Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 28, 2024
China's Lijian-1 Y6 carrier rocket, a cornerstone of the nation's growing commercial space ambitions, failed during its launch on Friday. The mission was conducted at a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone in Northwest China, marking an important yet ultimately unsuccessful attempt to expand China's presence in the competitive commercial launch market. The Lijian-1 rocket is part of

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 28, 2024
Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to "touch" the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour - faster than any human-made object has ever moved

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 28, 2024
China concluded a busy year in its human spaceflight program with the launch of the Tianzhou 8 cargo spacecraft on November 16, marking the completion of the country's 2024 space missions. This year featured several significant achievements, including advancements in orbital science, space station operations, and astronaut training. h3>April Launch of Shenzhou XVIII /h3> On April 25, a L

Slam Corp, the shell company founded by former MLB player Alex Rodriguez, extended its merger deadline with Lynk Global but must refund $81 million to investors who redeemed shares instead of seeking a stake in the direct-to-smartphone satellite operator.

Spacecoin said it is successfully communicating with its recently launched debut connectivity satellite, designed to test technology for a decentralized space-based network shared by multiple investors.

Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Much about the Moon remains shrouded in mystery, including its age. Analyses of samples brought back from the lunar surface indicate our celestial sidekick could be about 4.35 billion years old, which means it came to be at about 200 million years after the formation of our solar system. But that immense lag doesn't sit well with some scientists. During the solar system's early days, debri

Washington DC (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Say cheese again, Moon. We're coming in for another close-up. For the second time in less than a year, a NASA technology designed to collect data on the interaction between a Moon lander's rocket plume and the lunar surface is set to make the long journey to Earth's nearest celestial neighbor for the benefit of humanity. Developed at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virgini

Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Although our Solar System is billions of years old, we've only recently become better acquainted with one of its more dynamic and captivating inhabitants known as (2060) Chiron. Chiron belongs to the class of objects that astronomers call "Centaurs." Centaurs are space objects that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. They are akin to the mythological creature they borrow their name

College Station TX (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
As NASA's Europa Clipper embarks on its historic journey to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, Dr. Matt Powell-Palm, a faculty member at Texas A and M University's J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, has unveiled groundbreaking research that could transform our understanding of icy ocean worlds across the solar system. The study published in Nature Communications, co-authored with