Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 09, 2021
The Hubble team successfully recovered the Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument Nov. 7. The instrument has started taking science observations once again. Hubble's other instruments remain in safe mode while NASA continues investigating the lost synchronization messages first detected Oct. 23. The camera was selected as the first instrument to recover as it faces the fewest complications shoul

Beijing (XNA) Nov 10, 2021
China's Mars orbiter entered its remote-sensing orbit around Mars on Monday, starting the global remote-sensing exploration of the planet, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said. The CNSA said the orbit was set according to the needs of the orbiter in conducting global detection and relaying communications between the Mars rover and Earth. The seven scientific payloads a

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 10, 2021
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is lifted onto the GO Navigator recovery ship after it landed with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide, an

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 09, 2021
The current narrative concerning China promulgated by the Western media and many political commentators is invariably hostile. This positioning is especially notable in the US and the UK. Whether out of a fixation with projecting power or motivated by ideological propaganda, this is a distorted perception. While there are policy areas where, as with any country there is room for criticism

Washington DC (UPI) Nov 8, 2021
NASA is nearing the final stages of rehearsal and checkouts of the Artemis I moon rocket - the first rocket of its kind since the Apollo program - before an uncrewed launch from Florida around the moon planned for early next year. The 322-foot-tall SLS rocket and Orion capsule are completely assembled and stacked at Kennedy Space Center, a glowing orange and white tower reaching almos

Washington (AFP) Nov 9, 2021
The United States will send a crewed mission to the Moon "no earlier than 2025," NASA chief Bill Nelson told reporters on Tuesday, officially pushing back the launch by at least a year. A target of 2024 was set by the administration of former president Donald Trump when it launched the Artemis program. But the program has since faced numerous development delays ranging from its vehicles

The Biden administration plans to update an existing research-and-development plan aimed at combatting orbital debris.

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Launch services provider Spaceflight announced plans Nov. 9 to deliver 13 customer payloads across two distinct orbits for the first time next year with its new space tug.

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