NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft was deliberately, crashed into an asteroid on 27 September, 2022 as part of a study to defend the Earth from incoming asteroids that may pose a threat. The collision was at more than Read More …
Landsat, arguably, the most successful Earth Observation satellite series in the world, launched its 9th satellite on 27 September, 2021. It was launched with an Atlas rocket from the Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA, Read More …
Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov in MS-21 have returned to Earth from the ISS. They returned on September 29, 2022 after 195 days in the ISS. The three cosmonauts were powered by a Soyuz rocket, from the Read More …
Blue Origin’s NS-23 uncrewed spaceflight that was scheduled for 31 August, 2022 held on 12 September, 2022 with a catastrophic outcome. About one minute into the flight, the booster developed a problem, prompting an in-flight abort of the capsule. The Read More …
Mammals can reproduce in space. A study confirms that a fairly high radiation level does not destroy DNA nor affect viability of sperms. In a six-year experiment with mouse sperm cells in the International Space Station, ISS, scientists exposed them Read More …
The first attempt by the United Kingdom to launch satellites from home suffered a setback on 9 January, 2023 as all the nine small satellites failed to reach orbit. A Virgin Orbit modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet, named Cosmic Girl, Read More …
