Two Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, April 17, 2024, during an M-class solar flare for NASA's sounding rocket solar flare campaign.
What a day for outer space. NASA will be launching three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet. And they are expected to be visible for between 10 and 40 seconds along the East Coast. The Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) sounding rockets will launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to study the disturbances in the...
A NASA solar sail mission meant to test new space travel materials in
NEW DELHI: Indian aerospace startup Agnikul Cosmos on Saturday postponed the launch of India's first semi-cryogenic rocket Agnibaan for the second time in two weeks citing technical issues.The IIT Madras incubated startup postponed the liftoff while conducting pre-launch checks, the people at the launch site informed.This comes after the company delayed the launch of the rocket scheduled for March 22 citing "unavoidable circumstances".In a post on X, Agnikul said on March 21, "Holding our launch...
A rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying a high-tech weather satellite.
The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), otherwise known as Danuri, photobomed NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
China is planning a permanently-manned base on the Moon (Picture: Getty) Nasa has warned that China may attempt to take over parts of the Moon within just a few years. The space agency’s administrator Bill Nelson said he fears the country’s civilian programmes launched in the name of science could actually be secret military operations. Speaking before a House Appropriations Committee to argue why Nasa needed a $25.4 billion budget for 2025, Mr Nelson said: ‘China has made extraordinary...
In this image from Feb. 12, 2024, engineers lift a mast into place on NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) robotic moon rover. VIPER's mast and the suite of instruments affixed to it look a lot like the rover's "neck" and "head." The mast instruments are designed to help the team of rover drivers and real-time scientists send commands and receive data while the rover navigates around hazardous crater slopes, boulders, and places that risk communications blackouts.
Indian aerospace startup Agnikul Cosmos postponed the maiden launch of its Agnibaan rocket again, people at the launch site said on Saturday, citing technical issues. The company postponed the liftoff while conducting pre-launch checks, the people said. The rocket maker delayed the Agnibaan launch last month without giving a clear reason. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushes for the privatisation and commercialisation of the space sector, Agnikul is seeking to conduct India's second private...
NASA has confirmed its Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn's organic-rich moon Titan. The decision allows the mission to progress to the completion of the final design, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft and science instruments.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivered a stern, one-word warning to Iran on
As part of our never-ending search for alien life (and, well, knowledge about space), NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been orbiting the moon since it was launched on June 18, 2009. According to NASA, “LRO’s primary goal was to make a 3D map of the moon’s surface from lunar polar orbit as part of […]