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Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch Crew-11 to ISS; ISRO and NASA launch new SAR satellite – NASASpaceFlight.com We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on …

A groundbreaking study using Apollo 16 lunar samples has challenged long-held assumptions about the source of the Moon’s delicate atmosphere. Contrary to the belief that the solar wind plays a dominant role, new findings indicate that micrometeorite impacts are actually the primary drivers of the Moon’s tenuous exosphere. Why Solar Wind Fell Short Of Expectations For decades, scientists have debated …

Earth is about to witness a close celestial visitor as asteroid 2025 OL1 approaches our planet. Roughly the size of a small aircraft, measuring about 110 feet in diameter, this space rock will make its closest pass on July 30, 2025. Travelling at an impressive speed of 16,904 miles per hour, it will safely skim past Earth at a distance …

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Crew Dragon Endeavour, is pictured at sunset on Sunday, July 27, 2025. It will launch the Crew-11 mission, which is schedule to liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update July 28, 7:14 p.m. EDT: Added NASA comment regarding aborted static fire. An …

An Earth-orbiting spacecraft just experienced an unusual phenomenon: a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on the same day. On July 25, at different times, both the moon and Earth passed between NASA‘s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the sun. SDO studies the sun‘s activity, including the solar wind (the stream of charged particles flowing from the sun), solar flares …

On July 26, 2025, the four astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission made their way to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking a crucial milestone ahead of their scheduled liftoff to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 31. This arrival comes after their departure from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, where they boarded a NASA aircraft and flew to …

NASA’s newest international crew is ready for liftoff, and a local astronaut is among them.Mike Fincke, of Emsworth, is the mission pilot for SpaceX Crew-11.”This is a great crew,” Fincke said Saturday. “We are looking forward to launching soon.”Fincke and his fellow crew members arrived at Cape Canaveral in Florida ahead of Thursday’s scheduled launch.”I’m personally looking forward to going …

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 NASA is testing a new nuclear fuel, americium-241, that could revolutionize deep space exploration. 🔋 The Stirling generator design allows for continuous operation with minimal wear, even in the event of a convertor failure. 🌌 With a half-life of 432 years, americium-241 presents a viable alternative to plutonium-238, promising longer-lasting power. 🌍 NASA’s collaboration with the …

When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort to free it and continue its exploratory mission. While Spirit remained …