China’s Shenzhou-20 crew arrived in Beijing on Saturday, fresh from their touch down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Friday, November 14. The space traveling threesome — Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — landed back on Earth aboard the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft after spending 204 days in […]
The Blue Origin New Glenn orbital launch vehicle successfully completed its second mission on November 13. Successfully deployed was the NASA Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) twin-spacecraft into their designated "loiter orbit." In addition to deploying the NASA spacecraft, the Viasat HaloNet demonstration onboard New Glenn’s second stage successfully executed the first […]
The return capsule of the Shenzhou-21 spaceship, carrying the Shenzhou-20 astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Friday. Meanwhile, the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, still attached to China’s space station, did not meet the requirements for the astronauts’ safe return. For […]
China’s Shenzhou-20 astronauts are returning to Earth using a non-space debris impacted and fresh ship – the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft. According to the Xinhua state-run news service, the Shenzhou-20 crew is slated to return on Friday aboard the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft. The spaceship will return to the Dongfeng landing site in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. […]
A study suggests that building hypersonic planes may not require a significantly different design approach – a finding that could also alter future space transportation concepts. Revolutionizing global travel could mean transforming day-long international flights into brief commutes no longer than a feature length movie. How about cutting the duration of a hop between Sydney […]
The upsurge in placing mega-satellite constellations is not only amplifying the concern over Earth-circling space debris. Reentering spacecraft and rocket stages may also be impacting Earth’s atmosphere, as well as increasing the risk of space waste hitting the Earth. New research is underscoring how incoming "space waste" is injecting a considerable amount of its […]
Due to a suspected impact from space debris, China’s Shenzhou-20 three-person crew are delayed in their return to Earth. It has been a week since the re-entry wave-off on November 5th was called. Meanwhile, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) stated on Tuesday that all preparatory work for ensuring the safe return of the […]
The decision by China to delay the return of its Shenzhou-20 crew from the country’s space station due to a possible impact from space debris has led to yet another "stranded in space" state of affairs. In addition, the situation is sparking discussion of space rescue planning – or lack of it. That trio of […]
Today, the U.S. Space Force does not have their guardians operating in the space domain for military missions. That should change according to a new report by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in Arlington, Virginia. As humanity’s interests in space go further from the Earth, "astronaut guardians may be necessary to execute and secure […]
The second mission of Blue Origin’s New Glenn launcher (NG-2) is to depart no earlier than Sunday, November 9 from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch window is open from 2:45 to 5:11 p.m. Eastern Time. Atop the booster […]