December 28th, 2021
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China has urged the United States to abide by the outer space international treaty of 1967 and take responsible measures to protect the safety of astronauts following close encounters of SpaceX Starlink satellites with the country’s in-construction space station. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman at a press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday outlined the problem, […]
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China’s in-progress space station has performed preventive collision avoidance control to avoid being struck by SpaceX Starlink satellites. China has informed the United Nations Secretary-General of the issue. In a document posted by the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space dated December 6, 2021, there is notification by China under Article V […]
China’s Shenzhou-13 taikonauts are performing extravehicular activities (EVAs) for the second time during their mission on Sunday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Astronaut Ye Guangfu opened the hatch and carefully translated outside of the Tianhe core model first. Ye and Zhai Zhigang are carrying out the EVAs, with astronaut Wang Yaping […]
China’s Shenzhou-13 crew living and working on the in-construction Tiangong space station are ready to carry out second space walk duties. Taikonauts Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu will conduct the EVAs. Wang Yaping will remain inside the core module to support her crewmates. The trio of astronauts has been in orbit since they were […]
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope departed its launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana on Saturday, December 25, 2021. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 21.3 foot (6.5 meter) primary mirror. The observatory will study […]
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard is at the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 21.3 foot (6.5 meter) primary mirror. The observatory will study every phase of […]
Mars is getting in the way of the Ingenuity helicopter mission. When NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover drove down from its commanding perch over Ingenuity, there were consequences. Now Ingenuity is on its own like never before. “Mars Guy” details the issues in Episode 37. Mars Guy is Arizona State University associate […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at Gale Crater is now performing Sol 3335 tasks. New imagery taken on Sol 3333, December 21, 2021, shows that the robot has been busily taking numerous Mast Camera Right and Left photos of its surroundings. Here’s a sampling:
Justin Sun, Founder of TRON, a blockchain platform, today revealed that he placed the winning $28 million bid for the first seat on Blue Origin’s Inaugural New Shepard rocket. Justin Sun placed that winning bid for the first seat on New Shepard on June 13 and wants to turn this “flying” opportunity into 6 slots […]
Dubbed the “China Sky Eye,” the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) situated in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, has identified 509 new pulsars – four times the total amount of pulsars identified by other telescopes around the world, according to the Xinhua news agency. Pulsars, or fast-spinning neutron stars, originate from the imploded cores of […]
