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An RAF pilot has helped launch a rocket into space from over the Pacific Ocean. Flight Lieutenant Mathew “Stanny” Stannard, who is seconded to Sir Richard Branson’s satellite launch company ...
The Space Variable Objects Monitor is a small X-ray telescope satellite for studying the explosions of massive stars by analysing the resulting gamma-ray bursts, developed by China National Space Administration (CNSA), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the French Space Agency , [5] launched on 22 June 2024 (07:00:00 UTC).
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. [5] ... Images from July 1 to 3, 2013, ...
NASA launched Europa Clipper on Monday, Oct. 14. The spacecraft will reach Jupiter's moon Europa in 2030 and investigate if life could survive there.
Blue Origin NS-16 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission operated by Blue Origin which flew on 20 July 2021. [1] The mission was the sixteenth flight of the company's New Shepard integrated launch vehicle and spacecraft, and its first crewed flight.
The space company successfully launched the 36-story-tall rocket system but ended up abandoning its plan to catch the Super Heavy booster upon its return to Earth with a giant pair of metal arms, ...
It is the first production car launched into space. The car, mounted on the rocket's second stage, was launched on an escape trajectory and entered an elliptical heliocentric orbit crossing the orbit of Mars. [6] The orbit reaches a maximum distance from the Sun at aphelion of 1.66 astronomical units (au). [4]
The U.S. Space Shuttle program was officially referred to as the Space Transportation System (STS). Specific shuttle missions were therefore designated with the prefix "STS". [2] Initially, the launches were given sequential numbers indicating order of launch, such as STS-7.