The United States Space Force’s West Coast Spaceport and Test Range achieved an incredible 51 launches in 2024, demonstrating how Vandenberg Space Force Base has revolutionised space and test launch operations on the West Coast. This milestone is a testament to the base’s commitment to innovation, its efforts to improve Read more…
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a groundbreaking superconducting material that holds potential for broader societal applications. By combining iron, nickel, and zirconium in varying proportions, the team created a new transition metal zirconide alloy. While pure forms of iron zirconide and nickel zirconide do not exhibit superconducting properties, Read more…
In the years since NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope began exploring the cosmos, astronomers have identified over a trillion galaxies. Yet, among these, one stands out as particularly significant for our Milky Way: the magnificent Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31. On a clear autumn night, this neighboring stellar island Read more…
For humanity, the Sun is undeniably the most vital star, but the second most significant lies hidden within the Andromeda galaxy, a distant flicker 2.2 million light-years away. This star, named V1, is barely 1/100,000th as bright as the faintest star visible to the naked eye, yet its discovery by Read more…
In an ambitious dual mission, SpaceX launched two lunar landers early Wednesday, marking a bold step for U.S. and Japanese private companies aiming to expand their reach to the moon. The spacecraft lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during the early hours, part of a growing wave of private Read more…
With the successful docking of its SpaDeX satellites in space, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has created history. With the accomplishment earlier today, India is now the fourth country in the world to have rendezvous, docking, and undocking capabilities. Two satellites, SDX01 (Chaser) and SDX02 (Target), each weighing about Read more…
SpaceX’s next Starship to fly is all dressed up for launch. To get ready for the next launch of the largest rocket in the world next week, SpaceX successfully mounted its Starship spacecraft on top of a massive Super Heavy booster on Friday, January 10. Liftoff at SpaceX’s Starbase test Read more…
The most recent set of Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office were launched Thursday night in SpaceX’s first West Coast Falcon 9 launch of the year. At 7:53 p.m. PST (10:53 p.m. EST, 0353 UTC), the NROL-153 mission took off from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Read more…
On December 30, 2024, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will begin its ground-breaking Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX). At 21:58 IST, the mission will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota atop the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C60). In-space docking capabilities, a crucial technology for upcoming space Read more…
SpaceX landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea after launching 21 Starlink broadband satellites from Florida’s Space Coast early Monday morning (Dec. 23). At 12:35 a.m. EDT (05:35 GMT), a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft—13 of which can beam service directly to cellphones—left NASA’s Kennedy Space Read more…