The International Space Station jettisons a 2.9-ton pallet carrying used batteries on March 11, 2021. This photo was posted on Twitter by NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins. (Image credit: NASA/Mike Hopkins via Twitter) By Josh Dinner, Published by Space.com, 24 June 2024 The falling space junk crashed through two floors of their
The U.S. flag planted on the moon in 1969, and the Chinese flag planted in 2020. Buzz Aldrin/Chang'e-5/U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration/China National Space Administration/Chinese Lunar Exploration Program By Rebecca Morelle, Published by The Guardian, 9 June 2024 We’re in the midst of a Moon rush. A growing number
The Starliner spacecraft on NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test is pictured docked to the Harmony module's forward port as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles above Egypt's Mediterranean coast: NASA By Jackie Wattles and Kirstein Fisher, Published by CNN, 6 August, 2024 CNN — The launch of SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission, an
By Jackie Wattles, Published by CNN, 31 May 2024 CNN — Perhaps the greatest, mind-bending quirk of our universe is the inherent trouble with timekeeping: Seconds tick by ever so slightly faster atop a mountain than they do in the valleys of Earth. For practical purposes, most people don’t have to worry
The far side of the moon beyond the Orion spacecraft in an image taken on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission in November. Photograph: Nasa/EPA By Eric Berger, Published by arsTechnica, 19 May 2024 If it were to happen, a revised Artemis III mission could echo Apollo 9
Shenzhou 17 astronauts perform a spacewalk to fix solar arrays on the Tiangong space station on March 1, 2024. (Image credit: CMSA) By Elizabeth Howell, published by Space.com, 24 April 2024 Astronauts repaired the damage during two spacewalks this winter. China will beef up its space debris procedures for astronauts after
By Sharmila Kuthunur, Published by Space.com, 22 April 2024 "We want to make sure that for all the spacecraft we are likely to launch in the future, we will be taking action to make sure that we de-orbit and bring it to a safe location." In late March, the Indian
By Mickey Caroll, Published by Sky News, 18 April 2024 China is hiding secret military activity in space, NASA chief Bill Nelson has claimed. "We believe that a lot of their so-called civilian space programme is a military programme," he told the House Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday. "China has made
