Drones of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) have struck the Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov in the Black Sea on the morning of 14 February. Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in DIU Details: Ukrainska Pravda sources reported that it was a DIU operation, resulting in the sinking of the Caesar Kunikov. В Чорному морі щось палало. … Read more
This Valentine’s Day, there will be more than love in the air, with SpaceX scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 Moon lander. Should Odysseus successfully touch down on the lunar surface eight days later, Intuitive Machines will achieve a first in commercial space travel—a a feat that would follow a series … Read more
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Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has been resurrected, over a week after the probe ran out of electricity following its troubled lunar touchdown on January 20th, leaving it upside-down and its solar panels pointing in the wrong direction. On Monday, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that communication with the SLIM spacecraft … Read more
Japan’s long-planned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon has successfully touched down on the lunar surface, making the nation the fifth in history to do so. But all is not well for SLIM, which may have a limited lease on life due to trouble with its solar cells. In a press conference following the early-morning (local … Read more
Japan has become the fifth nation to land on the moon, but the sun may have the final say in how much life is left in the mission. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency — NASA’s Japanese counterpart known as JAXA — announced that its robotic spacecraft survived descent onto the lunar surface at 12:20 a.m. … Read more
Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP (Getty Images) Boeing, one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, has been in the news a lot lately but not in a good way. Safety incidents involving the company’s planes keep cropping up and this week brought yet another example of that unfortunate trend. On Thursday, an Atlas Air 747 cargo … Read more
The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers… THE SUN There is growing noise in Spain that Real Madrid want to use Erling Haaland’s friendship with Jude Bellingham to tempt the Manchester City striker to eventually move to the Bernabeu. Raphael Varane could face a probe over holiday snaps that appeared to show the … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave TOKYO — Japan will attempt to land its high-precision “Moon Sniper” explorer on the lunar surface on Friday, using pioneering “pinpoint landing” technology to steer the robotic explorer to a precise touchdown point. The landing, if successful, will also be historic for another reason: It will be … Read more
Sierra Space is joining Rocket Lab as a current or formerly VC-backed space company to land a major satellite deal with the military. The Space Development Agency (SDA) selected Sierra, along with Lockheed Martin and L3Harris, to build 54 satellites in deals collectively worth $2.5 billion. The news, announced today, follows news from last week … Read more
By David Shepardson, Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alaska Airlines pilots reported pressurization warning lights on three earlier flights of a two-month-old Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet that made an emergency landing on Friday after a door plug tore off. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy said late on Sunday … Read more