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It was no space walk but Mick Jagger finds it ‘great’ to tour Mission Control In Houston
Sir Mick, 80, tried a VR headset to explore the moon virtually and met astronauts.
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China launched 3 astronauts bound for the country's homemade space station
China blasted three astronauts into space on Thursday. The mission is part of an ambitious program which will help pave the way for China to put a person on the moon before 2030.
SpaceX prepares to launch pair of European GPS satellites
The launch window opens at 8:34 p.m. ET, Saturday.
Astronomers Will Get Gravitational Wave Alerts Within 30 Seconds
Any event in the cosmos generates gravitational waves, the bigger the event, the more disturbance. Events where black holes and neutron stars collide can send out waves detectable here on Earth.
NASA still doesn’t understand root cause of Orion heat shield issue
“When we stitch it all together, we’ll either have flight rationale or we won’t.".
Next Generation Ion Engines Will Be Extremely Powerful
During the Space Race, scientists in both the United States and the Soviet Union investigated the concept of ion propulsion. Like many early Space Age proposals, the concept was originally explored by luminaries like Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Hermann Oberth – two of the “forefathers of rocketry.” Since then, the technology has been validated repeatedly by … Continue reading "Next Generation Ion Engines Will Be Extremely Powerful".
NASA's Hubble Telescope in safe mode after faulty readings
Scientists at NASA are continuing work to restore operations to its Hubble Space Telescope, after pausing them earlier in the week due to issues with the orbiting instrument's gyroscope.
Laser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away
There's a very cool experiment attached to a spacecraft on its way to a potentially metal asteroid.
Longtime Space Program Engineer Kenneth Neal Weaver Passed Away Peacefully April 23
Kenneth Neal Weaver passed away peacefully on April 23, 2024. he joined IBM at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station working on the instrument unit of the Saturn V launch vehicle.
Japan announces plans to launch upgraded observation satellites on new flagship rocket's 3rd flight
Japan’s space agency says it's planning to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship rocket is put to the test for a third time.
Space Canada’s Space Horizons First of Several In-Person Events in 2024
Space Canada is kicking off the first of several in-person events this year with its now annual Spac.
Events
| Apr 29–30 | Ohio Space Forum Cleveland, OH, United States of America |
| Apr 30–May 2 | Inter-Planetary Small Satellite Conference ISSC Tucson, AZ, United States of America |
| May 5–10 | AbSciCon 2024 Providence, RI, United States of America |
| May 5–8 | GEOINT Symposium 2024 Kissimmee, FL, United States of America |
| May 6–10 | Nuclear & Emerging Technologies For Space Sante Fe, NM, United States of America |
| May 7–8 | Humans to Mars Conference Washington DC, United States of America |
| May 7–9 | Locate 24 Sydney, Australia |
| May 7–9 | Space Control Conference Lexington, MA, United States of America |
| May 8–9 | In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing IOSM Harwell, United Kingdom |
| May 9–12 | Analog Astronaut Conference 2024 Biosphere 2 Oracle, AZ, United States of America |