SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the International Space Station just 15 hours after launch
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SpaceX Crew-11 launches to International Space Station
Saturday, 02 August 2025 00:35
The SpaceX transport of Crew-11 to the International Space Station launched Friday after Thursday's scrub.
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, arrived at the launch complex, where SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was ready for liftoff at 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday. Cardman is the commander, Fi 4D images show heat shield damage goes below the surface
Saturday, 02 August 2025 00:35
Rather than completely burning up when a spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere, its heat shield's outer surface is sacrificed to protect the rest of the vehicle. The carbon fibers decompose, dissipating the heat. It was assumed that this only happens on the surface, but in a recent study, researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and four othe Rocket Lab to Launch Fifth Electron Mission for iQPS Earth Imaging Constellation
Saturday, 02 August 2025 00:35
Rocket Lab has announced the scheduled launch window for its next mission for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), marking the 69th flight of its Electron rocket and the company's 11th launch of 2025.
The mission, titled 'The Harvest Goddess Thrives', will lift off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand with a window opening on August 5, 2025 UTC. It will carry QPS-SAR-12, Moonquake hazards raise concern for future long-term lunar missions
Saturday, 02 August 2025 00:35
A new study has identified moonquakes-not meteor strikes-as the primary cause of surface disturbances in the Taurus-Littrow valley, the Apollo 17 landing site. The research suggests that ground shaking from these quakes, which repeatedly struck over millions of years, triggered boulder falls and landslides that reshaped the lunar terrain.
Published in Science Advances, the study was co-aut Roscosmos celebrates meeting of agency leaders that NASA ignored
Friday, 01 August 2025 21:16
The Russian space agency Roscosmos has hailed the first face-to-face meeting between its leader and the head of NASA in almost seven years while NASA largely ignored the event.
EchoStar orders initial MDA satellites for $5 billion LEO constellation
Friday, 01 August 2025 20:36
EchoStar has placed a $1.3 billion order with MDA Space for the first 100 satellites of a $5 billion direct-to-device connectivity constellation, even as regulatory scrutiny of the company’s spectrum licenses threatens to push it into bankruptcy.
Astronauts launch to the space station after sidelined by Boeing's troubled Starliner
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Crew-11 launches to ISS
Friday, 01 August 2025 15:18
A Crew Dragon spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with a new crew, but how long they will stay at the station remains unclear.
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Senators raise NASA funding concerns in letter to Duffy
Friday, 01 August 2025 12:00
Several senators are demanding details from NASA on claims that the agency is withholding current funding and planning to enact proposed cuts.
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Friday, 01 August 2025 12:00
Weather scrubs Crew-11 launch, NASA and SpaceX to try again Friday
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Albedo wins NRO Stage 2 imagery contract
Friday, 01 August 2025 09:00
SAN FRANCISCO – Earth-observation startup Albedo won a National Reconnaissance Office Stage 2 contract, clearing the way for the intelligence agency to begin purchasing imagery.