NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix
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Launch of Australia's first home-grown rocket postponed due to 'anomaly'
By Lottie Twyford
Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space Technologies had been given a two-week window clearance to launch its 23-metre Eris rocket from a purpose-built pad in north Queensland.
ABC News · Gilmour Space Technologies postpones launch of Australia's first home-grown rocket due to 'pre-launch anomaly'
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Under the #COTS model, #NASA provides funding and guidance to private companies to develop their own #spacecraft, #rockets, and #services, and then buys those at a "market" rate. #SpaceX, #BlueOrigin, #RocketLab and #ImpulseSpace could ferry cargo to #Mars 
and land there https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/if-congress-actually-cancels-the-sls-rocket-what-happens-next
Ars Technica · If Congress actually cancels the SLS rocket, what happens next?
'We're on the cusp': Launch of Australia's first home-grown rocket delayed
After years of planning and preparations, Gilmour Space Technologies finally has clearance to launch its 23-metre Eris rocket from a purpose-built pad in north Queensland.
ABC News · Gilmour Space Technologies delays launch of Australia's first home-grown rocket, with hopes of take-off on Friday
#NASA’s #Perseverance #Mars #Rover Spotted a #NorthernLights-Like Green Glow
Mars is known to have auroras — a glow normally produced when energetic particles from the sun strike a planet’s atmosphere. But they had been observed only by orbiting #spacecraft, and only in ultraviolet. But with the help of precise #space weather forecasting, NASA’s Perseverance rover and some persistence, a visible green #aurora was spotted on the Red Planet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/science/mars-aurora-northern-lights.html
https://archive.ph/F6ySN
The New York Times · First Visible Aurora Spotted Over Mars by NASA Rover
Australia's first home-grown rocket counts down to cow paddock launch
By Bryn Wakefield
A Gold Coast company's orbital rocket could enter space from a north Queensland launch pad by the end of the week. Here's everything you need to know.
ABC News · Gilmour Space Technologies set to launch Australia's first home-grown orbital rocket
Evidence that some of the Chinese #Qianfan satellites are tumbling and presumably no longer under control. "All six of the tumbling #spacecraft are from Launch 2. As noted in Section 2, those satellites were made by a different manufacturer than the spacecraft in Qianfan launches 1, 3 and 4. @planet4589 indicates that all the tumbling spacecraft have failed."
Some of the satellites in the Chinese #Qianfan constellation are evidently tumbling in orbit. "All six of the tumbling #spacecraft are from Launch 2. As noted in Section 2, those satellites were made by a different manufacturer than the spacecraft in Qianfan launches 1, 3 and 4. @planet4589 indicates that all the tumbling spacecraft have failed."
arXiv.orgBrightness Characteristics of the Qianfan Satellites and Evidence That Some Are TumblingThe mean apparent magnitude of the Qianfan satellites is 5.76 +/- 0.04, while the mean of magnitudes adjusted to a distance of 1,000 km is 5.24 +/- 0.04, based on 1,161 observations. Light curves of several spacecraft display rapid periodic fluctuations which indicate that they are tumbling. Nearly all of the non-tumbling satellite observations can be modeled with diffusely reflecting, Earth-facing surfaces. The Qianfan constellation will impact astronomical research and aesthetic appreciation of the night sky unless their brightness is mitigated.
Burgo Distribuzione S.R.L., designed by Oscar Niemeyer (June 2022).
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/94512/ Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 crashes into Earth 53 years after its failed mission to Venus #Kosmos482 #Science #soviet #Space #spacecraft #UK #UnitedKingdom
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comics.lucentinian.comLost SpacecraftWhy did the old spacecraft get lost on its way back to Earth after 53 years?
Because it forgot to update its navigation app!
https://www.europesays.com/uk/91369/ Soviet-era spacecraft crashes back to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit #EuropeanUnion #RussianSpaceAgency #Science #SovietEra #Space #spacecraft #UK #UncontrolledReEntry #UnitedKingdom
Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 plunges to Earth after 53 years in orbit
Russia's space agency says the Kosmos 482 lander has made an uncontrolled re-entry to Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/soviet-era-spacecraft-plunges-to-earth/105278796
ABC News · Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
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comics.lucentinian.comSoviet Spacecraft Re-EntryWhy did the failed Soviet Venus probe miss its dinner reservation?
Because it had a plus or minus nine-hour window for arrival!
https://www.europesays.com/2066302/ Soviet-era space probe crashes into Earth after 53 years in orbit #SovietUnion #space #SpaceTravel #SPACECRAFT
Updated Crash Forecast Puts Eastern U.S. on Alert from Soviet Union Spacecraft
https://weatherboy.com/updated-crash-forecast-puts-eastern-us-on-alert-from-soviet-union-spacecraft/
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#US #USA
Weatherboy · Updated Crash Forecast Puts Eastern U.S. on Alert from Soviet Union Spacecraft With the crash of a Soviet Union spacecraft expected late tonight or early tomorrow, space debris expert Aerospace Corporation has updated their...
Soviet spacecraft will crash back to Earth within 48 hours, data suggests
By Jacinta Bowler
An out-of-control Soviet-era spacecraft will plummet back to Earth on Saturday, if the latest tracking predictions are correct. But there's still a lot experts don't know.
ABC News · Where will the Soviet probe set to crash back to Earth land?
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comics.lucentinian.comSpacecraft Landing PredictionWhy did the weatherman get fired after reporting on the falling spacecraft?
Because he kept saying, "There's a high probability of debris... but don't worry, it's only a slim chance it'll hit you directly!"
Cowboy Bebop TV Series (1998)
#cowboybebop #90s #cyberpunk #scifi #japanese #anime #aesthetic #bountyhunter #1990s #spaceship #spacecraft #spacetravel
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A fusion-powered #spacecraft could make the trip to #Mars in 90 days or less.The roadmap identifies milestones in #FusionPropulsion technology to deploy fusion spacecraft in the 2030s, on par with the vast majority of fusion developers’ commercialization timelines (89% of fusion companies* anticipate fusion on the grid in the 2030s or before) https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/fia-launches-fusion-spacecraft-propulsion-roadmap
* members : https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/about/members
Fusion Industry Association · FIA Launches Fusion Spacecraft Propulsion Roadmap - Fusion Industry AssociationFusion has the potential to revolutionize space propulsion as we know it. One leg of a mission to Mars using conventional chemical propulsion can take up to nine months. In contrast, a fusion-powered spacecraft could make the trip in 90 days or less.