the star reached […]
On April 1, the US space agency (NASA) began preparing its giant Space Launch System rocket, which is designed to carry out manned missions far beyond Earth’s orbit, for key tests. The Space Launch System (SLS) is located at 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida (USA). If all goes well, the rocket will […]
Researchers have recorded 17 solar flares from a single spot on The Sun recently. We tell you what to expect for humanity. On Earth, auroras will be observed in the corresponding territories. In other parts of the world, there may be interruptions in communication and failures in the operation of satellite systems. What is known […]