The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has edited and published a video of the probe's flight over Pluto's surface. The animation was created from photographs taken by the equipment of the New Horizons interplanetary station on July 14, 2015. The station also began a thorough study of Pluto's atmosphere. ...
The US administration should consider the deployment of missile defense (ABM) weapons in space in connection with the threat to US satellites posed by Russia and China. This opinion, at a special business breakfast for experts and parliamentary journalists, was expressed by the chairman of the subcommittee on strategic ...
The United States and Russia are competing to partner with Brazil to launch commercial satellites from a cosmodrome near the equator. The Brazilian authorities intend to select a technical partner in the near future, writes with reference to Reuters sources. Over the past ten years, Brazilians ...
A team of six scientists has completed an 8-month experiment on Mars in Hawaii. The Associated Press reports. Since October 15 last year, volunteers have lived in an isolated dome that simulates a spaceship and a Martian base simultaneously heading for the red planet. The complex is located on ...
A flight test in Hawaii of a spacecraft designed to achieve a soft landing on Mars, known as a "flying saucer", ended in failure on Monday. This was stated by representatives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA. As noted, the parachute that was supposed to...
In the United States, on Wednesday, the Atlas V launch vehicle was successfully launched, which will launch the experimental unmanned reusable spacecraft X-37B into orbit. The rocket launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida. Externally reminiscent of the no longer used space shuttles, the X-37B...
The International Space Station (ISS) can get a laser cannon to destroy space debris. Ultimately, this could serve as the basis for the development of an effective strategy for protecting the earth's orbit from anthropogenic pollution, Discovery News reports. To detect space debris, scientists propose to use ...
The Progress-M-27M cargo ship, which began an uncontrolled deorbit a few days ago, will enter the dense layers of the atmosphere on the night of May 8, Roscosmos said. “The ship will cease to exist approximately from 00:45 to 06:36 Moscow time on May 8,” Russian news agencies quote Roscosmos.…
Attempts to contact the Progress-M27M cargo spacecraft, with which an emergency situation occurred, have not brought results for the second day, but experts believe that it is necessary to continue to “reach out” to Progress in order to gain experience working in such conditions. The Progress-M27M truck, after launching from Baikonur, entered an orbit much higher...
Today, April 22, the world celebrates Earth Day. It is celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox, when spring begins. In 2009, the UN General Assembly proclaimed the International Day of Mother Earth, deciding to celebrate it on April 22.