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International Space Station

  • Virgin Orbit shares crash back to earth after failed Cornwall space launch

    MISSION ABORTED

    Virgin Orbit shares have come plummeting back to earth after its much-anticipated UK space launch failed last night. Shares for the Richard Branson-headed company dropped by 23 per cent on NASDAQ pre-trading and were trading down around 16 per cent this afternoon. It comes after the Virgin Orbit rocket, the first launch from UK soil, [...]

  • UK enters space race: where to watch the launch of Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl

    UK SPACE LAUNCH

    Tonight sees the first launch of a space rocket via UK soil, with an expected launch window starting at 21:45pm tonight. The LauncherOne rocket be attached under the wing of a modified Boeing 747 owned by Virgin Orbit which will take off from Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay Airport. The mission, dubbed ‘Start Me Up’ mission is a collaborative effort [...]

  • Moscow halts cooperation on International Space Station over ‘illegal’ sanctions

    Space

    The Kremlin announced today it will halt all cooperation on the International Space Space Station after Western countries imposed a blanket of sanctions on Moscow following the Ukraine war’s outbreak. Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia’s space agency Roscomos, said it will no longer work with partners such as NASA and the European Space Agency as [...]

  • Ofcom revamps satellite rules to gear up for space strategy

    December 10, 2021

    Ofcom has today confirmed changes to change the way it licenses certain satellite systems this morning.

  • Space race: The ambitions, plans and delays of launching superpowers

    August 26, 2021

    Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, following its landmark human flight last month, has launched an uncrewed mission of NASAs future moon landing technology today. The flight, known as NS-17 or New Shepard 17, set off from a Blue Origin site in West Texas. The NASA payload on board is to test technologies including a Doppler Lidar [...]

  • Rocket debris racing for Earth, expected to arrive tomorrow

    May 7, 2021

    Debris falling from a Chinese rocket is expected to land on Earth tomorrow, amid concerns it could cause damage upon re-entry into the atmosphere. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin urged today that most of the debris will be burned up on re-entry and is highly unlikely to cause any harm. The Defence Department [...]

  • Space X unmanned capsule splashes down after space centre mission

    March 8, 2019

    An unmanned capsule from Elon Musk’s Space X has splashed down successfully in the Atlantic Ocean after a short-term stay on the International Space Station. The landing marks the end of the first orbital test mission as NASA looks to resume human space travel from US soil this year. Read more: Space X Dragon capsule successfully [...]

  • Space X Dragon capsule successfully docks with International Space Station

    March 3, 2019

    A capsule launched by Elon Musk’s Space X successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) today as part of its demonstration mission. The Dragon vehicle made the attachment autonomously having launched on Saturday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 4.9 metre tall capsule contained a dummy called Ripley and 90kg of supplies. It [...]

  • Space X launches unmanned crew capsule to International Space Station in step forward for sending humans into orbit

    March 2, 2019

    Elon Musk’s Space X on Saturday took a giant leap forward in its quest to resume human space flight from US soil, launching a rocket with an unmanned crew capsule towards the International Space Station. Space X’s 4.9 metre tall Crew Dragon capsule, on a Falcon 9 rocket, lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center [...]

  • Space X and Boeing design risks threaten US access to the International Space Station

    February 21, 2019

    Nasa has warned Space X and Boeing about safety concerns for their competing astronaut launch systems, threatening to delay US plans to revive its human spaceflight programme later this year. Nasa forged agreements with Space X for $2.6bn (£2bn) and Boeing for $4.2bn to build rocket and capsule launch systems to take astronauts to the International Space [...]

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