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Here’s what China launched to orbit on its retrievable satellite last month (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] China has revealed the payloads it sent to space recently on the two-week-long Shijian-19 retrievable satellite mission.Shijian-19 launched on a Long March 2D rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sept. 27 and landed Oct. 11 at […]
Crew-8 astronauts splash down on SpaceX Dragon Endeavour after weather delays (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] Four space station crewmates are safely back on Earth after an extended mission and a long wait for the weather to cooperate. SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps all with NASA and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander […]
Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching space tourists in 2027 (Image Credit: Space.com) The Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace is getting into the space tourism business. Deep Blue, which is based in the eastern province of Jiangsu, announced on Wednesday (Oct. 23) that it plans to start launching paying customers to suborbital […]
Blue Origin conducts first flight of second human-rated New Shepard (Image Credit: Space News) WASHINGTON — Blue Origin carried out the first flight of a new model of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Oct. 23, a mission the company called “nominal and on target” despite going to a slightly lower altitude than past flights. The […]
SpaceX launches more satellites for NRO’s proliferated constellation (Image Credit: Space News) WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 24 launched the NROL-167 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1:13 p.m. Eastern. NROL-167 was the fourth batch of satellites of a […]
SpaceX launches on beautiful California beach the NROL-167 on top secret mission for National Reconnaissance Office (Image Credit: Sat News) Satnews captured shot from SpaceX video. The day was picture perfect in California so that on Thursday, October 24 at 10:13 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-167 mission from Space Launch […]
In a cosmic horror show, this zombie star survived a supernova explosion (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomers have intensely studied a zombie star lurking in the heart of supernova wreckage. Such a cosmic explosion should have destroyed this undead white dwarf star, but instead, it marked its celestial grave with a “flower” created from debris. Now, astronomers […]
Scientists found one of the largest carbon-based space molecules ever. Here’s why that’s a big deal (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomers have discovered one of the largest carbon-based molecules found in deep space, located within the Taurus molecular cloud, 430 light-years from Earth. The finding is significant because it provides further clues that might help solve […]
‘Superluminous’ nova from rare stellar duo spotted in Milky Way’s galactic neighbor (Image Credit: Space.com) This summer, a dead star in a nearby galaxy flared back to life in an abnormally brilliant but brief nova, providing astronomers a fleeting glimpse of a mysterious class of stellar duo. In May, an array of asteroid-watching telescopes on […]
Watch sun erupt in 1st images from NOAA’s groundbreaking new satellite (photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) The first images from a new space-based telescope launched into Earth’s orbit to monitor the sun captured a striking solar storm outburst. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shared the first images taken by its Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), the […]
