Etiket: Space
Crucial day for new space telescope: huge mirror has to unfold
After a flawless departure, Saturday will be an exciting day for the new James Webb space telescope. The most important part has to be unfolded: a meter-sized mirror that receives…
Chinese scientists have discovered water in the lunar soil – RBK
Chinese scientists have discovered water in a sample of lunar soil delivered to Earth by the automatic interplanetary station “Chang’e-5”. About it it says in an article in the scientific…
New James Webb space telescope folds out huge mirror today | Science
After a flawless departure, today will be a crucial day for the new James Webb space telescope. Then he has to unfold his most important part: a meter-sized mirror that…
Tlon Space: business in orbit
For a whole generation, the space adventure was a magnet for cultivating dreams. But like many innovations (including that of the initial use of the Internet), what began as Defense…
China leads space launches in 2021
The record for the annual number of rocket take-offs had not been beaten since 1967… We therefore had to wait until 2021, and a new space age, for a new…
Defense Ministry announced 170 launches of foreign and Russian missiles – RBK
Photo: Steve Nesius / Reuters Last year, the Russian missile attack warning system (EWS) detected over 170 launches of foreign and Russian missiles. About it reported at the press service…
China says its space station had to avoid Space X satellites
China has filed a complaint (pdf) to the United Nations on December 6, following maneuvers by its space station, Tianhe, to avoid satellites from Space X’s Starlink program. Zhao Lijian,…
The launch of the Angara-A5 rocket from Plesetsk was canceled one and a half minutes before the launch – RBK
Technology and media , Dec 24, 19:12 0 The launch of a heavy rocket “Angara-A5” from the Plesetsk cosmodrome was canceled one and a half minutes before the launch The…
A Christmas Gift for Astronomers: Everything You Need to Know About the James Webb Space Telescope
If all goes well, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will launch from French Guiana on Christmas Day. This will make it the largest telescope we have ever sent into…