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Triumph and Setback – New Glenn’s Maiden Launch

Blue Origin successfully reached orbit as planned in the maiden launch of its heavy-lift rocket, New Glenn, but failed in its attempt to land the rocket’s first stage.

calendar 17.1.2025
reading-time 4 minutes

Musk and NASA Clash Over Mars: This Week in Space

Giant rocket launches, the debate over lunar missions, the decision on Mars sample collection, an intriguing Chinese mission, and a centaur on the edge of the solar system. This Week in Space

calendar 16.1.2025
reading-time 11 minutes

The Sun is Close, the Moon is Old: This Week in Space

A spacecraft sets a new record for a Sun flyby, NASA privatizes space communication, a new study reveals the Moon’s age, educational astronomy, and a unique ring. This Week in Space

calendar 2.1.2025
reading-time 10 minutes

Uranus – New Insights into a Magnetic Mystery

For years, researchers have been puzzled by peculiar findings regarding Uranus’s magnetic field. A new study suggests these findings may have been atypical rather than representative of the planet’s usual characteristics.

calendar 14.11.2024
reading-time 4 minutes

Space-Based Solar Power – Generating Electricity Above Earth

Countries worldwide are advancing technologies to generate electricity from massive solar panel arrays in space, aiming to harness continuous solar energy for a sustainable and reliable power source.

calendar 27.10.2024
reading-time 7 minutes

A Brief Wait for Europa: This Week in Space

Mission to Jupiter’s moon launched after a hurricane delay, a European spacecraft will study asteroid deflection, a new Mars sample return mission being developed and researchers investigate why the Moon cooled the COVID-19 pandemic. This Week in Space

calendar 15.10.2024
reading-time 7 minutes

The Neighboring Planet That Was Finally Discovered

After years of searching, researchers have confirmed the existence of a small planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, one of our closest stellar neighbors.

calendar 3.10.2024
reading-time 4 minutes

Doritos in Space and Water on the Moon: This Week in Space

A successful conclusion to the pioneering private mission, promising radiation data from Artemis 1, evidence of water on the Moon, and plans for a lunar communication network. This Week in Space

calendar 25.9.2024
reading-time 8 minutes

First Private Spacewalk: This Week in Space

Communication satellites featuring Israeli developments, record crowding in space, and a surprising new volcano.

calendar 15.9.2024
reading-time 7 minutes

Israeli Intelligence and Chinese Samples: This Week in Space

A major deal for ISI, China’s plans to bring samples from Mars, the Polaris Dawn mission underway, NASA’s space sail project, and a farewell to an old rocket. This Week in Space

calendar 12.9.2024
reading-time 7 minutes

Delays, Failures, and an Israeli Simulation: This Week in Space

The historic private mission is delayed, a rare explosion of a SpaceX rocket, Boeing’s setbacks, a small step for Beresheet 2, Israeli weather satellites, planets without a sun, and an intriguing auction. This Week in Space

calendar 5.9.2024
reading-time 12 minutes

China’s Starlink: This Week in Space

China’s satellite communication network, Boeing still stuck, a private mission and challenges at the future lunar station

calendar 15.8.2024
reading-time 7 minutes

Farewell to the Israeli Environmental Satellite: This Week in Space

Israeli environmental satellite ends operations, SpaceX back in action, Boeing delayed, and an upcoming nova event.

calendar 6.8.2024
reading-time 10 minutes

Successful Landing on the Moon’s Far Side

China’s unmanned spacecraft aims to be the first to bring samples from the far side of the moon to Earth.

calendar 6.6.2024
reading-time 3 minutes

NASA Withdraws from Mars: This Week in Space

Salvaging Mars samples, Boeing to the ISS, Venus’s atmospheric emissions, and a nearby stellar black hole.

calendar 25.4.2024
reading-time 7 minutes

Amidst the Stars, an Invisible Wave

New findings reveal that the “Radcliffe Wave,” a huge galactic formation, moves in a wave-like manner

calendar 18.4.2024
reading-time 4 minutes

A Bubble from the Dawn of the Universe: This Week in Space

Starship ready for another test, Japan launches space telescope and lunar lander, galaxy structure holds secrets of the ancient universe.

calendar 11.9.2023
reading-time 7 minutes

A Meteorite from Another Solar System: This Week in Space

A meteorite from a different solar system, lunar soil’s temperature characteristics, space debris concerns and a cyber-attack on scientific telescopes

calendar 2.9.2023
reading-time 8 minutes

The Time-Travel Paradoxes

What happens if a time traveler kills his or her grandfather? How do you stop a time machine from just appearing somewhere in space, millions of kilometers from home?

calendar 22.3.2020
reading-time 12 minutes

The First Woman in Space

53 years since the Valentina Tereshkova’s historical flight, the only woman to ever fly alone in space

calendar 18.12.2017
reading-time 4 minutes

The Long and Winding Road to Mars

What technologies are still required for colonization of the red planet?

calendar 5.9.2017
reading-time 7 minutes