Astrobotic earlier announced that the Peregrine moon lander was heading towards Earth’s atmosphere to safely crash on January 18. The company that launched the lunar lander announced that the spacecraft successfully counted down to its final hours in space before finally losing contact with it on January 18. Astrobotic revealed that it brought down the […]
On January 17, SpaceX will launch private astronauts on an Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft will commence its journey to the orbiting laboratory from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The liftoff will take off at 4:49 p.m. EST (2149 GMT). During the liftoff, the SpaceX Dragon capsule stacked atop
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Who is the first human in space? Sending humans to Space was actually a challenging task during the early space race. However, the Soviet Union decided to break this record by sending one of its Soviet pilots and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin to space in 1961. During that first human spaceflight aboard the Vostok 1
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NASA is planning its Artemis 3 moon-landing mission to be historic and iconic. That is why the space agency contracted SpaceX in 2021 to develop its crewed lander for Artemis 3 moonwalkers. NASA revealed that the vehicle should be able to carry two astronauts to the lunar surface and also safely return them to lunar
After the last two historic test flights of SpaceX’s starship, the aerospace company is getting ready for its third flight test. The first two test flights of 2023 were conducted in April and the second in November. The company officials recently announced their plan to launch the third mission as early as February 2024. On
On Tuesday (Jan. 9), NASA officials participated in a media teleconference and announced the latest update about the forthcoming Artemis crewed missions to the moon. During the teleconference, NASA’s leaders revealed that its flagship Artemis 2 mission which was previously scheduled to launch on November 2024 will now be delayed to September 2025. Also, the Artemis 3
After the last Apollo 17 lunar lander left the surface of the moon in 1972, no other US moon landing mission has made it to the lunar surface. However, Americans commenced their return to the lunar surface today. United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur just launched on its first-ever flight named Cert-1, early this morning
In February 2021, NASA Ingenuity Helicopter landed on Mars aboard the Perseverance rover to fly around the Martian terrain. The Martian helicopter has successfully accomplished several milestones after operating for over 1000 Martian days or sols now. After recording this great success, NASA is now planning to send a massive solar-powered electric plane to Mars. This concept
If you have always wished to send your name to the moon, this will be the best opportunity for you as your name could fly to the moon later this year. NASA is inviting space enthusiasts to put their name aboard its VIPER moon rover which will liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in
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Since we commenced with space exploration, scientists have been looking forward to finding life outside Earth. Several observations have proven that Venus’ clouds may be habitable to some form of microbial lifeforms. Since private agencies are now dominating the space, we should be expecting a visit to the Hellish planet anytime soon. An American Aerospace
