Big bang in Shanghai: rocket test injures three workers and spooks residents
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A new NASA report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to 'lethal trauma' as the out-of-control ship broke apart, killing all seven astronauts. (Dec. 30)
Voyager 1 is in trouble. The engineering team with NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is trying to solve a mystery: readouts from the probe’s attitude articulation and control system (AACS) don’t reflect what’s actually happening onboard. The AACS controls the 4...
NASA revealed the first five full-color images and spectrographic data from the world's most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). The world got its first...
China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday.https://www.cctv...
Jul 13, 2022 Now that the James Webb Space Telescope has released its first images, it’s time for the science programs to begin.
Today we’re getting up close and personal with SpaceX’s Raptor 2 engine with Elon Musk. We get into all sorts of details on this engine including how exactly it’s been upgraded and simplified compared to Raptor 1.
On today's episode of "Elon said it, so it must be a good idea".
Possible Sign of life on Mars Spotted by Perseverance Rover. This image was acquired on June 23, 2022 (Sol 477) at the local mean solar time of 09:48:27.
Researchers captured an instance of this poorly understood type of lightning using instruments aboard the International Space Station
Today we're getting a history and engineering lesson with Elon Musk about SpaceX's Raptor engine. We talk about some of the early design decisions and how the engine has evolved.
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket that will carry the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft for NASA is seen at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand, Tuesday,...
On Sunday, June 19 at 12:27 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Globalstar FM15 to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Watching SpaceX land rockets is definitely one of the key highlights of our lifetimes ... Still kinda hard to believe this was considered *impossible* 7 years ago. @elonmusk
Soil samples collected by China’s Chang’e 5 lunar lander have determined that much of the water on the surface of the moon likely comes from within the moon itself, not solar winds as previously hypothesised. The discovery comes from the first-ever water...
Throughout the day (no set times) you will hear Mission Control and astronauts aboard the ISS talk to each other about operations on the station
This is what happens to aluminium when hit by a 14g piece of plastic going 24,000 km/h in space