Outer space

A Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 11:59 p. m. local time on Nov. 12 ( 1559 GMT; 10:59 a. m. EST ) carrying the Tiantong-1 ( 02 ) into…

Russia’s new space station module, dubbed Nauka, is currently en route to the ISS, but the spacecraft initially failed to complete its first orbit – raising burn, leading to concerns that it might not complete the trip. The Nauka, along…

Sonnett has her fingers crossed that the NEO Surveyor Mission will do well in an upcoming review. The situation was fictional, part of a week – long exercise that simulated an incoming asteroid were spotted with that little warning, there’s…

NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems ( EGS ) program is looking at a wide range of forecasts for when they can complete testing necessary to be ready to launch Artemis 1. Next will be stacking of the SLS upper stage, derived…

“Our goal is to see if we can find a planet that is similar to Earth-one that can support life”, Professor Scott Gaudi, a researcher at Ohio State University, said in a statement. A coronagraph is a device that blocks…

China on Friday ( Dec 27 ) launched one of the world’s most powerful rocket, which is designed to carry 25 tons of payload into low orbit, with the aim of launching a Mars in 2020. China on Friday launched…

Here’s how NASA plans to track down alien life-in our solar system and beyond. Many astrophysicists and astronomers are convinced that it’s not a matter of if we ‘ll find life – it’s when. This puts TRAPPIST-1g in the cards…

Like parents witnessing their baby’s first precious steps, engineers with NASA’s Mars 2020 mission have driven their fancy new rover for the very first time, in an important test of the space agency’s next Martian explorer. The Mars 2020 launch…

Since 2012, the European Space Agency has been working on the design of a mission to remove large space debris from orbit. A space ‘tow truck’ (artist’s impression, pictured) designed to remove dead satellited from Earth’s orbit has been commissioned…

As NASA makes a big push to land humans on the moon’s surface by 2024, the European Space Agency ( ESA ) wants to learn more about the lunar caves that lie beneath. The lunar expert said : ” Exploring…