SpaceX is set to spend $2 billion on Starship rocket development this year after the previous rocket exploded midair. On 20th of April, SpaceX launched the biggest rocket ever constructed from its spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas. The Starship vehicle, developed to transport humans on a mission to Mars in the future, took off from the launch pad but exploded while airborne without any crew on board.
NASA’s helicopter drone has completed its 50th flight around Mars, the agency revealed. The agency recently revealed that their ingenuity helicopter made history by completing 50 flights over the Red Planet. NASA’s ingenuity drone officially completed the milestone after it was launched on April 4, 2021.
A mysterious object that lit up the skies of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, fell from the sky, vanishing immediately after it was captured on phones. The Air Force brushed aside speculations of a possible Russian missile because it didn’t explode and had no trajectory like that of the missile.
A dead NASA satellite is expected to crash back to earth today. Most of the satellite will burn while descending but NASA warns as it is expected to land on someone’s head. NASA’s 270 kilograms RHESSI satellite will strike earth at around 9:30 p.m. EDT.
SpaceX will attempt to launch the most powerful rocket system ever developed in the entire history. SpaceX’s Starship has almost double the thrust of a conventional rocket. The two-stage rocket ship will send the upper part of the vehicle eastward in order to complete one trip around the earth.
For the very first time, the James Webb Telescope has revealed an astonishing image of Uranus. This is the first ever image that shows such details of the ring system that surrounds the ice giant. The image clearly shows 11 out of 13 bright rings of the seventh planet of our solar system, with some of its moons shining around it.
The Sun has been bearing events that have consequences for humans living on earth, like solar storms. Also known as magnetic storms, solar storms are an abrupt emission of a huge amount of electromagnetic radiation on the sun’s surface. NASA is now turning to Artificial intelligence to counter the effects of solar storms and other events that affect earth.
A damaged Russian spacecraft returned back to earth after reporting a slight leak at the International Space Station months ago. In February, A tiny meteorite punctured the outer surface of Russian Soyuz MS-22, causing it to be less than one millimeter in diameter.
NASA and Axiom revealed their new spacesuit for the Artemis III moon mission. The Artemis III mission is a moon landing mission that will put humans on the moon’s surface in 2025. The new spacesuits are designed to be more flexible and mobile than the traditional Apollo suits.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 returned back to earth after spending 157 days in orbit. The spacecraft carrying the four astronauts made a safe landing in the Gulf of Mexico, not far from the Florida coast near Tampa. NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, along with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina landed on Saturday at 9:02 p.m. EST.
Japan’s H3 space rocket failed just shortly after the lift-off today. The brand-new rocket failed to ignite its second engine 5 minutes and 27 seconds after the lift-off. Rocket failure was a huge blow to Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency because it was the first medium-lift rocket designed in three decades.
Nasa’s Curiosity rover captured an image of sunset on Mars. The splendid photo of the Martian sunset showed rays illuminating the group of clouds. The phenomenon of merging sun rays with the bank of clouds is known as crepuscular rays.
