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Spacewatch

12 May 2023

  • ‘Absolutely gargantuan’: astrophysicist explains largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed – video

    Scientists at Southampton University said they believe it was caused by a giant gas cloud getting pulled into a black hole

29 April 2022

  • From left: Canadian private equity CEO Mark Pathy; American real estate tycoon Larry Connor; chief astronaut Michael López-Alegría; and Israeli investor Eytan Stibbe.

    First all-private crew returns from International Space Station

    Three customers accompanied by former Nasa astronaut paid $55m for place on Ax-1 mission

8 April 2022

  • An artist’s impression of a solar sail flying to Jupiter

    Spacewatch: French firm raises €2m to sail on sunlight

    Gama aims to show that solar sails can revolutionise access to deep space

18 March 2022

  • In this photo made with a long exposure, a string of SpaceX StarLink satellites passes over an old stone house near Florence, Kan., on Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)

    Spacewatch: Astroscale to lead Esa space collision avoidance study

    With tens of thousands of satellites planned for launch, efficient space traffic management is vital

4 March 2022

  • Nasa rendition of the James Webb space telescope.

    Spacewatch: Nasa’s Webb telescope mirror alignment continues

    Seven-step process to enable segments to work as a single mirror nears halfway point

18 February 2022

  • Handout image issued by the European Space Agency of the Solar Orbiter.

    Spacewatch: Nasa sets up two missions to study space weather

    Both will focus on origin of ‘solar wind’ and turbulence within it

4 February 2022

  • Nasa’s Landsat 9 satellite launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in September 2021.

    Landsat 9 continues to monitor Earth as post-launch review ends

    Landsat programme began in 1970s and will pass 50th anniversary of unbroken images of Earth this year

21 January 2022

  • Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket ignites after its release from the wing of Cosmic Girl, the company’s modified 747.

    Virgin Orbit California rocket launch paves way for UK lift-off

    Rocket strapped to wing of 747 takes off from California space port to launch site above Pacific

7 January 2022

  • A Nasa astronaut works outside the International Space Station.

    Can Nasa persuade Russia to back International Space Station plans?

    Biden wants to extend the operation of the ISS to 2030 before replacing it – will Russia approve?

24 December 2021

  • NASA’s newest X-ray observatory – the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE – extended its boom successfully Dec. 15, giving IXPE the ability to see high-energy X-rays

    Nasa’s X-ray boom arm for black hole studies extends in orbit

    Mission is step closer to exploring most energetic and exotic celestial objects in universe

10 December 2021

  • The James Webb Space Telescope being fuelled inside the payload preparation facility at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana.

    James Webb space telescope fuelled for launch

    Largest space telescope ever is due to lift off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana on 22 December

25 November 2021

  • The James Webb space telescope in Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

    Nasa delays James Webb space telescope launch after ‘sudden’ incident

    Technicians were preparing to attach spacecraft to launch vehicle when unplanned event took place

12 November 2021

  • An artist's illustration shows the Dart spacecraft from behind prior to colliding with the Didymos binary system.

    Nasa makes final steps to launch asteroid deflection test

    Dart mission is designed to spot an asteroid on collision course with Earth and deflect its path

29 October 2021

  • Nasa adds Orion to the top of the Space Launch System for the first Artemis moon mission.

    Nasa stacks Orion capsule atop Artemis 1 as moon mission nears

    Final preparations begin for Nasa’s Artemis programme to return astronauts to moon

15 October 2021

  • Workers encase Nasa’s Lucy spacecraft inside the Atlas V rocket’s payload fairing in preparation for Saturday’s launch.

    Nasa prepares to launch Lucy mission to distant asteroids

    Six-year voyage to Trojans could reveal vital information on history of solar system

1 October 2021

  • Landsat 9 blasts off from the Vandenberg space complex in California, US.

    Nasa launches latest Landsat 9 to monitor Earth’s surface

    Satellite will capture agricultural productivity, forest health, water quality, coral reefs and glaciers

17 September 2021

  • A Nasa engineer observes the James Webb space telescope.

    Spacewatch: James Webb telescope to launch in December

    Successor to Hubble will be carried into space from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana atop an Ariane 5 rocket

3 September 2021

  • 3D illustration depicting the James Webb space telescope observing a distant star

    Spacewatch: James Webb telescope finally ready for launch

    Successor to Hubble has been hit by delays and a ballooning budget since work began on it in 1996

20 August 2021

  • The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, blasts off from the Wenchang in south China’s Hainan province in April.

    China to launch uncrewed cargo ship to Tiangong station

    Long March 7 rocket will carry Tianzhou 3 into orbit in mid to late September

6 August 2021

  • The Solar Orbiter

    European Space Agency prepares for back-to-back flybys of Venus

    Missions with Nasa and Jaxa will use planet’s pull to lose energy, allowing spacecraft to fall closer to sun
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