space NASA Postponed Flight to the Moon Due to Spacesuit Issues Due to funding reduction and technical difficulties, the space agency will not have enough time to develop spacesuits for astronauts by 2024. It is now predicted that the suits will not be ready until April 2025 at the earliest.
space NASA Announced Plans to Send Next-Gen Research Helicopter to Mars The successful demonstration of possible flights on Mars, together with the information collected by Ingenuity during its test flights, let NASA engineers move on to designing a next-generation flying spacecraft for exploring the Red Planet.
space China to Send First Crewed Mission to Mars in 2033 China is working on a space program that involves five crewed flights to Mars until 2043. The first is scheduled for 2033. In the future, the country wants to create a permanent base on the planet for humans to live there.
space NASA Shares a New Panorama of the Center of the Milky Way It is noted that our own galaxy is difficult to study, as it is hidden by a fog of gas and dust. But the researchers were able to penetrate it precisely with the help of the X-ray observatory Chandra, which sees X-rays instead of visible light.
space NASA Suspends $2.9 Billion Lunar Contract With SpaceX Initially, NASA was expected to select two of the three companies. Blue Origin and Dynetics have filed protests with the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO).
space NASA Chose SpaceX to Launch the First Two Modules of the Gateway Station SpaceX is the first contractor to deliver cargo to the future Lunar Gateway station. Elon Musk's company will deliver the payload to lunar orbit, including research experiments, supplies for astronauts, equipment for collecting samples, and more.
space SpaceX Launches the 17th Batch of 60 Starlink Satellites and Sets New Rocket Reuse Record SpaceX launched the first batch of Starlink Internet satellites this year as part of the Falcon 9 double-record flight. It is the eighth repeat flight and the second in a row in 38 days.
space The Oldest Known Planet in the Universe Discovered The object orbits one of the oldest stars in the Milky Way, located 280 light years from Earth.
space The United States Space Force Personnel Will Now Be Called ‘Guardians’ Space Force focuses more on controlling and protecting assets such as satellites rather than exploring space.