On Nov. 21, 2020, the U.S.-European oceanographic satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich launched to orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. During a five-and-a-half-year prime mission, it will collect the most accurate data yet on global sea level and how our ocean is rising in response to climate change. The mission>>>
In light of the previous launch’s failure to reach orbit, Rocket Lab is once more go for launch. “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical,” launching from Mahia, New Zealand, will fly Capella Space’s first operational earth-observation satellite into orbit. In a play on the infamous ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not>>>
How do you actually get back from orbit? Do you just pump the brakes and fall right out of space? Well, there’s a lot of fun physics involved in deorbiting and today we’ll do a summary of how you deorbit, go over the hardware that allows the Crew Dragon Capsule>>>
While in orbit, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley captured stunning views of our home planet Earth. The duo made history May 30 when they launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft to the International Space Station. Their mission and test flight is>>>
SpaceX will introduce 60 brand-new Starlink net satellites into orbit on a made use of rocket today (April 22) as well as you can watch everything live online. A professional Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to release SpaceX’s Starlink 6 mission the historical Launching pad 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Room>>>
It’s not the moon, but you can call it mini-moon. Earth has captured a tiny object and pulled it into orbit. The asteroid, known as 2020 CD3, is only the second asteroid known to orbit Earth. And while it won’t last, this asteroid acts as a temporary mini-moon whirling around>>>
SpaceX is planning to send up to four private citizens into space to take a trip around Earth sometime at the end of 2021 or in early 2022. The spaceflight company announced an agreement on Tuesday with Space Adventures, a space tourism business that has helped seven different private citizens>>>