Crew-1 Returns to Earth in Nighttime Splashdown
Crew Dragon Resilience undocked from the ISS on early May 2 and splashed down in a nighttime landing in the Gulf of Mexico
China Launches Next Yaogan Satellite Onboard Long March 4C
April 30 saw the launch of the Yaogan 34 mission from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China.
SpaceX Starlink-24 Launch Succeeds
On April 29 at 03:44 UTC, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 and booster 1060 took another sixty Starlink satellites to orbit for the Starlink L-24 mission.
China Sends Up New Tianhe Space Station Core Module
China launched a Long March 5B carrying the core module for their new Tianhe space station, although a failed deorbit burn dominated the headlines afterward.
Arianespace Launches Pléiades Neo 3 Onboard First Vega of 2021
On April 29, Arianespace successfully launched the VV18 mission onboard a Vega rocket, putting the Pléiades Neo 3 into orbit along with several CubeSats.
What Even is a Day? How About on Venus?
Humans measure the passage of time differently depending on the situation, but how do scientists determine the length of a day on other planets like Saturn and Venus?
Small Galaxies Turn Out to Be Important in Early Universe
A University of Minnesota study shows that high-energy light from small galaxies may have played a key role in the reionization and evolution of the Universe.
Rare Triple Tsunami Recorded Off Coast of New Zealand
Scientific buoys placed throughout the South Pacific witness rare triple tsunami as three large earthquakes happened off New Zealand within several hours.
Amino Acid Building Blocks Found in Ancient Meteorite
Researchers announce that the organic chemistry necessary to create the amino acids that build life could have used widely available materials found in the early solar system.
Radar Blackouts at Mars and Solar Energetic Particles
Researchers studying Mars using radars on two orbiters have periodically experienced blackouts in their data that have now been traced back to solar energetic particles.
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