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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) Twenty-nine newly-launched Starlink satellites are now in low Earth orbit. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the internet broadband relay units lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on […]
For the 1st time ever, 8 spacecraft are docked to the International Space Station (Image Credit: Space.com) The space station is feeling like a lot of us in the wake of Thanksgiving — very, very full. All eight docking ports for spacecraft on the current configuration of the International Space Station (ISS) […]
Cosmonaut removed from SpaceX’s Crew 12 mission for violating national security rules: report (Image Credit: Space.com) A Russian spaceflyer was pulled from SpaceX’s next astronaut mission for violating U.S. national security regulations, according to a media report. Oleg Artemyev, of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, had been manifested on SpaceX’s Crew 12, a […]
Round 2: Watch Senate hearing for Jared Isaacman’s re-nomination as NASA chief on Dec. 3 (Image Credit: Space.com) The U.S. Senate will hold a hearing to consider billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman’s re-nomination for NASA chief on Wednesday (Dec. 3), and you can watch the action live. The hearing, before the Committee […]
China to bring damaged spacecraft back to Earth after sending up replacement for stuck astronauts (Image Credit: Space.com) China’s space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft docked on Tiangong space station to Earth without crew after a suspected debris strike left it unfit for flight. The three astronauts of […]
Europe passes record-breaking space budget while NASA hit with deep cuts (Image Credit: Space.com) BREMEN, Germany — The European Space Agency member states have approved a record-breaking budget for the agency’s next three-year period, including an increase in funding for science exploration and dual-use technologies for security and defense. The budget of […]
SpaceX launches 60th mission of the year from California (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX has now launched 60 missions from California this year. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Tuesday (Dec. 2) from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Golden State’s central coast at 12:28 a.m. EST (0528 GMT; 9:28 p.m. local […]
Trump pick for NASA chief Jared Isaacman pledges to move space shuttle Discovery to Houston, lawmaker says (Image Credit: Space.com) The controversial plan to move the space shuttle Discovery to Houston reportedly has a powerful new backer. Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead NASA, has pledged his support for Discovery’s […]
1st European to fly to the moon will be German (Image Credit: Space.com) BREMEN, Germany — A German astronaut will be the first European to fly to the moon with a future NASA-led Artemis mission, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher said at the ESA Ministerial Council, a high-level […]
