The Guardianflipped into ScienceYuri Gagarin Spacewatch: 60 years after Gagarin, first ‘all-civilian’ mission is in works verified_publisherThe Guardian - Stuart ClarkThis week was the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The flight lasted 108 minutes and reached a maximum...
The Guardianflipped into ScienceSpaceX Starship Spacewatch: another failed test landing for SpaceX Starship verified_publisherThe Guardian - Stuart ClarkFor the fourth time in a row, SpaceX has lost one of its Starship prototypes during a high-altitude test launch. Starship Serial Number 11 (SN11) launched from the company’s test site in Boca Chica, Texas,...
The Guardianflipped into ScienceSpace Debris Spacewatch: mission to clean up space debris set for launch verified_publisherThe Guardian - Stuart ClarkElsa-d, the world’s first commercial mission to demonstrate a space debris removal system, is scheduled to launch at 06:07 GMT on 20 March from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Developed by Astroscale,...
