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IN A NUTSHELL 🛰️ NASA’s ISS discovers unseen atmospheric waves 55 miles above Earth during Hurricane Helene. 🌊 The mesosphere reveals a dynamic response to hurricane energy, challenging previous assumptions. 🔭 Advanced instruments like AWE and AMTM offer new insights into upper atmospheric interactions. 🛰️ Atmospheric waves impact satellite orbits, highlighting the importance of understanding space weather. In the midst …

An amazing new video shows flashes of sunlight sparkling off a batch of SpaceX satellites, with a green aurora glowing just below. NASA astronaut Don Pettit, an accomplished amateur photographer, captured the stunning “train” of SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites during his recent mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The aurora was produced by solar particles slamming into Earth’s atmosphere. …

IN A NUTSHELL 🛰️ Sierra Space and NASA revise contract for the Dream Chaser spaceplane, shifting its mission focus. 🚀 Dream Chaser’s first orbital flight in 2026 will be as a free flier, not visiting the ISS. 🛡️ The spaceplane is positioned as a national asset, capable of supporting defense and private space missions. 📅 With the ISS’s decommissioning by …

Astronaut Don Pettit captured a Starlink train in Earth’s orbit. Astronaut Don Pettit splashed back down to Earth in April, and he is still “throttling down” from his six-month voyage on board the International Space Station — and that includes sifting through the troves of videos and photos he captured while in orbit. He recently shared a video on his …

Japan prepares new ISS cargo vehicle as trio of cargo spacecraft deliver new experiments and hardware – NASASpaceFlight.com We use cookies to ensure that we give you the …

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 NASA and SpaceX successfully elevated the orbit of the ISS with a 15-minute Draco thruster burn. 🛰️ The reboost capability reduces U.S. dependence on Russian technology for maintaining the ISS orbit. 📅 The next Soyuz crew mission is scheduled for November 2025, marking a significant international collaboration. 🔧 The ISS is facing challenges with aging infrastructure …

NASA and SpaceX have successfully raised the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) with a 15-minute burn of the Draco thrusters located in the trunk of the Dragon freighter. ESA astronaut on the difference between flying in a Soyuz and piloting a Crew Dragon READ MORE The latest effort came after operators manually aborted a scheduled 19-minute, 22-second burn …

NASA has made progress with plans to boost the rapidly decaying orbit of the Swift observatory while calling an abrupt halt to an attempt to reboost the International Space Station (ISS) using SpaceX’s Dragon. Following a successful demonstration on September 3, NASA and SpaceX were trying for a 19-minute, 22-second burn using the Draco thrusters located in the trunk of …

WASHINGTON — Sierra Space and NASA have sharply revised a contract to use the company’s Dream Chaser vehicle to deliver cargo to the International Space Station as the company pivots to defense applications. NASA announced Sept. 25 that it modified its Commercial Resupply Services 2, or CRS-2, contract with Sierra Space. That contract originally included seven missions to transport cargo …

The International Space Station (ISS) may never again be visited by a space plane. NASA’s space shuttle orbiters were instrumental in building the ISS, and in keeping it operational for its first decade; these reusable spacecraft ferried astronauts to and from the orbiting outpost until the fleet was fully retired in 2011. Five years later, the agency opened the door …