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Nasa streamed a cat video from space

Nasa has now tested streaming video in HD format from Psyche, the spacecraft that left Earth in October and is expected to reach Psyche 16, the metal asteroid about 600 million kilometers from Earth, in 2029. The transmission from Psyche was conducted using a laser system for communication that Nasa calls Deep Space Optical Communications […]

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Check out a replay of Starship’s launch

This past weekend, SpaceX tested launching its spacecraft Starship with the accompanying Super Heavy booster for the second time. If you missed how it looked, you can check out a clip showing the launch from some new angles below. The launch did not go entirely as SpaceX had hoped. The separation between Starship and Super […]

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SpaceX plans to test Starship tomorrow

SpaceX has now received permission to launch its spacecraft Starship into space again. This will be the second time SpaceX tries to get Starship into space after they failed to do so in the first test conducted in April this year. After the first test of Starship, the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) considered that […]

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Astronaut Frank Rubio back on Earth

Yesterday, American astronaut Frank Rubio, along with the two cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, landed after spending a record-breaking amount of time aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The three departed from Earth on September 21, 2022, and spent 371 days in space before returning to Earth. This makes Frank Rubio the American astronaut […]

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Capsule with asteroid samples has landed on Earth

Yesterday, the asteroid hunter OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) returned to Earth after spending seven years in space. During these years, the spacecraft traveled to the asteroid Bennu, collected a sample from it, and then returned to Earth. In total, OSIRIS-REx traveled about 6.2 million kilometers on its round trip journey […]

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AST Mobile makes 5G calls via satellite

AST SpaceMobile, the company aiming to establish a space-based mobile network, announced today that it has successfully made a 5G call for the first time using its massive test satellite, BlueWalker 3. The 5G call was conducted on September 8th between a standard model of the Samsung Galaxy S22 in Hawaii and one of Vodafone’s […]

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Varda Space capsule cannot return to Earth

The American space company Varda Space Industries has encountered some issues with the space capsule they launched into space earlier this year. The plan was for the capsule to return to Earth after testing the production of various drugs in a weightless state in space. Apparently, Varda had not obtained permission from the U.S. Federal […]

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Venezuela’s president announces plans to travel to the moon

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro stated in an announcement that Venezuela intends to send astronauts to the moon in a Chinese spacecraft. This statement follows Venezuela’s participation in the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) collaboration. ILRS is initiated by Russia and China as a response to the U.S.-led Artemis moon program. In addition to China, Russia, […]

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Nasa to study UFO observations

The American space agency NASA has decided to scientifically investigate observations of UFOs, or UAPs (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena), as NASA and other US agencies prefer to call them. In recent years, UFO sightings have once again become a debated topic in the USA, with some claiming they have extraterrestrial origins. However, there is no evidence […]

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Japan has launched two space missions

Earlier today, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched two exciting spacecraft into space. One of them is the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), intended to make a soft landing on the moon in early 2024. It’s a relatively small moon lander that carries two mini-rovers to explore the area around the Shioli crater […]

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Four astronauts back on Earth

Yesterday, four astronauts returned from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth. The returning astronauts included the two NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, Roscosmos astronaut Andrey Fedyaev, and Sultan Alneyadi from the United Arab Emirates, who returned on the SpaceX Crew-6 mission. While aboard the ISS, they were part of Expedition 68 / […]

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India’s moon rover has entered sleep mode

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) announced last Saturday that their rover Pragyan, which landed on the moon two weeks ago, has now entered sleep mode. This occurred as one of the moon’s two-week-long nights set in. Pragyan is powered by an electric motor, with its batteries being charged by the spacecraft’s built-in solar panels. […]

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India Sends Spacecraft to the Sun

After India’s successful moon landing two weeks ago, the country firmly established itself as one of the world’s leading space nations. This weekend marked another milestone for India’s space endeavors, as it set its sights on the sun. On Saturday, the spacecraft Aditya-L1 lifted off from the Indian spaceport on Sriharikota Island. Aditya-L1 is now […]

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Advanced telescopes targeted by cyberattacks

The U.S. National Science Foundation has reported that cyberattacks against their National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) have resulted in the suspension of observation activities at two of their most advanced telescopes. The affected telescopes are NOIRLab’s Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii, shown in the image above, and the Gemini South Telescope in Chile. Several […]

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How to manufacture things in space?

In the future, a new manufacturing industry is expected to launch in space, and CNBC has produced a report on how this will happen and what we can expect. According to a report by consulting firm McKinsey & Co, the market for space-manufactured products could reach $10 billion by 2030. The idea behind manufacturing things […]

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SpaceX is testing Starship’s engines

Last Friday, SpaceX conducted engine tests on the Super Heavy rocket, which is intended to eventually carry their Starship into space. This marked the second test of the 33 Raptor engines designed to lift Booster 9 of the Super Heavy from the ground. During the initial test on August 9th, only 29 of the engines […]

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Join Crew-7’s Journey

Two days ago, Crew-7 was launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station. The trip included four astronauts, including Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen, who is on his second mission to space. NASA has put together a video that follows the crew’s day from preparations and farewells to families, the launch, and their initial time in […]