NASA has officially approved the design of the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM-1) satellite. This means that the company Maxar, which is engaged in its creation, can begin manufacturing the components of the spacecraft, their assembly and subsequent testing.…
SpaceX has submitted a plan to the FCC for the first orbital test of its new Starship prototype spacecraft. The test date is unknown at the moment, but company officials have repeatedly said they plan to test it this year.…
On May 15, the landing platform of China’s Tianwen-1 mission made a successful landing on Mars. It delivered the Mars rover Zhuzhong to the surface of the Red Planet. Thus, China became the third country (after the USSR and the…
This photo was taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on April 9. On that day it made its final flyby of the asteroid Bennu (101955 Bennu). The purpose of the visit was to map the surface of the small body and…
On May 15, Rocket Lab conducted its 20th launch of the Electron small rocket. The main purpose of the mission was to orbit two BlackSky satellites, designed for remote sensing of the Earth. The company also wanted to re-test the…
Scientists at Belgorod State National Research University (BelSU), together with colleagues from Japan, have been able to increase the accuracy of measurements of particle parameters in colliders several times, the RIA Novosti website reports. According to the authors, the new…