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General Atomics to Send Satellites in Space to Communicate With an MQ-9 Drone
General Atomics to Send Satellites in Space to Communicate With an MQ-9 Drone

6 Jun 2021, 14:50 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / General Atomics will send a pair of satellites into low Earth orbit to "talk" to an MQ-9 drone that will fly at approximately 25,000 feet up.

 
NASA Juno Spacecraft to Get Closer Than Ever to Jupiter's Largest Moon
NASA Juno Spacecraft to Get Closer Than Ever to Jupiter's Largest Moon

4 Jun 2021, 17:21 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA Juno spacecraft is going to make a close flyby on Monday, June 7th, to Jupiter's biggest moon Ganymede. The spacecraft will document the journey

 
Virgin Galactic Takes Kellie Gerardi to Space on a Dedicated Research Flight
Virgin Galactic Takes Kellie Gerardi to Space on a Dedicated Research Flight

3 Jun 2021, 14:34 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Kellie Gerardi was selected by Virgin Galactic to go on a dedicated research flight. Once in space, she will perform a series of experients in zero-G.

 
Next Generation Galileo Satellites to Transform Navigation Speed and Accuracy
Next Generation Galileo Satellites to Transform Navigation Speed and Accuracy

3 Jun 2021, 11:51 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The European Space Agency awarded 2 contracts for the development of the game-changing second-generation Galileo satellites.

 
World’s Deepest and Biggest Astronaut Training Pool Is Being Built in Cornwall
World’s Deepest and Biggest Astronaut Training Pool Is Being Built in Cornwall

3 Jun 2021, 07:42 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A scary-deep pool is on its way to be being built in the UK, which will provide an extreme environment for the most advanced training and research

 
Rocket Lab Gets Green Light to Resume Launches After Experiencing Flight Anomaly
Rocket Lab Gets Green Light to Resume Launches After Experiencing Flight Anomaly

2 Jun 2021, 15:12 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Rocket Lab received aproval from FAA to resume its satellite launches after its mission failed to deploy the cargo into the orbit.

 
NASA’s Orion Takes Fungi to the Moon and Back, in Breakthrough Research Project
NASA’s Orion Takes Fungi to the Moon and Back, in Breakthrough Research Project

2 Jun 2021, 07:43 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / NASA and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are cooperating on a scientific project that could take knowledge about sustained life in space to the next level.

 
Oribtal Space Junk Hits ISS Robotic Arm, Leaves a Hole in the Process
Oribtal Space Junk Hits ISS Robotic Arm, Leaves a Hole in the Process

31 May 2021, 12:19 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The ISS took a hit last week from a small piece of space debris. The impact left a hole in the space station's robotic arm

 
NASA Curiosity Rover Snaps Photos of Iridescent Clouds on Mars
NASA Curiosity Rover Snaps Photos of Iridescent Clouds on Mars

30 May 2021, 13:37 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Recently, NASA showed us some stunning pictures of glowing, pastel clouds on Mars. These formations are most likely to made of dry ice due to the high altitude.

 
This Zero Gravity Space Fridge Can Upscale the Culinary Experience of Astronauts
This Zero Gravity Space Fridge Can Upscale the Culinary Experience of Astronauts

30 May 2021, 08:35 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Engineers have come up with a zero gravity fridge design that could make the life of astronauts in space much easier and tastier.

 
Virgin Galactic Spaceship Takes Off from New Mexico and Reaches Space
Virgin Galactic Spaceship Takes Off from New Mexico and Reaches Space

24 May 2021, 08:45 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / After several delays, Virgin Galactic finally took off to the edge of space on Saturday 22nd from Spaceport America, New Mexico.

 
Bad Space Weather Could Keep Astronauts Grounded Between 2026 and 2030
Bad Space Weather Could Keep Astronauts Grounded Between 2026 and 2030

23 May 2021, 13:55 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Space missions scheduled between 2026 and 2030 could be seriously put to risk by extreme space weather driven by huge eruptions of plasma from the Sun.

 
Obama Confirms UFO Videos by Navy Personnel Are Real: We Can’t Explain Them
Obama Confirms UFO Videos by Navy Personnel Are Real: We Can’t Explain Them

19 May 2021, 08:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / New declassified videos are now subject to a Pentagon investigation, and former President Obama says footage and sightings of UAPs are as real as they get

 
Spacecraft Captures First Footage of Powerful Eruption on the Sun's Surface
Spacecraft Captures First Footage of Powerful Eruption on the Sun's Surface

18 May 2021, 08:55 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The Solar Orbiter spacecraft caught its first footage of a coronal mass ejection; data help scientists understand better how the Sun interacts with space

 
The Webb Telescope Opens Its 21-Feet Golden Mirror for the Last Time on Earth
The Webb Telescope Opens Its 21-Feet Golden Mirror for the Last Time on Earth

12 May 2021, 14:25 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA is conducting the final tests for the Webb telecope before it embarks on its one-million-mile journey away from Earth to unfold our universe's mysteries.

 
Massive Chinese Rocket Long March 5B Falls Blazing Into the Indian Ocean
Massive Chinese Rocket Long March 5B Falls Blazing Into the Indian Ocean

10 May 2021, 06:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Breathe easy: the core of the Chinese rocket launched at the end of April has reentered atmosphere after falling uncontrollably for days, ended up in the water

 
Colplay Beamed New Song “Higher Power” Into Space for Intergalactic Premiere
Colplay Beamed New Song “Higher Power” Into Space for Intergalactic Premiere

7 May 2021, 09:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Coldplay linked up with the ISS and chatted with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet about life in space, before they premiered the song via satellite transmission

 
NASA Curiosity Sends Back a 360 View of Mars While Atop of Mont Mercou
NASA Curiosity Sends Back a 360 View of Mars While Atop of Mont Mercou

6 May 2021, 13:43 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / To remind us that it is still very much active,Curiosity rover send us a postcard.The image was stitched together from 132 individual images taken on April 15

 
Blue Origin Opens Bidding for First Seat on New Shepard: Let Space Tourism Begin
Blue Origin Opens Bidding for First Seat on New Shepard: Let Space Tourism Begin

6 May 2021, 05:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The first phase of a three-phase online auction has kicked off. The first space tourist will get a 10-minute experience in outer space

 
SpaceX’s Starship SN15 Makes Perfect Landing After Impeccable Flight
SpaceX’s Starship SN15 Makes Perfect Landing After Impeccable Flight

6 May 2021, 04:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / SN15 checked all the boxes and performed flawlessly, due to improvements to the design prompted by the previous, very explosive flight tests