The much-covered piece of space junk, which used to be the Long March-5B Y2 rocket that delivered part of China’s space station into orbit on April 29, was expected to come down during the night between Saturday and Sunday. Initial estimates from the China Manned Space Engineering Office, a department …
Read More »‘Starship has landed’: WATCH Elon Musk’s rocket touch down WITHOUT exploding
“Starship landing nominal!” Musk tweeted on Wednesday, after the SN15 vessel successfully touched down on the landing pad in Boca Chica, Texas – just north of the border with Mexico. The 150-foot (45 meter) tall SN15 had taken off at 5:24 pm local time (10:24 GMT) and flew to the …
Read More »Pentagon says it’s tracking Chinese rocket debris making ‘uncontrolled reentry’ from orbit after space station launch
The 18th Space Control Squadron of the US Space Force will plot the Long March 5B rocket’s trajectory as it reenters the atmosphere, Pentagon spokesman Mike Howard said in a statement on Tuesday, noting that its exact path won’t be known for several days. “US Space Command is aware of …
Read More »WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket take off with 36 satellites in a launch commemorating Gagarin’s historic space flight
The rocket took off at 7.14 a.m. local time (2214 GMT) on Sunday. The launch went without a hitch, with all the rocket’s stages detaching according to the schedule. The head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin later confirmed that all 36 satellites successfully separated from the carrier. “The …
Read More »Moscow pledges retaliation to US & UK plans for rocket deployment in range of Russia’s borders, sparking new missile crisis fears
In a statement released on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Washington was increasingly discussing proposals to deploy rocket launchers to the continent. Previously banned by the INF Treaty, research and development has reportedly resumed since the pact was torn up in 2019 by then-US President Donald Trump. …
Read More »WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket launch 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit (VIDEO)
Moscow’s space agency Roscosmos took to Twitter with a progress update late on Wednesday night, noting that the separation of the satellites had already begun, while also sharing an animation showing how the rocket booster will detach from the rest of the spacecraft. The agency, as well as OneWeb itself, …
Read More »American astronauts to again use Russian Soyuz rocket to reach ISS as NASA can’t rely on ‘unstable’ US tech – Moscow space chief
From 2011 to last year, the US relied on Russia’s Soyuz launch system to send its astronauts to live on the ISS, with America not having its own capability. In May 2020, Crew Dragon, a reusable spacecraft made by Elon Musk’s private company SpaceX, took two Americans to space for …
Read More »US will strike ‘at a time and place of our choosing’ after rocket attacks on bases in Iraq, Defense Secretary Austin says
At least 10 missiles rained down on the Ain al-Asad airbase in the Iraqi province of Anbar on Wednesday, killing one US civilian contractor on the coalition base. The attack came after President Joe Biden ordered an airstrike on Iranian-backed militia targets in Syria – which was similarly said to …
Read More »WATCH: Iran test launches new satellite-carrying Zuljanah rocket with ‘most powerful’ solid-fuel engine
The Defense Ministry published the undated video on Monday, showing what appeared to be a successful take-off of the new rocket, named the Zuljanah, which was seen for part of its ascent. The spokesman for the Iranian military’s space division, Ahmad Hosseini, told state media that “the test helped Iran to …
Read More »1 killed, 3 soldiers injured in alleged Israeli rocket strike in Damascus contryside (VIDEO, PHOTO)
The rockets reportedly targeted troops stationed near al-Zabadani, a city close to the border with Lebanon some 30 miles (50km) outside of Damascus, early on Wednesday morning, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). “At 1:30 in the morning, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression with bursts …
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