NASA Struggles to Save ‘Multitool’ Orbital Satellite From a Fiery Death

NASA launches robotic mission to save telescope falling back to Earth

A three-armed spacecraft blasts into orbit to rescue a NASA telescope in danger of crashing back to Earth.

S. Korea's Earth observation satellite successfully put into orbit

A South Korean Earth observation satellite has successfully entered low-Earth orbit following its launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday, the country's space agency said. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the next-generation midsized satellite No. 4 lifted off at 12:12 a.m. Tuesday (California local time), or 4:12 p.m. Tuesday (South Korea time), as part of the Transporter-17 rideshare mission, which carried 81 payloads. The satellite successfully separated from the lau

A New Space Race Could Turn the Night Sky Into a Permanent Light Show

A new study by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) warns that current plans to deploy more than 1.7 million satellites in Earth's orbit could cause serious damage to ground-based astronomy. To preserve the capabilities of modern telescopes, the total number of spacecraft in low Earth orbit should remain below 100,000, provided the satellites maintain low visibility. Since 2019, the number of satellites in orbit has grown rapidly and now exceeds 14,000, largely because of Starlink, developed by SpaceX. The situation could change dramatically in the coming years as additional large-scale projects move forward. Satellite Expansion Could Reshape the Night Sky Beyond SpaceX's plans for orbital data centers, several other initiatives are under development, including E-Space with its Cinnamon constellation, as well as China's CTC-1 and CTC-2 systems. Together, these projects involve the launch of hundreds of thousands of additional satellites.

Meet the team tailoring spacesuits for lunar astronauts

If all goes as planned, NASA is planning to send astronauts back to the moon in 2028. Artemis IV will be the first time humans have returned to the lunar surface since Apollo 17 in 1972. In Houston seamstresses are carefully counting their stitches as they craft space suits for the mission. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Artemis II astronauts reunite with capsule after record-breaking moon mission

The Artemis II astronauts reunited with their Orion capsule on Wednesday, three months after completing a record-breaking mission around the moon that took them farther into space than any humans in history. It was the crew’s first visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center since their launch in April. When they last saw the launch pad, [] The post Artemis II astronauts reunite with capsule after record-breaking moon mission first appeared on Ariana News | Afghanistan News.