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I think I've found something that can get things like that out of orbit. UK Space Company has successfully tested the third stage of its Skylark-L rocket. The third stage is also a space tug. Its functions are described on the company's website: - Deploying payloads into different orbits and...

Have you watched the landing of Perseverance? It went well. The first photo has already been published. Did you expect more from the first live landing broadcast? (I expected more visual information during the broadcast)

Even if it works, only scientists who understand what to do with it will be used. That is less than 1 percent of 1 percent of the people on the planet. I hope they succeed and use their discoveries for something outstanding.

Russia announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with China on the ILRS. International Lunar Research Station. The date of signing the above-mentioned memorandum has not yet been determined and is currently being discussed with Chinese partners. The European Space Agency also...

Recently there was a claim that the Chinese moon rover had discovered a strange monolith. Scientists speculate that the unusual object could be debris from a crater that appeared as a result of a collision with the moon. A rock about 1 kilometre high was discovered on the "dark side" of the...

Also recently, two more probes have entered Mars orbit. The United Arab Emirates launched the Hope probe. It will stay in orbit and study its atmosphere for one complete Martian year (687 Earth days). China's Tianwen-1 mission also entered orbit this month and will begin scouting the potential...

A new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine indicated that NASA would need to implement an aggressive and urgent nuclear technology program for a human flight to Mars in 2039. In this regard, the agency will have to commit itself to carry out an extensive and...

It would probably be great to have a universal way of communicating at the speed of light. But, even this would not guarantee us the opportunity to communicate with extraterrestrial civilizations. Since they really can be at such distances (if they, of course, exist) that are inaccessible for...

I think you are right. At the moment, rockets can travel at a speed of about 20 thousand miles per hour. At the Princeton Laboratory, plasma physicists have received a version of the engine that can theoretically increase the speed of the rocket to 200 thousand miles per hour. And it would be a...

From the latest important news. NASA has selected a contractor to deliver 2 modules of the lunar complex into orbit. The contractor was SpaceX. The modules will be delivered assembled. The mission will take place no earlier than May 2024.

A group of scientists mapped out a plan to clean up the orbit. Huge deposits of space debris can create problems for earthlings - especially when large objects collide, which can cause an "avalanche". As a result, the Internet can be disrupted on Earth. Also, under certain circumstances, debris...

The Chinese can be ahead of everyone and in everything. Because there are many of them and they work a lot. But as far as I know, there are more plans for using space tugs and other similar systems. Orbit cleanup is a good initiative anyway. Hopefully, soon we will see at least one technology in...

They didn't say anything about spending a billion. On the contrary, the release says that the cost of such advertising in terms of reaching people will be lower. But I wanted to share this because it worries me. And without such ideas, there is already a lot of garbage in orbit. 57,000...

Avant Space has completed testing of a laser array for spacecraft that display ads directly from orbit. The calculations were confirmed during tests that were carried out in the stratosphere. A future artificial constellation of the brightest satellite star in the night sky, comparable to the...

NASA is putting on hold its plan to select a company to develop lunar landers. The postponement for development companies seems rather strange. Does this mean that the Artemis mission can be postponed as well? Or maybe cancelled altogether. The article is on space com What do you think? Is...

Yesterday SpaceX announced another fully touring mission called Inspiration 4. According to the schedule, the mission is scheduled for the 4th quarter of this year. The mission is to inspire people to support the St. Jude Children's Hospital. Fulfil Isaacman's childhood dream. And also...

This is overkill. Why is this needed? Yes, there was a proposal from this country to make a wooden satellite. (Hardly better than traditional satellites) A little more and there will be serious proposals to make delivery through low levels of the orbit.

Virgin Orbit has launched an orbital rocket from a plane into space. The launch was made from under the wing of an upgraded Boeing 747 aircraft. Such launches were possible back in 1990. Virgin Orbit has virtually no competitors in such launches. I wonder if this could be a new way for other...

Intuitive Machines is about to participate in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) project. The company is accepting payload applications aboard their Nova-C lander. The Nova-C will carry a camera, several racing moon rovers, and another payload. The company did not initially position...

The use of lasers for NASA seems to be quite significant. In May 2020, climate satellites that can track distance information more accurately with lasers were sent to orbit. In August, there was talk of launching satellites that could transmit information to Earth with infrared lasers. This can...