SpaceX launched Starship for 5th time on Oct. 13, 2024 from Starbase in south Texas. The Super Heavy booster was caught by the launch tower‘s ‚chopsticks‘ shortly after separation from Starship.
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket completes fifth test flight, lands booster in dramatic catch
The company successfully used the arms of its launch tower to catch the rocket’s booster, a major milestone toward SpaceX’s goal of making Starship a fully reusable rocket system.
Starship continued on into space, traveling halfway around the world before splashing down in the Indian Ocean.
POLARIS DAWN
During their multi-day mission to orbit, Dragon and the crew will endeavor to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown since the Apollo program and participate in the first-ever extravehicular activity (EVA) by commercial astronauts wearing SpaceX-developed EVA suits. They will also conduct 36 research studies and experiments from 31 partner institutions designed to advance both human health on Earth and during long-duration spaceflight, and test Starlink laser-based communications in space.
LIVE! SpaceX Polaris Dawn Launch
Watch LIVE as SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn on its multi-day mission to orbit, which will see Dragon and its crew fly to the highest Earth orbit ever flown since the Apollo program and participate in the first-ever extravehicular activity (EVA) by commercial astronauts wearing SpaceX-developed EVA suits.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2222 (XXI). Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
(19. Dezember 1966)
Article III
States Parties to the Treaty shall carry on activities in the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, in accordance with international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, in the interest of maintaining international peace and security and promoting international co-operation and understanding.
Article IV
States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner.
The moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all States Parties to the Treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes. The establishment of military bases, installations and fortifications, the testing of any type of weapons and the conduct of military manoeuvres on celestial bodies shall be forbidden. The use of military personnel for scientific research or for any other peaceful purposes shall not be prohibited. The use of any equipment or facility necessary for peaceful exploration of the moon and other celestial bodies shall also not be prohibited.
Russia, US in touch on non-deployment of nuclear weapons in space — MFA
„This (US accusations – TASS) is nothing more than another attempt to find pretexts to smear Moscow‘s policies. We repeat once again for those who have not yet memorized this, that Russia is fully committed to its obligations under multilateral agreements, including those related to outer space,“ Ryabkov said. „These agreements speak for themselves. We will also continue to promote initiatives concerning the prevention of an arms race in outer space and no first placement of weapons in space.„
NASA’s Laser Communications Relay: A Year of Experimentation
(Jun 28, 2023)
The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) uses infrared light, or invisible lasers, to transmit and receive signals rather than radio wave systems conventionally used on spacecraft. Infrared light’s tight wavelengths allow space missions to pack significantly more data – 10 to 100 times more – into a single transmission. More data means more discoveries.
Now, at the halfway point in its experimentation phase, LCRD has shown laser communications’ significant advantages over traditional radio wave systems.
SpaceX, NASA launch four astronauts from four countries
The crew is riding aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance capsule on the mission, dubbed Crew-7. The spacecraft launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:27 a.m. ET Saturday.
The four astronauts on the mission include NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli, who is serving as mission commander; Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen representing the European Space Agency; Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA; and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos.
Pioneer 10
Firsts:
– First spacecraft placed on a trajectory to escape the solar system into interstellar space
– First spacecraft to fly beyond Mars
– First spacecraft to fly through the main asteroid belt
– First spacecraft to fly past Jupiter
– Crossed the orbit of Neptune to become the first human-made object to go beyond Neptune
– First spacecraft to use all-nuclear electrical power
Key Dates:
March 2, 1972: Launch
July 15, 1972: Spacecraft entered the asteroid belt
Dec. 4, 1973: Pioneer 10’s closest approach to Jupiter
Feb. 1976: Pioneer crossed Saturn’s orbit
June 13, 1983: Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Neptune
March 31, 1997: Routine contact with spacecraft terminated
Jan. 23, 2003: Pioneer 10‘s last signal is received on Earth
#OTD in 2019, @NASA‘s #NewHorizons flew by Arrokoth, the farthest object ever explored by spacecraft. Arrokoth is about about 50 AU, or 4 billion miles from the Sun. New Horizons is ~56 AU from Earth and will join Voyagers 1 & 2 in interstellar space in the 2040s.
5 Spacecraft Are Leaving The Solar System. What Did They See In Their Journey?
Pioneer 10: Pioneer 10 was launched in 1972 to explore the planets of the solar system. It achieved the first flyby of Mars, the first trip through the asteroid belt, and Jupiter‘s first flyby. It was the first time NASA had used nuclear energy to power its spacecraft. So, after Pioneer 10 passed Jupiter in 1973, it still had ample energy to keep going. Initially planned for 21 months, it continued to communicate with Earth for a total of 30 years.
What Spacecraft Will Enter Interstellar Space Next?
(January 30, 2019)
This milestone — reaching interstellar space — can be considered leaving the solar system by a certain definition. Let‘s be clear about what that entails. In 1990, the New York Times reported that Pioneer was reported to leave the solar system when it flew past Neptune‘s orbit. That‘s not what Voyager 2‘s scientists used to make their determination, however. Instead, the more recent measurements consider the crossing of the sun‘s heliopause, the theoretical boundary to its heliosphere, to be the determining factor for entering interstellar space. The heliosphere is a bubble of charged particles created by and flowing past the sun. Scientists use it to mark where interstellar space begins.
Raumsonde „Pioneer 10“ 40 Jahre aus Sonnensystem heraus
Am 13. Juni 1983 durchflog „Pioneer 10“ die Umlaufbahn des Neptun und wurde so laut NASA zum ersten menschengemachten Raumschiff, das am weitestentfernten bekannten Planeten unseres Sonnensystems vorbeiflog. Neptun ist im Mittel etwa 4,5 Milliarden Kilometer von der Sonne entfernt.
Mit „Pioneer 11“ und den beiden „Voyager“-Sonden folgten später ähnliche Missionen. „Voyager 1“ überholte „Pioneer 10“ schließlich als am weitesten von der Erde entferntes menschengemachtes Objekt. Zum bisher letzten Mal schickte „Pioneer 10“ im Jänner 2003 Daten, ein Kontaktversuch im März 2006 scheiterte.
Methane, Ammonia on Mars? Mariner 7 Sees Hint of Life
(8.August 1969)
Pimentel´s evidence was from an infrared spectrometer, designed to detect elements by measuring their radiation.
Ausgestoßene der Woche: Gagarin und Dreadlocks-Gaga
Die Russland-Canceleien richten sich nun auch gegen Juri Gagarin, den ersten Mann im Weltraum. Und die Musikerin Ronja Maltzahn darf nicht bei Fridays-For-Future auftreten, weil sie als Weiße Dreadlocks trägt.
Mission zu Jupitermond: NASA beauftragt SpaceX
Die Europa-Clipper-Mission soll den eisigen Jupitermond 40 bis 50 Mal in nächster Nähe passieren und dabei prüfen, ob die Bedingungen dort für Leben geeignet sein könnten. Dafür soll die Rakete Kameras und Spektrometer für die Erstellung hochauflösender Bilder und Karten der Oberfläche und der Atmosphäre mitführen.
Blue Origin launch live updates: Jeff Bezos soars to the edge of space in historic flight
Newly minted astronaut Jeff Bezos says spaceflight left him ‘speechless’
Shortly after landing back on Earth, the elated Amazon founder opened up about his experience in a brief interview with ABC News’ Michael Strahan.
“I’m speechless in a way … I don’t have the talent to put into words what we just experienced, maybe we need to send a poet up at some point or something,”
I was once a child with a dream looking up to the stars. Now I‘m an adult in a spaceship looking down to our beautiful Earth. To the next generation of dreamers: if we can do this, just imagine what you can do #Unity22 @virgingalactic
Flying to space onboard Virgin Galactic
I have dreamt about this moment since I was a child, but nothing could have prepared me for the view of Earth from space. It was magical.
China‘s Tianwen-1 probe sends back Mars landing visuals
Two photos and two videos captured by China‘s Mars probe Tianwen-1 during and after the country‘s first landing on the red planet were released on Wednesday.
Zhurong Rover is driving on Mars sending back new images (Chinese Tianwen-1 mission)
On May 21, 2021 CNSA published images of Mars Rover Zhurong driving on Red Planet around general station. The rover‘s mission planned tasks are to: Study the topography and geology of the local area; examine the soil and any ice content; survey the elements, minerals and rocks; atmospheric sampling.
Virgin Galactic Completes First-Ever Spaceflight from New Mexico
On May 22, 2021, Virgin Galactic‘s VSS Unity spaceship completed the first-ever human spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico, with two pilots reaching apogee at 55.45 miles above ground. The flight is a meaningful step toward the opening of commercial space travel.
Chinesische Weltraumrakete: USA planen keinen Abschuss
„Wir können eine Menge Dinge tun, aber wir haben derzeit keinen Plan, sie abzuschießen“, sagte Verteidigungsminister Lloyd Austin gestern. Mit dem Absturz rechnet das Pentagon morgen oder am Sonntag. Eine exakte Absturzstelle sei schwer vorherzusagen.
Three-man Soyuz flight honouring Gagarin blasts off for ISS
Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei lifted off from Russia‘s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at the expected time of 0742 GMT, footage broadcast by NASA TV showed, with docking expected at 1107 GMT.
Since the @NASAPersevere landing, we’ve been prioritizing two types of data: first-of-its-kind footage from the rover’s entry, descent & landing. And, health & safety data for the rover & its subsystems. We’ll release more images & video on Monday in a news briefing at 2pm ET.
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reports In
f Ingenuity succeeds in taking off and hovering during its first flight, over 90% of the project’s goals will have been achieved. If the rotorcraft lands successfully and remains operable, up to four more flights could be attempted, each one building on the success of the last.
“We are in uncharted territory, but this team is used to that,” said MiMi Aung, project manager for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at JPL.
Methane, Ammonia on Mars? Mariner 7 Sees Hint of Life
(8.August 1969)
Pimentel´s evidence was from an infrared spectrometer, designed to detect elements by measuring their radiation.
NASA‘s Mars rover Perseverance landing: Everything you need to know
)18.02.2021)
Once the pristine Mars material is on the ground, scientists in labs around the world can scrutinize it using far more powerful and precise equipment than a single rover can carry to the Red Planet.
Touchdown! NASA‘s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet
(18.02.2021)
Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA, will send spacecraft to Mars to collect these cached samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis.
China‘s Space Probe Sends Back Its First Image Of Mars
The black-and-white photo released late Friday by the China National Space Administration showed geological features including the Schiaparelli crater and the Valles Marineris, a vast stretch of canyons on the Martian surface.
Cyprus rocky testing ground for Mars
The CSEO is taking part in a major international research project on Mars, in collaboration with three other European countries as well as the United States.
The 5 best places to explore in the solar system—besides Mars
In studying Pluto, “we can get a sense of what goes on in the Kuiper belt, and how it’s able to produce these geologically active bodies that are so small and distant from the sun but still have enough internal energy to drive these processes,” says Karunatillake. Pluto could be a sign that just because another world is far away from the sun doesn’t mean it’s completely dead.
As with Ceres, however, there just hasn’t been enough time since the last mission to justify greenlighting a new one yet. We may need to wait another decade before NASA or another institution thinks it’s time to launch another spacecraft to Pluto.
Wettlauf zum Mars
(Stand: 23.07.2020 10:28 Uhr)
Die Chinesen nennen ihre Sonde „Fragen an den Himmel“, die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate setzen auf „Hoffnung“, und die Amerikaner starten mit „Durchhaltevermögen“: Drei Länder machen sich auf den Weg zum roten Planeten.
NASA, China and the UAE are scheduled to send missions to Mars in July
The number of missions, who is launching them and their complexity illustrate the importance Mars has for purveyors of space exploration policy.
Wetterprognose: Suche nach Alternativen
So wurden europaweit mehr Wetterballone, sogenannte Radiosonden, in die Luft geschickt.
What‘s the Status of NASA and SpaceX‘s Mission to Launch Astronauts to Space?
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 3:22 p.m. EDT Saturday, May 30, for the launch of the first commercially built and operated American rocket and spacecraft carrying astronauts to the space station.
China‘s space programme targets July launch for maiden mission to Mars
The Mars mission is among a number of new space projects China is pursuing, including putting Chinese astronauts on the moon and having a space station by 2022.
NASA’s human spaceflight chief just resigned, and the timing couldn’t be worse
The timing of Doug Loverro‘s departure is terrible, with NASA‘s first launch of humans in nearly nine years due to occur in just eight days.
The space agency offered a bland statement regarding Loverro‘s resignation as Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) at NASA.
Curiosity‘s 1.8-Billion-Pixel Panorama
A version without the rover contains nearly 1.8 billion pixels; a version with the rover contains nearly 650 million pixels. Both versions are composed of more than 1,000 images that were carefully assembled over the following months.