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July 7: Astronomer Anthony Boccaletti discusses observation of birth of potential exoplanet with Wikinews. May 31: SpaceX successfully launches its first crewed spaceflight. May 22: Astronomer tells Wikinews about discovery of closest black hole known so far. October 12: Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov dies at age 85.
The mission, called Polaris Dawn, is slated to take off no earlier than 3:30 a.m. ET on August 26. While prior missions to space that were funded by wealthy businesspeople may have conjured images ...
Space tourism. In the United States, Virgin Galactic conducted the first suborbital human spaceflight from New Mexico on 22 May 2021 with SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity. [ 14] Two astronauts were on board, Frederick Sturckow and David Mackay. The flight was also the first suborbital human spaceflight from Spaceport America.
The year 2023 saw rapid growth and significant technical achievements in spaceflight. For the third year in a row, new world records were set for both orbital launch attempts (223) and successful orbital launches (211). The growth in orbital launch cadence can in large part be attributed to SpaceX, as they increased their number of launches ...
The Outer Space Treaty, formally the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, is a multilateral treaty that forms the basis of international space law. Negotiated and drafted under the auspices of the United Nations, it was opened for ...
2024: On 8 March 2024, a cylindrical metal object weighing nearly 2 pounds (0.91 kg) struck a house in Naples, Florida causing damage to property. [48] [49] The object was a piece of EP9 battery pallet jettisoned from ISS in 2021 and survived reentry when its orbit decayed.
The probe left the heliosphere for interstellar space at 119 AU on November 5, 2018. [4] Voyager 2 is still active. It is not heading toward any particular star, although in roughly 40,000 years it should pass 1.7 light-years from the star Ross 248. [5] If undisturbed for 296,000 years, it should pass by the star Sirius at a distance of 4.3 ...
Outer space (or simply space) is the expanse that exists beyond Earth's atmosphere and between celestial bodies. It contains ultra-low levels of particle densities, constituting a near-perfect vacuum of predominantly hydrogen and helium plasma, permeated by electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays, neutrinos, magnetic fields and dust.