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The other two crew members were exposed to the vacuum of space in the capsule, but did not leave it. First all-private crew spacewalk with commercially developed hardware, procedures, and the EVA suit. New record for most people exposed to the vacuum of space at a time. [86] 17 December 04:51 9 hours, 6 minutes 13:57 Shenzhou 19 TSS Wentian ...
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 from 61 in 2022 to 98 in 2023.
New images from the Euclid space telescope are published, including a view of the Messier 78 star nursery. [304] Astronomers using TESS report the discovery of Gliese 12 b, a Venus-sized exoplanet located 40 light-years away, with an equilibrium temperature of 315 K (42 °C; 107 °F). This makes it the nearest, transiting, temperate, Earth ...
The world's most powerful rocket took to the sky on Thursday morning in its most successful Starship launch to date. Thursday's launch was the fourth test flight for the super-heavy rocket. While ...
The New Glenn is scheduled for its own weather-delayed liftoff from pad 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1 a.m. EST, the opening of a three-hour launch window.
David Mercer - BBC News January 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM The US has grounded SpaceX's giant Starship rocket while an investigation is carried out into why one exploded during its latest test flight.
An artist's rendition of Kepler-62f, a potentially habitable exoplanet discovered using data transmitted by the Kepler space telescope. The list of exoplanets detected by the Kepler space telescope contains bodies with a wide variety of properties, with significant ranges in orbital distances, masses, radii, composition, habitability, and host star type.
Yikes, some Starlink satellites are falling out of orbit — and more of the latest space news you may have missed. Sam Matthews. Updated April 8, 2023 at 5:33 PM.