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NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday, February 8. Credit: NASA Television3, 2, 1 … LIFTOFF! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday, February 8.A few paths in life are short and direct; more of them are…

The countdown to launch is on. United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of its early Monday morning launch, a mission that could end with the first fully private spacecraft landing on the moon. Vulcan’s primary payload is Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander. If all goes to plan, Peregrine will embark on a journey to the moon over the span of around 1.5 months, before attempting to land on the surface on February 23. The two companies…

Image Source : BLUE ORIGIN Blue Origin mission Blue Origin, an aerospace company which was founded by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire and head of Amazon (e-commerce giant) has postponed its New Shepard rocket launch, the first in 15 months. The decision was made after the last-minute ground system issue. The launch was named NS-24, which was supposed to carry 33 science and…

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SpaceX's ambitious project Starship may not have fared well in its first test flight, but there is reason for hope, as the rocket has received clearance from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The directive was given yesterday, November 15, and Elon Musk's SpaceX will now conduct its 2nd test launch to see whether the issues from the first test flight have been resolved or not. According to the company, it has scheduled the launch tomorrow, November 17, in a small two-hour window.For the unaware, the Starship…

It's no secret that Starfield — out now on PC and Xbox Series S/X — is hands down one of the most monumental game launches of the year. For Bethesda, it's a gamble in uncharted territory as they undertake their first new universe in 25 years, set across the stars in a futuristic civilised corner of the Milky Way galaxy. For publisher Xbox, it's an opportunity to bounce back from a lacklustre 2022 slate and dominate the gaming conversation for a long time — probably years, given the staying power director Todd Howard's…

Launcher, an American aerospace company, faced a setback when its Orbiter spacecraft encountered a software anomaly and lost another vehicle right after a successful liftoff. The affected spacecraft -- Orbiter SN3 -- had been designed to carry smaller satellites, like cubesats, and position them in their orbits.Software anomaly causes uncontrollable rotation and power issuesOrbiter SN3 launched successfully on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on June 12 but soon started spinning uncontrollably after separating from its launch vehicle.…

India wants its share in the global space economy to grow from 2% now to 10%. The success of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has spawned a number of private players, making the…

Successful Test Launch of SpaceX’s Starship In Texas today, all eyes were on SpaceX’s massive cylinder rocket, which the company was trying to launch into space to take the Starship with it. After various attempts and failures, finally, the second test launch of Starship has been successful, marking a significant milestone for the company’s space race. Elon Musk himself was present at the SpaceX command center to oversee the event that could prove to be a major breakthrough for his company. At around 4 PM…

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft exploded minutes after liftoff in an uncrewed test flight from South Texas on Thursday, cutting short a key step in Elon Musk's development of a rocket vessel to eventually take humans to the moon and Mars.The flight test was the first for Starship mounted atop the company's new Super Heavy rocket, and the first launch ever for that lower-stage booster, which SpaceX has touted as the most powerful launch vehicle on Earth.Even though the two-stage rocket ship made it less than…