Ruscosmos launches 89th Progress cargo spacecraft to the ISS
Ruscosmos Progress Cargo Spacecraft. Image credit: NASA via Wikimedia commons

Ruscosmos launches 89th Progress cargo spacecraft to the ISS

The Roscosmos launched the 89th Progress Cargo Spacecraft to the ISS on August 14, 2024. The uncrewed Progress MS-28 freighter spacecraft was launched atop the Soyuz rocket on August 15…

End of NASA’s NEOWISE: A Planetary Defence Soldier retired
Artists concept of NASA's asteroid-hunting NEOWISE telescope. (Image credit: ASA/JPL-Caltech)

End of NASA’s NEOWISE: A Planetary Defence Soldier retired

NASA has officially announced the end of NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer). The NEOWISE spacecraft lacks fuel, and thus it cannot thrust itself into higher orbits. The phase…

Mars and Jupiter Conjunction: A rare event that won’t occur until 2033
This combination image, created from two photos provided by NASA, shows Jupiter pictured on April 3, 2017 and Mars pictured on August 26, 2003. Image credit: NASA via AP

Mars and Jupiter Conjunction: A rare event that won’t occur until 2033

Mars and Jupiter have been paired in the eastern sky all this month, before sunrise. The planets are set to appear much closer on Wednesday, August 14 in the eastern…

SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites on Monday, August 12
SpaceX Falcon 9 seconds after the launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Image credit: Screengrab from the launch live stream by Spaceflight Now

SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites on Monday, August 12

SpaceX successfully launched 23 Starlink satellites aboard the Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, August 12 at 6:37 AM EDT (1037 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The launch was previously…

SpaceX fires up the newly developed Raptor 3 engine: silence amongst critics
The first firing test of Raptor 3 engine carried out on August 9 at Rocket Factory in McGregor, Texas. Image credit: Gwynne Shotwell, Via: X

SpaceX fires up the newly developed Raptor 3 engine: silence amongst critics

SpaceX has performed the first firing test of the newly developed Raptor 3 Starship/Super Heavy rocket engine. The sheer and clean look of the Raptor engine has become a subject…