Image credits: SUPARCO/ISRO India is on the Moon, Where does the Pakistan space program stand? India, on the one hand, has been able to launch over 60 satellites to date Pakistan on the other hand is only able to launch only 6 satellites. India has become the first country to …
Read More »Dawn Aerospace Mk-II Aurora Mach 3+ Spaceplane Capable Of Multiple Same-day Flights
Image Credits: Dawn Aerospace In July 2020, Dawn Aerospace unveiled the Mk II Aurora suborbital spaceplane, smaller than a compact car and capable of multiple same-day flights. Mk-II Aurora is a sub-scale suborbital vehicle capable of flying up to an altitude of more than 100km several times a day. It …
Read More »SA-43 Hammerhead: Fictional USMC Spaceship That Freaked Out Russian Intelligence
The SA-43 Hammerhead is the US Marine Corps (USMC) spaceship featured in Space: Above and Beyond, a 90s American science fiction television show. Full-scale models of the “Hammerhead” fighters used in the series were created in Australia at RAAF Base Williamtown. An unverified report stated that, while they were being …
Read More »U.S. Launches Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Into Orbit For Classified Mission
U.S. Air Force @usairforce Photo by Jeremy Webster The U.S. Space Force has launched the next X-37B unmanned spacecraft into orbit for a classified mission. America’s most experienced space launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the X-37B orbital test vehicle for the U.S. Space Force at 9:14 am …
Read More »American and Russian Satellite Could Collide Overnight: U.S. Air Force Issue Warning
Earlier today, the private American firm Bigelow Aerospace was notified by the U.S. Air Force that its Genesis II spacecraft has a slim chance of smashing into a dead Russian Cosmos spy satellite at 1300 in 15 hours. News of the potential orbital smash-up came via Bigelow Aerospace’s Twitter account. Bigelow …
Read More »Iran IT minister taunts Trump by showing off undamaged satellite linked to the explosion at a rocket test site
An Iranian official has tweeted at President Donald Trump over an apparent rocket failure, showing an image of him standing next to a satellite that was supposed to be launched. Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi tweeted the image Saturday of himself with the Nahid-1 satellite. …
Read More »Trump Tweets Intelligence Image of Iran rocket site and says US ‘not involved’ in failed launch
U.S. President Donald Trump released an official and relatively high resolution annotated U.S. intelligence image of the recent failed space launch at Iran’s Imam Khomeini Space Center via Twitter and confirmed that it involved a Safir space launch vehicle. Trump also declared that the United States had no hand in …
Read More »Iran satellite launch failed? Satellite photos show burning Iran space center launch pad
An Iranian rocket apparently exploded on the pad today (Aug. 29), marking the third launch failure of 2019 for the nation. The ill-fated attempt originated from Imam Khomeini Space Center in northern Iran, NPR reported, citing satellite imagery captured by the San Francisco-based company Planet. Satellite imagery published by the Planet …
Read More »X-37B Breaks Another Record: 719 Days of Orbital Spaceflight and Counting
An Air Force X-37B spaceplane just completed its 718th day in orbit, making it the longest mission yet for a secretive military test program. The US military has launched five uncrewed X-37B spaceplanes into orbit over the past decade, and each flight has been longer than its predecessor. OTV-5 blasted …
Read More »NASA Investigating The First Ever Crime Committed In Outer Space
NASA is reportedly investigating what’s said to be the first ever instance of a space crime. According to a report by The New York Times, the space organization is currently looking into a claim that astronaut Anne McClain improperly accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse Summer Worden outside …
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