When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. European Space Agency reserve astronaut John McFall participates in a parabolic flight supported by the agency and Novespace in Bordeaux, France, on April 6, 2023. McFall is the first reserve astronaut with a disability. | Credit: ESA/Novespace Just days… Read More »
Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket, years behind schedule, made its maiden flight on Tuesday, blasting off from the European Space Agency’s forested launch pad in French Guiana in a bid to restore Europeans’ independent access to space. Faced with increasingly fierce international competition, European space agencies see Ariane 6 as a critical tool to reestablish… Read More »
Charles Bolden He served as the 12th NASA Administrator, becoming only the second astronaut to hold that position. Bolden is Founder and CEO Emeritus of Charles F. Bolden Group Ambassador Stuart Holliday Following the President’s nomination and Senate confirmation, he served as U.S. Ambassador for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations (2003-2005). Holliday is… Read More »
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar module returned to Earth on Tuesday, successfully completing its historic mission to collect the first samples from the far side of the moon in a major step for the country’s ambitious space program. The reentry module “landed successfully” at a designated area in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region just after 2pm local… Read More »
In a quiet part of rural Arizona, hundreds of people die almost instantly from blood clots. Some die in the middle of the road, while others “quietly go crazy” before killing themselves, often in a bizarre manner. It turned out that the cause was a satellite from space that brought with it a deadly pathogen.… Read More »
Following the profound transformation of the space industry in the last decade, the European model, which relied mainly on public support, has become obsolete in an emerging economy dominated by the US, China and India. “This model is no longer adequate for today’s global, competitive space economy,” says the latest report on the EU’s single… Read More »
The twice-flying SpaceX capsule went on public display alongside the second Mercury spacecraft to launch an American into Earth orbit and the first Apollo command module to fly astronauts to the moon. The final first-generation Dragon capsule that SpaceX is building to carry cargo to the International Space Station was on display Sunday, May 19,… Read More »
The first Spanish woman in space has now become the second female astronaut to be awarded the United States’ highest honor. Ellen Ochoa, who later directed NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony held at the White House on Friday, May 3. Ochoa became the 10th… Read More »
The rivalry between the two most powerful countries in the world, which has worsened in recent years and spread all over the world, has now spread beyond the earth to the heavenly realms. As China moves toward direct hostility with other regional neighbors while falling into the trap of strategic competition with the United States,… Read More »
WENCHANG SPACE LAUNCH SITE, China — China launched an uncrewed lunar spacecraft on Friday in a first-of-its-kind mission to return samples from the far side of the moon, the latest step in a rapidly advancing Chinese space program that is spurring competition with the United States and others. Chang’e 6 lifted off on time at… Read More »