Virgin Orbit launches the first commercial payload to space
Virgin Orbit conducted the first commercial launch of its air-launched LauncherOne rocket.The launch, conducted on June 30, 2021,…
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China to start building base station on Mars by 2033
China eyes on sending its first crewed mission to Mars in 2033 with further plans to organize similar…
International Space Station receives solar power upgrade
After three spacewalks, astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough completed the installation of new solar panels outside the…
China’s historic Shenzhou-12 manned mission takes off
On June 17, 2021, China’s historic Shenzhou-12 manned mission took off carrying three astronauts to its emerging Chinese…
China to send humans to space after 5 years gap
A crew of three to spend three months in space after blasting off aboard Long March rocket in…
Seat on Bezos‘ New Shepard flight sells for $28 million
An anonymous benefactor will pay $28 million for an inaugural flight on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship.The seat was…
Airbus prepares ESM-2 for its manned mission to the moon
Airbus announced the second European Service Module ESM-2 flight model was well into the integration test phase, as…
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to take part in first space tourism trip
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, will take part in the first space tourism trip organized by his company…
Satellite hunters: a brief history of anti-space fighter jets
Through the last century, fighter aircraft evolved towards multifunctionality – an ability to engage vaster and vaster arrays…
Lucky strike: Space debris hits and damages International Space Station
During a routine inspection on May 12, 2021, a small hole was found on the Canadarm2 robotic arm,…
When are we going to have space flight attendants?
There’s an interesting scene in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, where a pen is captured floating in…
MAKS: the space plane An-225 Mriya was supposed to launch
Everybody knows and loves the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s heaviest and arguably largest aircraft. Many know about…
Space junk: have we averted crisis?
Since the 1950s, humans have been sending probes and satellites into space. But we’ve also left behind a…
The race to orbit: The new SPAC rush for space startups
A new funding gold rush underscores the current narrative of space companies pursuing orbital and suborbital exploits. As…
Virgin Galactic Unity spaceflight to take place in May 2021
The California-based space company Virgin Galactic confirmed the date for the next rocket-powered test flight of its spacecraft…
Highest bid for Blue Origin space journey nears $3 million
Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin revealed that the current highest bid for commercial space voyage is up at $2.8…
Chinese Mars rover sends first pictures
China National Space Administration (CNSA) released two pictures taken by the Zhurong rover on Mars.The pictures show the…
China’s Mars rover is set to land on the Red Planet
On May 14, 2021, China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced that China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft would enter the last…