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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
As part of the Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has ordered six cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) from Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. The American company Northrop Grumman also received an order for six flights to the Near-Earth Station and will share the contract budget […]
After the start of Russia’s open invasion of Ukraine, Dmitry Rogozin threatened the United States to terminate the contract for the operation of the ISS. Ars Technica space editor Eric Berger, who also holds an astronomer’s degree from the University of Texas, analyzed the technical and legal possibilities of Russia’s withdrawal from the Intergovernmental Agreement […]
NASA said that the initial focusing stage of the main mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully completed. Recently, the image of the target star from all 18 segments was reduced to one, and now focusing has been performed. Interestingly, when the specialists finished focusing the mirror, they were surprised by the […]