China today has shared the first video of Mars recorded by Tianwen-1 after the probe entered orbit, the latest step in Beijing’s ambitious space programme. Incredible footage captures the Martian landscape and atmosphere out of a pitch black sky as the Chinese spacecraft flew past the Red Planet. Launched last July around the same time … Read more
China‘s spacecraft has entered orbit around Mars following a 500-million-km journey from Earth that started seven months ago. Tianwen-1 – which consists of an orbiter, lander and rover – completed its journey just before 1PM GMT on Wednesday as it entered orbit around the Red Planet. However, it will remain paired in orbit until May, … Read more
The United Arab Emirates will become the first Arab nation and only the fifth nation overall to place a spaceship in orbit around Mars later today. Named Hope, the probe is expected to start the complex process of entering Martian orbit at 16:00 GMT – following a 500 million km race from Earth. It will … Read more
Over the moon! Stunning video captures SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soaring past the lunar orb as it heads into orbit to delivery 60 more Starlink satellites Photographer Trevor Mahlmann cpatured foorage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 as it soared into orbit However, he was able to capture a rare moment when the rocket flew past the … Read more
A US billionaire who made a fortune in tech and fighter jets is buying an entire SpaceX flight and plans to take three people with him to circle the globe this year. Jared Isaacman is the founder of Shift4 Payments, a credit processing firm, is launching the Inspiration4 mission with the hopes of raising 200 … Read more
Earth’s ‘second moon’ will make one final pass this week before floating out into space forever. Astronomers first spotted an unknown object with an incoming trajectory in September 2020 and initially believed it was an asteroid. But in December, the object named 2020 SO came within 30,000 miles of Earth and allowed NASA to confirm … Read more
A puzzling line up of six-exoplanets moving in a rhythmic dance as they orbit their star have been discovered in a system 200 light years from Earth. Researchers used the European Space Agency CHEOPS space telescope to detect the unusual explanatory formation – and it could shed light on how systems form. University of St … Read more
Virgin Orbit has targeted its third attempt at space flight for Sunday. The launch window from California‘s Mojave Air and Space Port is set for January 17 between 10am and 2pm local time, according to a tweet from Virgin One, with backup slots on January 24 and 31. This will be Virgin Orbit’s third trip … Read more
Virgin Orbit has targeted its third attempt at space flight for Sunday. The launch window from California‘s Mojave Air and Space Port is set for January 17 between 10am and 2pm local time, according to a tweet from Virgin One, with backup slots on January 24 and 31. This will be Virgin Orbit’s third trip … Read more
At first glance, you’d be forgiven for mistaking this footage for a scene from the latest science fiction blockbuster. But it is very much real, and shows in dramatic detail just how much the moon ‘wobbles’ in the sky during each 27-day orbit. Lunar photographer Andrew McCarthy spent hundreds of hours over 22 consecutive nights, taking … Read more