A Long March 4C rocket sent a latest series of three Yaogan-31 reconnaissance satellites into orbit late Tuesday. The Long March 4C lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 9:22 p.m. Eastern Feb. 23, marking…
China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of landing a rover on the red planet in the coming months. The China National Space Administration said the spacecraft executed a maneuver to adjust…
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is moving ahead with testing of its new H3 rocket as it seeks to replace its aging flagship H-IIA launch vehicle. The first stage of the 5.2-meter-diameter H3 launcher was unveiled to press at Mitsubishi…
Russia plans on launching at least three Soyuz-ST carrier rockets from the Kourou space centre in French Guiana in 2021, revealed a source to Sputnik, according to news agency ANI. The source reportedly said that two European Galileo navigation satellites…
The California-based SpaceX is set to send a full stack of Starlink satellites into space, while Russia and NASA are teaming up to launch a cargo ship to the International Space Station. You can watch the action live online. SpaceX…
The U.S. Postal Service will finally get new high-tech mail delivery trucks. The agency said Tuesday that it awarded a 10-year multi-billion dollar contract to Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense to replace it’s aging fleet of vehicles. The new fleet will replace and…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity helicopter have successfully landed on Mars, making all of humanity proud here on Earth. And this lady’s image you see below — NASA’s Dr Swati Mohan — she had a huge part in ensuring the…
For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio of the wind whistling past it after the landing — and Amazon Web Services is playing a key role in…
In its first mission of 2021, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch Amazonia 1 of Brazil and 20 other Indian satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)The mission is called PSLV-C51, the 53rd mission of PSLV (Polar Satellite…
CGI has been awarded by the European Space Agency (ESA) a contract to develop a new wildfire mapping service that combines recent advances in Earth Observation (EO), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Cloud computing to help better map and monitor the impact of…