At 0300 GMT, a Long March 4B (CZ-4B) rocket lifted off from the Jiuguan Satellite Launch Center, China, carrying the long-delayed HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope) payload. The mission was initially scheduled to launch in 2010, but had been delayed to 2015, then...
The United Arab Emirates has ordered for new aerosol and greenhouse gas monitoring satellite. A contract has been awarded by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in Dubai for the construction of DMSat-1 AirWatch satellite. The spacecraft will be designed...
Following up on an electoral promise, US President Donald J. Trump has ordered the withdrawal of the USA from the Paris Accord on climate change which would have committed the nation to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The decision was made to international...
While Russia is somewhat unrealistically advertising for candidate cosmonauts to go to the Moon (Roscosmos does not currently have a heavy-lift rocket to get them there), the prospect of NASA astronauts getting there is strengthening. This is after the Trump...
It is, of course, posterity that gets the final say on whether a U.S. President was any good or not, but as he leaves office we can, at least, make a preliminary comparison of President Barack Obama’s record against that of his immediate predecessor, George W....
The Lucy mission, to be launched in 2021, was one of two missions to be selected for Discovery mission funding out of five contenders. The other winning contender was the Psyche mission which will be launched in 2023. Both missions are asteroid related. Lucy is...
