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Venus is a hellish world with clouds of sulfuric acid, but new research suggests it was an Earth-like oasis billions of years ago – and it would still be habitable if not for Jupiter. Jupiter, which is more than 2.5 times the mass of all other planets in the solar system, may have disrupted Venus’s … Read more
Astra Space Inc’s first attempt to launch a rocket into orbit came to a disappointing end as it veered off course and catapulted to the ground. The California start-up conducted launch from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska, on Friday evening. Video showed the 38-foot-tall rocket taking off at 7.19pm local time and flying … Read more
Two UK-built nanosatellites no heavier than a piece of cabin luggage will be launched into orbit this month to track global ship movements thanks to £6 million government grant A UK Space Agency £6 million grant helped fund the nanosatellite development Two sets nanosatellites will be launched into orbit by Scottish-form Spire Global The first … Read more
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation grew a little larger Thursday morning, as the firm added 60 more devices to the network. The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 8:46am ET from Launch Complex 39-A at Kennedy Space Center carrying the new batch of broadband satellites. The mission was originally set for Sunday, but was unable to … Read more
Neutron star and a pulsar are stuck in a ‘fiercely tight’ orbit and will merge in an enormous collision in 470million years, astronomers say System of two neutron stars has been found which rapidly orbit each other Scientists say it is highly unusual to see two of these stars so close together Is predicted that … Read more
Liftoff! SpaceX successfully launches US Space Force GPS satellite into orbit aboard its Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX launched a GPS satellite for US Space Force aboard the Falcon 9 rocket The launch took off at 4:10pm ET at Kennedy Space Center in Florida This is Falcon 9’s 11th launch this year, but this time it … Read more
There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called ‘space junk’ – left behind after missions that can be as big as spent rocket stages or as small as paint flakes – in orbit alongside some US$700 billion (£555bn) of space infrastructure. But only 22,000 are tracked, and with the fragments able to travel at … Read more
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has failed on its first attempt to launch a rocket attached to the wing of a Boeing 747 due to an ‘anomaly’. The company confirmed Monday that the rocket’s debut flight over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California was unsuccessful. The inaugural launch had appeared to be going well … Read more
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is poised to make history today as it sends satellite-launching craft on first test flight to space LauncherOne, used to deliver small satellites into orbit, will take off on Sunday If successful it will be the first time this system launches something into space Virgin Orbit’s vice-president is confident his team’s … Read more
The U.S. military´s mystery space plane rocketed into orbit again Sunday, this time with an extra load of science experiments. It´s the sixth flight of an X-37B, a solar-powered plane that’s flown by remote control without a crew. Officials aren’t saying how long the spacecraft will remain in orbit this time. But a senior vice … Read more