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Firefly's second rocket set for launch from California

Firefly's Alpha launch vehicle stands on its launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 10. Credit: Brian Sandoval / Spaceflight Now. A year after an early engine shutdown cut short an inaugural test flight, Firefly Aerospace's second Alpha ...

NASA replaces leaky seals on Artemis 1 moon rocket, fueling test next

While replacing that seal, engineers also replaced the seal on a smaller 4-inch hydrogen "bleed line" that also saw a leak in a scrubbed Aug. 29 launch try.

Harvest Moon 2022 : September's full moon thrills stargazers around the world (photos)

The full moon of September lit up the night sky this weekend in a dazzling lunar sight enjoyed by skywatchers around the world. Advertisement. Skip advert. September's full moon peaked on Saturday (Sept. 10), but did appear fully illuminated to casual ...

SpaceX launches fleet-leading booster on 14th flight

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starlink 4-2 mission will launch SpaceX's next batch of 34 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare payload ...

See the conjunction of the moon and Jupiter on Sunday (Sept. 11)

On Sunday (Sept. 11), Jupiter and the moon will make a close approach to each other in the sky sharing the same right ascension, an astronomical arrangement known as a conjunction. The moon will pass to within around one degree to the south of Jupiter ...

CAPSTONE enters safe mode during trajectory correction maneuver

SpaceNews

SpaceNews

PARIS — A NASA-funded cubesat mission to the moon has gone into safe mode after suffering a problem during a trajectory correction maneuver, the agency said Sept. 10. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation ...

Watch Firefly Aerospace try to reach orbit for 1st time Sunday

The Texas-based company plans to launch its Alpha rocket on a test mission from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday (Sept. 11) at 6 p.m. EDT (3 p.m. local California time; 2200 GMT).

What will actually happen when the so-called 'Doomsday Glacier' disintegrates?

Mashable

Mashable

As many climate change activists are pointing out lately, the "doomsday" implied in the term "Doomsday Glacier" — the nickname given to the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica — may be coming soon. But what will that day actually be like?

Five interesting facts you need to know about the Moon

The Indian Express

The Indian Express

NASA deployed the Lunar Atmospheric Composition Experiment (LACE) instrument on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission. LACE helped scientists discover that there is a small number of atoms and molecules on the planet, including helium, argon, neon, ammonia ...

New study finds evidence for many planets made of water, rock around small stars. Read here

Livemint

Livemint

Rafael Luque, first author on the new paper and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago said, "it was a surprise to see evidence for so many water worlds orbiting the most common type of star in the galaxy. It has enormous consequences for ...