First time since 1972, humans leave Earth orbit: Artemis II astronauts head for the Moon; what comes next?

[ad_1] Artemis II was launched on Thursday. In a major leap for human spaceflight, Nasa’s Artemis II mission successfully executed a critical engine burn late Thursday, sending its crew out of Earth’s orbit and onto a path toward the moon.The trans-lunar injection took place about 25 hours after liftoff, placing three American astronauts and one […]

Nasa Satellite Crash: NASA warns! 1,300-pound satellite set to fall toward Earth on March 10 after 14 years in orbit |

[ad_1] A NASA satellite is expected to crash back to Earth on Tuesday, March 10, after spending nearly 14 years in orbit. The spacecraft in question is Van Allen Probe A, which weighs around 1,323 pounds (600 kilograms). It was launched alongside its twin, Van Allen Probe B, in August 2012 to study the radiation […]

NASA confirms: Asteroid 2024 YR4 will NOT hit the Moon in 2032 after new orbit calculations |

[ad_1] Asteroids regularly pass through Earth’s cosmic neighbourhood, and most of them never attract public attention. Every so often, though, a newly discovered space rock sparks curiosity among scientists and space enthusiasts. That was the case with asteroid 2024 YR4, an object first detected in late 2024. Early calculations suggested it might pass unusually close […]

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke’s medical issue aboard the International Space Station marks historic astronaut evacuation from orbit |

[ad_1] NASA confirmed Mike Fincke of SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission needed a medical evacuation from the International Space Station. NASA described the situation as non-emergency, yet important enough to end the mission about a month early. The key issue was access to advanced medical imaging not available in orbit. The result was the first dedicated medical […]

One million AI satellites to orbit Earth? SpaceX’s mind-blowing plan of data centers in outer space explained

[ad_1] SpaceX Wants a Million Satellites for AI: Is This the Future of Computing or a Space Disaster Waiting to Happen? SpaceX has submitted a daring proposal to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch a constellation of up to one million satellites into Earth orbit, not for Internet coverage like Starlink but as […]

Nasa veteran Butch Wilmore retires: Leaves agency months after record Starliner delay; logged 464 days in orbit over 3 missions

[ad_1] Astronaut Butch Wilmore (AP file photo) Nasa announced that veteran astronaut Butch Wilmore has retired from the agency, less than five months after returning from an unexpectedly prolonged mission to the International Space Station.Wilmore, 62, and fellow astronaut Suni Williams launched last summer as test pilots aboard Boeing’s first crewed Starliner flight. The mission, […]

Watch: SpaceX launches Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral; 28 more broadband satellites added to low-Earth orbit

[ad_1] Space X has launched the Starlink 10-28 mission at 4.21 am on Tuesday, July 8 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, adding 28 more broadband satellites to low-Earth orbit, as reported by Florida Today. WATCH: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida | LiveNOW from FOX According to SpaceX, the early morning mission marked […]

Soviet Spacecraft stuck in orbit for 53 years may finally fall back to Earth next week. What is Kosmos 482? Where will it land?

[ad_1] Kosmos 482 may look a bit like this (Photo credit: Nasa) A Soviet spacecraft launched in the 1970s for a mission to Venus is now expected to make an uncontrolled return to Earth, according to space debris-tracking experts.Dutch scientist and satellite tracker Marco Langbroek from Delft University of Technology says the re-entry of the […]