Dead Russian satellite and discarded Chinese rocket are at ‘very high risk’ of colliding in orbit this week and could release thousands of new space junk pieces A defunct Russian rocket and dead Chinese rocket are floating in orbit The two appear to be on separate paths that could meet Thursday evening Experts are concerned that … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has made a new recycling rocket record following the successfully launch and landing of its resuseable New Shepard. This is the craft’s seventh consecutive flight, which took off from the firm’s West Texas facility. New Shepard launched at 9:35am ET, carrying 12 commercial payloads that it took into orbit and will … Read more
A real-life space oddity: ‘Asteroid’ hurtling towards Earth may be a piece of rocket that was jettisoned during attempted moon landing in 1966 A telescope discovered ‘asteroid 2020 SO’ hurtling towards Earth last month Now scientists believe the object is part of an Atlas Centaur 7 rocket from 1966 The rocket propelled NASA’s Surveyor 2 to … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is developing a reusable rocket to deliver weapons anywhere in the world in an hour for the US military SpaceX — and aerospace firm xArc — have signed a contract with the US forces A rocket could ship cargo from Florida to Afghanistan, for example, in an hour Such a journey by cargo … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is building a rocket to deliver weapons anywhere in the world in around an hour for the US military SpaceX — and aerospace firm xArc — have signed a contract with the US forces A rocket could ship cargo from Florida to Afghanistan, for example, in an hour Such a journey by cargo … Read more
A leak of toxic rocket fuel is the likely cause of a pollution catastrophe at one of Russia‘s top surfing beaches, says a leading ecologist. Locals have reported debilitating medical problems including loss of sight, burning and swollen eyes, fever, nausea, vomiting, skin rashes and head and throat aches. People have been warned to stay … Read more
Britain has today seen a record rise in coronavirus infections, with more than 12,000 new cases – nearly double the number from yesterday. Figures released five hours late by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), show a total of 12,872 new infections. The figure is almost double the 6,968 cases recorded yesterday. It … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to break the record for rocket recycling tomorrow by launching its reusable New Shepard craft for the SEVENTH time Blue Origin is set to launch its reusable New Shepard rocket Thursday This is the seventh flight of the craft and would hit a new rocket recycling record New Shepard … Read more
International Space Station is forced to carry out an emergency manoeuvre to avoid being hit by a piece of debris from a 2018 Japanese rocket Flight controllers worked for two and a half minutes to adjust the station’s orbit This was to avoid a piece of space junk created by the breakup of a 2018 … Read more
Astra Space Inc’s first attempt to launch a rocket into orbit came to a disappointing end as it veered off course and catapulted to the ground. The California start-up conducted launch from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska, on Friday evening. Video showed the 38-foot-tall rocket taking off at 7.19pm local time and flying … Read more