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Launch Roundup: Polaris Dawn aims high, Starlink launches continue

Launch Roundup: Polaris Dawn aims high, Starlink launches continue

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

16 A total of five flights are on the worldwide launch manifest for this week. Most notable is the launch of a ...

Precious ‘golden asteroid’ worth 0,000 quadrillion might be rusting as scientists probe rock before 2029 Nasa visit

Precious ‘golden asteroid’ worth $100,000 quadrillion might be rusting as scientists probe rock before 2029 Nasa visit

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

SCIENTISTS have discovered a unique trait on the metal-rich asteroid Psyche by using the James Webb Space Telescope. Researchers identified a water ...

Mutating DNA, wasted muscles, and ‘blood destruction’ – horror effects of space on humans but women have big advantage

Mutating DNA, wasted muscles, and ‘blood destruction’ – horror effects of space on humans but women have big advantage

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

SPACE travel wreaks havoc on the human body, a new study has revealed. A paper published May 28 in Nature Communications examined ...

NASA Reveals Spacecraft To Take Four Humans To The Moon

NASA Reveals Spacecraft To Take Four Humans To The Moon

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Technicians used a 30-ton crane to lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Friday, June 28, 2024. NASA/Radislav Sinyak This is the spacecraft that ...

Pad B Starts to Rise As Booster 12 Static Fire nears

Pad B Starts to Rise As Booster 12 Static Fire nears

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

35 SpaceX preparations for flight 5 of Starship continue to focus on replacing Ship 30’s heat shield as teams prepare for Booster ...

NASA and SpaceX studying ways to mitigate Dragon trunk debris

NASA and SpaceX studying ways to mitigate Dragon trunk debris

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX are examining how to alter the Dragon spacecraft’s reentry process to limit the amount of debris from ...

Eumetsat moves weather satellite from Ariane 6 to Falcon 9

Eumetsat moves weather satellite from Ariane 6 to Falcon 9

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

WASHINGTON — European weather satellite operator Eumetsat has shifted the upcoming launch of a weather satellite from an Ariane 6 to a ...

Starship preparations point to possible tower catch attempt on Flight 5

Starship preparations point to possible tower catch attempt on Flight 5

Technology
Laura Adams

9 The Starship program is testing with a possible tower catch in mind for the next flight of the system, a goal ...

Nasa reveals space debris that crashed onto a walking trail belonged to SpaceX

Nasa reveals space debris that crashed onto a walking trail belonged to SpaceX

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA has revealed that the hunk of space debris that fell on a walking trail in the US belongs to a recently ...

Astronauts stranded in space face further setback to return home

Astronauts stranded in space face further setback to return home

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Nasa has again delayed the return of two US astronauts currently stranded on the International Space Station. Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita ...