The much-anticipated launch of India’s pioneering semi-cryogenic engine-powered rocket, Agnibaan SOrTeD, is put on hold due to unresolved ‘technical issues’. New launch date yet to be announced.
During the eclipse on April 8, citizen scientists and teams of researchers could make new discoveries that potentially advance our understanding of our corner of the universe.
During the eclipse on April 8, citizen scientists and teams of researchers could make new discoveries that potentially advance our understanding of our corner of the universe.
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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...
The ACS3 is super compact – about the size of a microwave oven. However, it has four retractable booms that unfurl and hold four triangular sails, making a diamond shape about half the size of a tennis court. It takes about 25 minutes for the sails to unfold.Read Entire Article
Remarkably, SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket almost every day over the last week.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has caught a peculiar sight while orbiting the moon. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has caught a peculiar sight while orbiting the moon, capturing images of an object in motion near its trajectory.
Russian space officials on Tuesday aborted the test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from its far-eastern launch pad. The Angara-A5 rocket was scheduled to lift off from the Vostochny space launch facility at 0900 GMT Tuesday, but the launch was aborted two minutes before. Yuri Borisov, head of Roscosmos state space corporation, said the […]
Russian space officials on Tuesday aborted the test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from its far-eastern launch pad.
Russian space officials have aborted a test launch of a new heavy-lift
Russian space officials on Tuesday aborted the test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from its far-eastern launch pad. The Angara-A5 rocket was scheduled to lift off from the Vostochny space launch facility at 0900 GMT Tuesday, but the launch was aborted two minutes before. Yuri Borisov, head of Roscosmos state space corporation, said the automatic safety system canceled the launch after registering a flaw in the oxidizer tank pressurization system.