News about space
The U.S.-Canadian crew of the spacecraft Artemis II has reached the farthest distance ever traveled by man – 252,752 miles from Earth.
China’s first ever formally commercial launch of a rocket carrying cargo into Earth orbit was successful, and the launch cost was more than 10 percent lower than SpaceX’s Falcon 9, according to Logos Press.
On Wednesday, four astronauts set off on a mission to the moon. It is the first manned lunar mission in more than 50 years. The journey will last about 10 days and is designed to pave the way for a lunar landing in 2028.
NASA head Jared Isaacman announced the launch of a project to build a permanent base on the surface of the moon, according to Logos Press.
The U.S. will launch a nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft for the first time in history, according to Logos Press.
Bureau 1440, a private Russian aerospace company, made the first batch launch of 16 spacecraft on March 23 evening. This is the first step towards the creation of the company’s low-orbit constellation to provide communications with global coverage – analogous to Russia’s Starlink.
Nvidia-backed company Starcloud plans to launch a satellite with ASIC miners on board by the end of the year. This was announced by the CEO of the firm Philip Johnston.
Virgin Galactic is preparing to re-activate the direction of space tourism and occupy the vacated niche in the market of suborbital flights. This was announced by the founder of the company, British entrepreneur Richard Branson during a speech at a space conference in London.
SpaceX CEO Ilon Musk has declared high confidence in achieving full reusability of the Starship V3 rocket system.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sharply criticized the concept of placing artificial intelligence computing data centers in Earth’s orbit, calling it “ridiculous” in the current environment, according to Logos Press.
On Thursday, February 12, the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully sent a heavy version of an Ariane 6 rocket into space from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana with Amazon satellites, Logos Press reports.
