Rocket Lab launches 9th satellite for iQPS
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched another satellite for Japanese radar-imaging company iQPS on Aug. 20. An Electron rocket…
On this day in space! Aug. 20, 1977: Voyager 2 launches to the outer planets
On Aug. 20, 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft on a mission to explore the outer planets.…
I went in search of Spain’s total solar eclipse – and found something much more special
Light has returned. Sitting on the grassy bank of a limestone hilltop, I watch a golden glow spread…
For the first time in history, astronauts use portable X-ray technology in space that could pave the way for future Moon and Mars missions |
Representative preflight, in-flight, and post-flight hand radiographs. Radiographs of the hand were acquired (A) preflight by a crew…
James Webb Space Telescope finds ‘hidden stars’ making the universe’s 1st galaxies much bigger than we knew
Imagine looking at a vast city on Earth from a great distance, knowing nothing about that city; you…
What Can We Actually Find on an Exoplanet? Part 4: Looking For Us
(This is Part 4 of a series on what we can actually find on an exoplanet. Read Part…
China marches towards re-usable rockets with successful first-stage landing
offbeat Red alert for rivals as LandSpace nails it after December disaster Chinese space startup LandSpace has landed…
Growing Food In Space: ‘Smells like Earth’: Indian-origin astronaut Anil Menon harvests vegetables in space, cooks with fellow astronaut Jessica Meir
Photo source: X/@astro_anil Growing food in space is no longer just a futuristic idea. For astronauts living aboard…
Starlink Reapplies For IN-SPACe Nod For 30,000-Satellite Gen 2 Network: Report
SUMMARY Starlink has reapplied to IN-SPACe for authorisation of its Gen 2 constellation comprising nearly 30,000 satellites and…
An Uncommon Drifter in the Denmark Strait
Greenland’s jagged coastline is lined with fjords, many of them cradling marine-terminating glaciers that routinely calve icebergs into…
Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today
Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit this morning (Aug. 20), and you can…
Scientists create ‘laundry gun’ for astronauts to clean their clothes by shooting out plasma
If you have ever shared a room with multiple people for days on end, you may know how…