SpaceX’s first Starlink mission of 2021 has been postponed due to bad weather, delaying the launch of 60 internet satellites. The launch, first scheduled for Monday morning, will now take place on Tuesday at 8:23 a.m. EST. This will be the 17th Starlink mission. SpaceX,...
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Branson’s Virgin Orbit tries to reach space with mid-air rocket launch
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Virgin Orbit to attempt to send LauncherOne into orbit on Sunday
Virgin Orbit has targeted its third attempt at space flight for Sunday. The launch window from California‘s Mojave Air and Space Port is set for January 17 between 10am and 2pm local time, according to a tweet from Virgin One, with backup slots on January...
400 million km within 163 days, China’s Mars probe heads for red planet
China’s first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 travelled more than 400 million km by Sunday morning and is expected to enter Mars orbit next month, the country’s space agency said. So far, the Mars probe had flown in space for 163 days. It was about 130...
Earth is at perihelion — closer to the sun than on any other day of the year
On January 2, 2021, Earth is closer to the sun in its elliptical orbit than on any other day of the year, marking an annual event known as perihelion. The word perihelion is translated from Ancient Greek, meaning “near the sun.” According to EarthSky, Earth was expected...