On June 17, at 04:22 am Kiev time, the Shenzhou-12 (神舟 十一 号) spacecraft with three taikonauts on board was successfully launched in the direction of the Chinese space station under construction. The launch was carried out on a Long March-2F Y12 rocket (长征 二号 F 火箭) from the site of the largest China […]
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SpaceX brings glowing newborn squids and water bears into space – broadcast
On June 3, at 20:29 pm Kiev time, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is to be launched, which will send a Cargo Dragon cargo ship with 3328 kg of cargo on a commercial flight to the International Space Station. The launch will take place from the SLC-39A site in the Space Center. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, […]
Huge speed, plasma streams and plume. How Starship will go out of orbit – video
By the end of 2021, SpaceX hopes to send a sample SN20 of its Starship rocket spacecraft on its first orbital test flight from Texas to Hawaii around Earth. CGI designer Alexander Svanidze showed on YouTube how his entry into the atmosphere will look on his return. The head of the company, Elon Musk, […]
From Texas to Hawaii around the Earth. Musk showed Starship orbital test flight plan
On its first test flight into orbit, SpaceX’s rocket ship will leave a test site in southern Texas and splash down off the coast of one of the Hawaiian Islands. This follows from the document that Elon Musk’s company filed with the US Federal Communications Commission, writes The Verge. This will be the Starship’s […]
An astronomer showed a tumbling stage of a rocket that will soon fall to Earth – video
BaboutMost of the debris from the stage of China’s Long March-5B rocket, which is expected to fall to Earth over the weekend, will be burned up in the dense layers of the atmosphere. The risk of any damage is “extremely low,” Reuters quoted Wang Wenbin as a statement from China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman. Earlier, […]
The Stability spacecraft carries astronauts to Earth: broadcast from an altitude of 400 km
From the orbital station, the crew of the six-month Crew-1 mission returns to Earth, which the private company SpaceX is carrying out together with the United States Aerospace Administration (NASA). American astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker (all NASA), and Japanese Soichi Noguchi from JAXA are flying home aboard the Crew Dragon “Resilience” […]
The plane with the largest wings took to the skies for the second time in history – video
The Stratolaunch Roc aircraft took off for the second time in history – the manufacturer said that all test results were in line with expectations. Reported by The Drive. Just completely a low approach over the runway. pic.twitter.com/UCEINXBQBi — Stratolaunch (@Stratolaunch) April 29, 2021 Roc’s new test flight underlines that Stratolaunch remains committed to […]
They wanted to send the Martian helicopter on a record voyage, but it did not take off. The reason is named
On April 29, the Ingenuity mini-helicopter did not complete its planned fourth flight at Jezero Crater on Mars. This was announced by a mission operator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. They write that the problem identified earlier is that every time the helicopter tries to take off, with a 15% probability, the watchdog timer […]
China Began To Build Its ISS In Space: The Main Module Of Tianhe Was Launched Today – Video
Using a heavy Long March 5B rocket, China this morning at 06:23 Kiev time successfully launched the 22.5-ton main module of its future Tianhe station into a 370-kilometer intermediate orbit, which will serve as a dwelling, docking bay and laboratory. China has approached the task in abundance: in addition to Tianhe (“Tianhe”), which is […]
For The First Time Since The Disaster, Vega Will Carry The Pleiades Neo Spy Apparatus Into Orbit – Broadcast
Today, April 29 at 04:50 am Kyiv time, the European light-class Vega rocket launches from the Kuru cosmodrome in South America with the latest Pléiades Neo 3 reconnaissance satellite. The last launch of this carrier was unsuccessful. The launch weight of the Pleiades Neo 3, the first of the four vehicles of the future […]