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Specialists of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States published amazing photos of the Cygnus cargo spacecraft of the American company Northrop Grumman on the social network X. The images were taken before Cygnus left the International Space Station on July 12 and burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere. The images from […]
American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams conducted a video tour of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, which is currently docked to the ISS. The Starliner, whose launch was postponed many times due to various technical problems, docked with the ISS on June 6, 2024, at 20:33 Kyiv time, despite the failure of the orientation engines. […]
China’s third test mission of a reusable robotic spacecraft continues to generate speculation, sending half a dozen small objects into orbit that intrigued amateur observers have tentatively called “wings.” The experimental orbiter, called Shenlong (Chinese for “divine dragon”), was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Thursday, December 14, on a Long March 2F […]
A new video published by the agency shows the Orion spacecraft re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 11 kilometers per second, which is 32 times the speed of sound. The footage was shot as part of the Artemis-1 mission last year and became one of the most impressive of the entire year. A […]
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have witnessed a Russian cargo ship burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere, Space reports. The Russian Progress MS-23 cargo spacecraft lifted off from the ISS on November 29, carrying old equipment and household waste that is no longer needed on the station. Only 4 hours after Progress MS-23 […]
NASA will soon begin testing the Dream Chaser, the first commercial spaceplane capable of orbital flight. The aircraft will be used to replenish supplies at the International Space Station. Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser will be an alternative to SpaceX’s spacecraft. The aircraft will be tested at NASA’s Ohio Test Site for one to three months. […]
The Alekseev-Sukhoy launch system was supposed to send a Soviet shuttle into space on the back of a spacecraft launch vehicle that was launched from a hydrofoil barge. The project was proposed in 1974. The Hazegrayart channel visualized the launch of a Soviet-era space shuttle prepared by the Sukhoi aircraft company, known for its jet […]
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 […]