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…

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…

What happened to Boeing Starliner: Know everything
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…

Indian Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla selected for NASA-ISRO mission to the ISS
Indian Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla selected for NASA-ISRO joint mission to the ISS. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

Indian Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla selected for NASA-ISRO mission to the ISS

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have partnered with a US-based NASA-identified company, Axiom Space Inc., to send one Indian astronaut, 'Gaganyaatri,' to…