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Earth's Moon. Image credit: Pixabay

A separate time zone for the Moon? Astronomers around the world Join the effort

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has joined the global effort to establish a different time zone on the Moon during the General Assembly meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. The…

Space Station captured by SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour. Image credit: NASA

NASA to spend a billion dollars to deorbit the Space Station by 2030

NASA is set to spend a billion dollars on a plan to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) by 2030. NASA has selected SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to deorbit the Space…

Astronaut Sunita Williams watering a plant abroad the Space Station. Image credit: NASA Johnson via Flickr

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams faces health crisis abroad the Space Station

Boeing Starliner Astronaut Sunita Williams is facing health issues abroad at the International Space Station. Bone loss and eyesight issues are troubling Sunita Williams. The Starliner crew: Sunita Williams and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule. Image credit: NASA Johnson Space Center

NASA: Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to be brought back on SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to return in February 2025 if Starliner remains unsafe NASA is in talks with SpaceX to bring back the Boeing starliner crew Butch Wilmore and…

World Astronomers to gather in South Africa for World’s largest Astronomy Meeting

According to recent reports from SA News, The 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomy Union (IAU) will be hosted in South Africa. The Science, Technology, and Innovation Minister, Professor…

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore in T-38 pre-flight activities at Ellington Field. Photo Date: August 16, 2022. Location: Ellington Field, Hangar 276/Flight Line. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

What happened to Boeing Starliner: Know everything

Problems with Boeing Starliner The Starliner spacecraft crewed test flight mission, originally only 8 days long, kept extending due to technical difficulties. Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have come…

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