What began as a weeklong mission for U.S. astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore has stretched into a months-long stay on the International Space Station (ISS). Their eight-day mission, which started on June 5, has already lasted over two months and may continue even longer. Delayed Return Due to Spacecraft Issues Williams and Wilmore launched […]
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In the Belgian North Sea, maintenance vessels can now connect to an automatic cable at a wind farm to recharge their batteries. This groundbreaking system is the first of its kind and represents a significant advancement in maintaining the environmental friendliness of electric vessels. Belgium’s Nobelwind wind farm, operational since 2017 and featuring 50 turbines
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SpaceX has unveiled its latest Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suits, which could debut in low-Earth orbit by the end of summer. These new suits represent an evolution from the current Dragon mission spacesuits, limited to pressurized environments. Unlike their predecessors, the EVA suits enable astronauts to operate both inside and outside the capsule, boasting advancements in
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In recent years, space launches, even crewed ones, have become quite frequent, receiving limited attention unless they mark a significant milestone. However, with Monday’s Starliner mission, there’s a notable surge in interest for valid reasons.
As the spacecraft endeavors to depart from the launch pad, it bears considerable responsibility, not only for the safety of NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the inaugural Starliner flight crew.
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With 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 propellant reached
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Great Chinese discovery: Bozhong 26-6 Field is the largest in the world. An extraordinary discovery in the energy industry has just shaken the global scene: the Chinese state-owned offshore oil and gas company, CNOOC Ltd., announced an additional gas discovery in its Bozhong 26-6 field. Reliable sources revealed that an incredible 40 MMcmg (1.4 […]
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Sometimes, it only takes a few years and meeting the right people to completely change someone’s career path. Meredith Patterson is a great example. She works as an aerospace engineer at NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Even though she didn’t know much about rockets at first, now she’s part of the team
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In September 2022, NASA did a big test in space. They sent the DART mission to crash into an asteroid moon called Dimorphos, which orbits a bigger asteroid named Didymos. It was the first time humans moved something in space. DART means Double Asteroid Redirection Test, and it did really well, maybe even better than
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Varda Space Industries, a company from California, did something amazing recently. They brought back samples of a medicine they made while in space. It wasn’t easy. The capsule carrying the samples had some problems and was stuck in space for a while. But finally, on February 21, it landed safely in the Utah desert. A
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An 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 long-standing desire to communicate with an astronaut, particularly Woody Hoburg. Expressing
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