NASA astronauts Mission Commander Kjell Lindgren, Pilot Bob Hines, and Mission Specialist Jessica Watkins, and Mission Specialist Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) now are aboard the International Space Station following Crew Dragon’s hatch opening about 9:15 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, April 27. Crew-4 joins Expedition 67 crew of Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, all of NASA, Matthias […]
A piece of debris the size of a pea can critically damage a satellite. Indeed, debris this small has damaged the International Space Station. But Russia is not the only culprit. In 2007, China was the first nation to successfully conduct a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test. In 2008 the US demonstrated the same capability, though at a lower […]
The Hubble Space Telescope turns 32 this week, and today released an anticipated image of a “close-knit” group of five galaxies in a “dance” to celebrate its anniversary. Dubbed The Hickson Compact Group 40, the collection of galaxies crossed paths in their evolution, and have now created an “exceptionally crowded and eclectic galaxy sampler”, NASA […]
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover won’t return samples from the Red Planet until a few years after originally planned, according to the agency’s latest budget request. The news comes as Perseverance also just completed its first science campaign on the Jezero Crater and is preparing for its next mission on the Martian land. The Mars Sample […]
The James Webb team has officially completed the critical mirror alignment steps, and the telescope’s performance has already exceeded expectations, NASA says. Since its launch on Christmas Day last year, the team has been “fine phasing” Webb’s 18 mirror segments that measure 6.5 metres long to capture the most high-resolution images of the universe. On 11 […]
Arianespace and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced an unprecedented launch service contract during the International Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, USA, on April 5. Under the terms of the contract, Arianespace will perform 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon’s Project Kuiper over a period of three years from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Among the 18 […]
