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A detailed inspection of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is ongoing during its inaugural astronaut trip. On June 5, Starliner lifted off, sending NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on a Crew Flight Test (CFT) shakeout voyage to the International Space Station (ISS). Originally scheduled to
Once again, data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that the early cosmos was significantly more complicated than previously believed. This time, it has identified the telltale trace of carbon atoms in one of the oldest known galaxies, which formed only 350 million
This evening, May 31, SpaceX is scheduled to launch a new batch of its Starlink satellites into space. It is planned that a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the broadband craft would launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today. The launch window will
In preparation for their scheduled liftoff on Saturday, June 1, Starliner and its rocket vehicle, an Atlas V from United Launch Alliance (ULA), rolled out to the pad at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today, May 30. At 12:25 p.m. EDT (16:25 GMT), that
After launching on May 3, the Chinese Chang’e-6 mission is almost ready to finish its most significant phase. The descent module is scheduled to detach from the main spacecraft and initiate landing in the Apollo crater, which is situated on the lunar surface farthest from
Once more, China’s intriguing spacecraft is off and running, launching an unknown payload into orbit that might be a sign that its enigmatic mission is coming to an end. According to Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the reusable spaceplane appears
During its third voyage, China’s experimental reusable spacecraft successfully launched an unidentified item into orbit. The object was identified by U.S. Space Force space domain awareness personnel as 59884 (International designator 2023-195G). After taking off on December 14, 2023, the possible spacecraft has spent 164
SpaceX said on Friday that Starship, the most potent rocket in the world, will conduct its next test flight on June 5. Subject to regulatory approval, the launch window from the company’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, opens at 7:00 am local time (1200 GMT).
Despite the fact that thousands of planets have been found orbiting other stars, not much is known about them. There are 126 strange, recently found worlds included in a NASA catalog with precise measurements that let us compare them to our own solar system. The
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s next geostationary weather constellation will use an ocean-color instrument developed by BAE Systems, formerly known as Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., under a $450 deal. For the Geostationary Extended Operations, or GeoXO, program, BAE Systems is to construct two