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H G Wells was right: lunar caves do exist
The science fiction writer H. G. Wells, in his book The First Men in The Moon (published in serialised form in 1900) suggested that the Moon might have an underground species of space creatures called Selenites. The book was updated to make a movie version in 1964...
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Normally reliable Falcon 9 suffers unusual upper stage leak/engine failure losing 20 Starlink sats
In what has come to be a routine for SpaceX at 0235 GMT on 12 July 2024 a Falcon 9 v1.2FT Block 5 rocket rose from its launch pad at Vandenberg, California USA. It was carrying Starlink Group 9-3, a set of 20 v2 Mini communications satellites, 13 of which had...
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Hyperbola-1 (SQX-1) solid rocket has fourth stage failure losing three weather sats
At 2341 GMT on 10 July 2024, an upgraded version of the Hyperbola 1 (SQX-1) four stage solid propellant rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan launch site in China. Aboard were three Yunyao-1 weather satellites (Yunyao-1 15, 16 and 17) which are owned by Tianjin Yunyao...
![Ariane 6 maiden: A good but not flawless flight as two of its payloads did not get to where they wanted to go](https://www.seradata.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Ariane6maidenarianespace-600x675.jpg)
Ariane 6 maiden: A good but not flawless flight as two of its payloads did not get to where they wanted to go
Criticised for its very long development time, its 'out of date' non-reusable technology, and for its still too high launch price, nevertheless, Ariane 6, Europe's new launch vehicle, has been finally launched from the Kourou, French Guiana launch site. There was...
![UK General Election: Labour wins landslide but its voter share falls…no real change likely on Space policy](https://www.seradata.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Starmerpmbbc.jpg)
UK General Election: Labour wins landslide but its voter share falls…no real change likely on Space policy
Labour won the UK General Election on 4 July by a landslide in terms of seat wins, however its voter percentage of a very low turnout election was just 34 per cent. From these results it can be deduced that most of the electorate wanted the incumbent right-of-centre...
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Launches in July 2024
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Satellite and launch orders in June 2024
There were a number of launch and spacecraft orders ranging from small to big this month. The story that grabbed headlines was NASA's construction order to SpaceX for a craft to deorbit the ISS in 2030 or soon after. See our story here. Of the more mainstream...
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Mel’s Good Space – June 2024
You need to see it, to be it On a recent Saturday at an aircraft hangar on a Royal Navy airbase in Cornwall, UK was filled to the rafters with hundreds of young girls. These girls were coding, launching rockets, building robots, using flight simulators and engineering...
![NASA enlists SpaceX to dispose of the International Space Station](https://www.seradata.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Progressms25approachtoISSRoscosmos-1080x675.jpg)
NASA enlists SpaceX to dispose of the International Space Station
NASA has formally selected SpaceX to produce a vehicle to allow a controlled entry of the International Space Station (ISS) and safe landing in the sea. The decision comes in tandem with the agency’s supporting role in commercial efforts to create smaller commercial...
![Disaster averted with ISS spacewalk aborted after spacesuit water leak inside air lock](https://www.seradata.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Dysonbarrattspacwalkbeforeleaknasatv.jpg)
Disaster averted with ISS spacewalk aborted after spacesuit water leak inside air lock
A spacewalk attempt on the International Space Station (ISS) was dramatically cut short after a spacesuit water leak occurred inside the airlock. The Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA-90) started on 24 June with the two astronauts, Tracy Dyson and Mike Barratt, fully...
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