Today, for the first time in history, a crewed spaceship, built to carry private paying passengers, reached space
SpaceBy AIRLIVE December 13, 2018 Leave a comment
The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic successfully rocketed to the edge of space and back. The firm's SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship reached a height of 82.7km, beyond the altitude at which US agencies have awarded astronaut wings. On Thursday, the SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship took off from the Mojave Desert in…
NASA's Voyager 2 probe entered Interstellar Space after crossing the outer edge of the heliosphere on Nov. 5
For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA's Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere – the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun. Comparing data from different instruments aboard the trailblazing spacecraft, mission scientists determined the probe crossed the outer…
Falcon 9 landing anomaly explained (video)
SpaceBy AIRLIVE December 7, 2018 Leave a comment
Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage suffered a landing anomaly, failing to land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Instead, the Falcon 9 first stage made a water landing in the Atlantic Ocean. Hans Koenigsmann. SpaceX Vice President of Mission Assurance, explains the anomaly.
NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface to Learn What Lies Beneath
SpaceBy AIRLIVE November 27, 2018 Leave a comment
Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down on the Red Planet after an almost seven-month, 300-million-mile (458-million-kilometer) journey from Earth. InSight's two-year mission will be to study the deep interior of Mars to learn how all celestial bodies with…
NASA Announces landing site for Mars 2020 Rover
NASA has chosen Jezero Crater as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission after a five year search, during which every available detail of more than 60 candidate locations on the Red Planet was scrutinized and debated by the mission team and the planetary science community. The rover mission is scheduled to…
BREAKING Roscosmos reveals Russian Soyuz rocket failure's reason
SpaceBy AIRLIVE October 31, 2018 Leave a comment
The Soyuz rocket launch failure this month was caused by a faulty sensor, Russian news agencies reported citing an official from space agency Roscosmos. Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague had to abort their mission on October 11 and perform an emergency landing after the Soyuz rocket supposed to carry them to…
ALERT Current crew could be stranded in the Space Station beyond their planned December departure
The current space station crew is facing an uncertain departure date while the space capsule is grounded. In a communication with Moscow State University (MSU) on Sunday, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev – who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) – recalled Thursday's emergency. "We watched the rocket coming out of the atmosphere. There…
BREAKING Crew to make emergency landing after Soyuz rocket malfunctions during launch
A problem has occurred during the launch of the Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS with Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague onboard. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 18 Alexander Gerst shared this photo of today's aborted Soyuz launch taken from the International Space Station. UPDATE 17 According to reports, at 1st stage separation, there was structural…
VIDEO SpaceX Falcon 9's liftoff… and landing
SpaceBy AIRLIVE October 8, 2018 Leave a comment
NASA Statement on International Space Station leak investigation
On Aug. 29, 2018 a small hole was discovered on the International Space Station. This resulted in a pressure leak. The hole has been identified and fixed by space station crew. Russian media recently reported that General Director Rogozin said the hole was not a manufacturing defect. Ruling out a manufacturing defect indicates that this…
BREAKING Space station leak could be deliberate sabotage after several attempts at drilling found
SpaceBy AIRLIVE September 4, 2018 Leave a comment
Russia launched checks Tuesday after its space chief said an air leak on the International Space Station last week could have been deliberate sabotage. UPDATE The special commission formed by the Russian Energia Rocket and Space Corporation qualifies the incident involving the hole in the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the Space Station as "deliberate actions of…
BREAKING Pressure sensors detected a depressurization in the International Space Station possibly caused by a micrometeorite impact
SpaceBy AIRLIVE August 30, 2018 Leave a comment
Pressure sensors detected a depressurization in the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday night. The crew had to search for a leak, which was eventually traced to the Russian space capsule docked with the station. The leak was found in the Soyuz craft, which is docked with the ISS, reported Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin.…