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In a move to minimize dependency on foreign software amid increasing sanctions from the West, particularly the US, China has successfully tested an indigenously-developed operating system in space. After launching into the orbit, the Dalian-1 Lianli CubeSat spent over 1,000 hours testing satellite subsystems powered by OpenHarmony real-time operating system (RTOS)—a streamlined, light-weight, open-source version…
SpaceX Starship upper stage blows up SpaceX Starship upper stage blows up 00:25 A SpaceX Starship exploded at a launch site in Texas Wednesday night, bursting into a massive fireball. Video shows the explosion, which SpaceX said occurred as the Starship was preparing for a flight test. The Starship “experienced a major anomaly while on a…
An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA’s two stuck…
Space scientists from China have revealed a breakthrough in magnetic detection technology that could boost the country’s underwater warfare capabilities. During offshore trials, their drone-mounted quantum sensor system displayed picotesla precision in tracking magnetic anomalies. It also mapped the seabed with extreme precision, the researchers explained in a new peer-reviewed paper. Their new system could…
April has yet more celestial highlights on offer in the form of the Lyrid meteor shower Gaze skywards at night in April and there are a host of celestial highlights to hold your attention from the Pink Moon and the Northern Lights to the Lyrid meteor shower. The days may be getting longer and the…
On the eve of his 70th birthday, Don Pettit, NASA’s oldest active-duty astronaut, and two cosmonaut crewmates undocked from the International Space Station Saturday and geared up for a fiery overnight plunge back to Earth to close out a 220-day expedition. Pettit, Soyuz MS-26/72S commander Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineer Ivan Vagner undocked from the…
Katy Perry reacts after Blue Origin flight Katy Perry on singing “What a Wonderful World” in space during Blue Origin flight 01:56 Singer Katy Perry, one of the six women who joined Blue Origin’s historic flight, sang “What a Wonderful World” during part of the approximately 11-minute journey to the edge of space. Perry’s crew…
“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King returned safely to Earth on Monday morning after a roughly 10-minute journey to the edge of space with an all-women crew aboard Blue Origin‘s New Shepard spacecraft. “I am so proud of me right now,” King said shortly after landing. “This was not a ride. What happened to us, this…
The countdown has begun. Blue Origin’s first all-women flight crew is shooting for the sky in West Texas on Monday if they get the all-clear for their rare space ride — blasting off on a journey 62 miles above Earth’s surface to the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. The space launch window…