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The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launch vehicle is gearing up for its 47th flight, which will carry the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) robotic lunar lander and the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) X-ray telescope. This flight marks the second launch of 2023 for the H-IIA, with only three more flights remaining before […]

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Rider program is entering its validation and testing phase as it prepares for its maiden flight in the third quarter of 2025. Space Rider is Europe’s reusable uncrewed robotic laboratory that will provide an “end-to-end integrated space transportation system” for commercial customers. It will spend two months in orbit […]

In a groundbreaking initiative, NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service are seeking education and community organizations to participate in planting a unique forest of trees on the moon. Inspired by an Apollo astronaut’s efforts, this project aims to cultivate seedlings grown from seeds that were flown around the moon during NASA’s Artemis […]

Curiosity Rover, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, has been cruising through the Martian landscape, exploring various geologic targets. On Sol 3921, the rover positioned itself at the transition between lighter and darker-toned materials, presenting a plethora of intriguing targets for further investigation. Among these are dark-toned float rocks, bedrock near the contact between the sulfate unit […]

Delight at Dream Lake: Unraveling Mars’ Ancient History In a thrilling discovery, the Perseverance rover has ventured into a new geological wonderland on Mars, leaving behind the boulder field at “Fall River Pass” to explore an enigmatic sedimentary rock unit. This intriguing rock formation, first spotted by the Ingenuity helicopter during its 52nd flight, has […]

In December 2022, NASA lost contact with its InSight Mars lander after it had been operating on the Martian surface for over four years. Despite this setback, scientists have continued to analyze the data collected by InSight and have made some exciting discoveries. One team of scientists, led by Sebastien Le Maistre of the Royal […]

Last week, the number of orbital launches decreased significantly compared to the previous week, with only three launches taking place. The majority of these launches were Chinese Starlink launches. This brings the total number of orbital launch attempts in 2023 to 128. If this pace continues, we can expect over 200 orbital launches by the […]