India has finally succeeded!
- 1 October 2023
The bad streak of the non-Chinese world was finally broken on August 23 by India’s Chandrayaan 3, or in translation “moon vehicle”. Chandrayaan was India’s third Moon mission!
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The Moon is popular again it appears
- 27 September 2023
Less than one month ago, India became the fourth country to land on the Moon. Before India, only USSR, USA and China had successfully accomplished this feat. Although we have been dealing with flights to the Moon for decades, landing on its surface is not a simple matter, even today.
Read the full articleThe Luna 25 spacecraft, what happened?
- 7 September 2023
The Luna 25 spacecraft, in the nature of a lunar lander, was launched from Earth to our natural satellite on August 11, 2023 by a Soyuz 2.1b rocket with a fiery earthquake from the Vostochny rocket base, in the Russian far east.
Read the full articleAnother Perseids season is behind us
- 3 September 2023
The peace of the starry sky was disturbed this August by a multitude of meteors from the Perseid group. We had two peaks of activity.
Read the full articleVoyager 2: Loss of contact caused by a wrong command
- 14 August 2023
NASA sent a set of program commands to Voyager 2. Unfortunately, a mistake crept in somewhere, which was discovered 37 hours later.
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All about lighting and fireballs in the sky
- 12 August 2023
In recent days and nights, we have seen frequent flashes of lightning everywhere around and above our regions. It seems that we will have fewer flashes in the sky in the coming days. Probably during the day but not at night!
Read the full articleNASA’s Message in a Bottle
- 3 August 2023
NASA is taking you on a big trip that will start as planned in mid-October next year (2024). There are enough places for everyone, you just need to register on time!
Read the full articleEurope remains without space access until 2024
- 20 July 2023
The powerful, large Ariane 5 rocket of the European Space Agency was launched on its one hundred and seventeenth mission in the first seconds after midnight, July 6. This is the final launch of the infamous, giant European rocket.
Read the full articleEuclid has been launched!
- 17 July 2023
On July 1st ESA’s Euclid observatory was launched from the Space Force Station (United States) Cape Canaveral, by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Read the full articleWater everywhere – how much liquid does our Earth really hold?
- 16 June 2023
Seen from afar, the Earth is mostly water. Only 29% of its surface is land, and as much as 71% is water. No other celestial body, as far as we know today, has liquid water on its surface, and our Earth is bathed in it! Lucky us!
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