Credit: PixaobayWith the objective of testing different aspects of the rocket, SpaceX has launched for the 3rd time a flight test of Starship. This time, the stainless-steel rocket and its Super Heavy booster, which together stand 400 feet tall (122 meters) filled with more than 10 million pounds of liquid methane and liquid oxygen...
The ISS gets more cold callers than you'd think. Credit: NASAAn amateur ham radio enthusiast achieved a remarkable feat by conversing with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) using a homemade antenna. Doug, the ham radio operator, successfully established contact with the ISS during its overhead pass in July 2023, fulfilling a...
Credit: IENAI SpaceRocket propulsion has evolved significantly from ancient rocket-powered weapons to cutting-edge technologies propelling our space exploration. ATHENA, a palm-sized thruster system developed by a team led by Daniel Perez Grande, CEO and Co-Founder of IENAI Spain, represents a revolutionary leap in advancing tiny spacecraft across the vastness of space.In contrast to colossal...
The intended duration of Starship's second test flight was approximately 90 minutes, with the plan for it to conclude by splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawai'i. Credit: SpaceX via XOn Saturday morning, SpaceX's Starship rocket embarked on its second test flight, soaring into the sky from Starbase in Texas. However, the triumph...
Starship poised on the launchpad, prepared for its second test. Credit: SpaceX.The success of NASA's Artemis program is paramount, with the current contract involving SpaceX's Starship to transport astronauts for the Artemis III and Artemis IV lunar missions. There is no alternative means for astronauts to reach the Moon, although NASA recently opened the...
SpaceX's Starship. Credit: SpaceXUnless you have been extremely busy, you must have heard of SpaceX's Starship fully assembled test flight. Despite the fact that the test did not go as planned, there are good lessons to take from it. It is important to notice that such an event is still a landmark for humanity,...
Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft carrying the crew of Russian cosmonauts launched September, 2022. (NataliaKolesnikova/ AFP)Russia stated Wednesday that it will send an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) coming month to bring home 3 astronauts whose planned return vehicle was damaged by a strike from a small meteoroid.The Russian space company, Roscosmos, made the...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule, with a multinational crew of four astronauts, lifts off from Launch Complex 39-A Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., beginning a five-month mission to the International Space Station. Credit: AP Photo/John Raoux)For the first time in two decades,...
NASA is preparing for its next Moon landing, and it is ordering new spacesuits for the journey. It has granted Axiom Space a $228.5 million contract to make a "moonwalking system" for the agency's return to the lunar surface.Axiom was among two firms in the running to make spacesuits for NASA's Artemis program, which...
Credit: Thomas Pesquet / ESANASA has "holoported" somebody to the International Space Station for the first time, demonstrating a new method for astronauts and people on Earth to interact with one another.Holoportation 101Holoportation is the creation of Microsoft research. While the name is one portmanteau of "hologram" and "teleportation," that does not quite explain...
