SpaceX successfully launched a 5-metric-ton Intelsat communications satellite to orbit on Thursday, August 3.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1 a.m. (10 p.m. Wednesday).
The mission marked the sixth flight for the first-stage Falcon 9 booster, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III-6, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, and one Starlink mission.
As usual, SpaceX used multiple cameras to live stream the key parts of the flight,
NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Monday, August 21, for the launch of the Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
The agency had been hoping to launch on August 17, but recent changes to the schedule of several other NASA missions departing from the Kennedy Space
It is humanity’s second most distant spacecraft, trailing only its twin in how far it has ventured from Earth.
But the legendary Voyager 2 gave NASA engineers a scare last month when an embarrassing case of human error saw the US space agency lose contact with the 46-year-old probe.
A wrong command was sent to the spacecraft, causing it to point its antenna just two degrees away from Earth but enough for NASA to ‘lose’ Voyager 2’s position in space.
NASA lost contact with the Voyager 2 spacecraft after the space agency accidentally sent it the wrong command and slightly tilted its antenna away from Earth.
Voyager 2, which has been exploring the outer regions of the solar system after its launch in 1977, is currently located around 12 billion miles from Earth — and now, the spacecraft can’t send data back or receive commands, CBS News reported. The accidental antenna shift occurred when NASA sent a series of
Almost exactly 46 years after it was launched, NASA has lost contact with its legendary Voyager 2 space probe – but it hopes it’s only temporary.
Voyager 2, which launched in August 1977 to study the outer planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – is more than 12 billion miles from Earth.
But communications were lost late last month when flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command that tilted its antenna away from Earth.
The change has interrupted communication
NASA has lost contact with the legendary Voyager 2 spacecraft after “inadvertently” sending it a command that caused the antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth.
The error means that Voyager 2, which launched in 1977 and is currently around 12.4 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) from Earth, is unable to receive commands or transmit data back to mission controllers.
“This change has interrupted communication between Voyager 2 and the
SpaceX has released some dramatic footage showing the testing of a new water deluge system designed to limit the damage caused by its mighty Starship rocket as its blasts off from the launchpad.
The next-generation Starship vehicle comprises the first-stage Super Heavy rocket and the upper-stage Starship spacecraft and is collectively known as the Starship. Packing 17 million pounds of thrust, the Starship is the most powerful rocket ever made.
SpaceX tested the Starship on an ill-fated debut flight in
Artemis was the twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the moon in Greek mythology.
NASA has chosen her to personify its path back to the moon, which will see astronauts return to the lunar surface by 2025 – including the first woman and the next man.
Artemis 1, formerly Exploration Mission-1, is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enable human exploration to the moon and Mars.
Artemis 1 will be the first integrated flight
Europe’s hugely-anticipated Juice mission is on its way to Jupiter after successfully blasting into space at the second attempt.
The £1.4 billion, six-tonne spacecraft launched just moments ago on the back of an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 13:14 BST (09:14 local time).
A live stream of the mission can be viewed below, as well as through ESA Web TV or the European Space Agency’s YouTube channel.
Tasked with hunting for clues as
There are now just hours to go until one of Europe’s most daring and technologically-advanced space missions is blasted to the stars.
Tasked with hunting for clues as to whether Jupiter’s icy moons could host alien life, the six-tonne satellite will have to survive on as little power as a half a hair dryer as it makes an eight-year journey to our solar system’s largest planet.
It will lift off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:15 BST today.
