Browsing: space programme

In order to encourage the growth of the space industry, the government had previously opened the space sector to privatization…

Two super pressure balloon (SPB) launches from Wnaka, New Zealand, are planned by NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program to further examine…

The DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) took place some 11 million km from Earth. NASA’s Dart programme scientist, Dr Tom Statler, also had a word of caution about drawing too many conclusions from the experiment. Scientists have now confirmed that the orbit of a 160m-wide (520 ft) space rock known as Dimorphos was altered when the Dart probe struck it head on last month.

SpaceX became the first-time spacecraft to circle the Earth with an all-amateur crew and no professional astronauts. It was the…

This year, China has taken up residence in space in an attempt to gain dominance. Beijing has launched its 29th…

Overview Australia’s maiden commercial rocket launch will be taking place in South Australia this year, after grant of the approval…

Thursday: It seems that a scramble for Mars. Soil Sample has begun after Scientists at the Japanese space agency said…