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February 13, 2023 No Responses

Blue Origin and NASA to launch Mars mission next year

NASA awarded Blue Origin, the private aerospace manufacturer founded by Jeff Bezos, the former CEO of Amazon, a task order to provide launch service on its New Glenn rocket. This is the first launch of the highly advanced and capable...

January 24, 2023 No Responses

Rare green comet last visible 50,000 years ago, can soon be seen with the naked eye

A green comet that orbits the sun every 50,000 years, is currently passing through the inner solar system, closing to Earth. The C/2022 E3 (ZTF) comet, discovered last year in March by Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), is already visible through...

January 15, 2023 No Responses

‘European gateway to space’ inaugurated in Sweden

An orbital launch complex for satellites opened on Friday, in Sweden located in the very north, above the Arctic Circle. Esrange Space Center became mainland Europe’s first satellite launch complex and is meant to supplement and strength current capabili...

March 11, 2019 No Responses

SpaceX Crew Dragon Returned Home After A Six-Day Test Flight

The capsule built to carry humans returned home last week from a successful first flight SpaceX launched the first Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 2 and the mission ended on March 8 when the...

March 1, 2019 No Responses

Israel’s Beresheet Moon Mission – In Pictures

Israel’s Beresheet Lunar Lander launched to Earth Orbit on February 21st and is expected to reach Lunar Orbit on April 4th and touchdown on the Moon on April 11th

January 17, 2019 No Responses

China grows the first plants on the Moon

China has taken one of the biggest steps in space exploration. Cotton seeds brought to the Moon aboard China’s Chang’e-4 mission have sprouted, marking the first time plants have grown on the lunar surface. The craft and its tiny garden...

April 26, 2018 No Responses

Unexpected Smell Discovered on Uranus – Is It Farts?

The first planet discovered in modern times, Uranus, carries the name of the Greek god of the heavens, yet features a rather unheavenly smell that is believed to resemble farts After a long, careful research, astronomers discovered that the upper...

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