Jonathan McDowell
Chinese Rocket Seen Falling on a Village Was Spewing Highly Toxic Chemicals
A video circulating online appears to show debris from a Chinese rocket falling above a populated area, with residents running ...
Chinese Spaceplane Releases Mysterious Object in Orbit Months After Launch
China’s curious spaceplane is at it again, releasing an unidentified object into orbit that could signal the end of its ...
US Space Scientists Rediscover Satellite Missing For 25 Years
Launched in 1974, a tiny satellite named IRCB went missing in orbit. In a case of cosmic hide-and-seek, the US ...
Possible Fragment From ISS Battery Pallet May Have Crashed Through Florida Home
Three years ago, NASA tossed a massive pallet of old batteries from the International Space Station (ISS), hoping that it ...
China’s moon programme: 3 satellites enter lunar orbit, fate of 2 that fell short isn’t clear
Three Chinese satellites have successfully entered lunar orbit, while the status of two others remains unclear after apparent rescue efforts. ...
ISS Space Junk Reenters Earth Atmosphere Battery Pallet
The cargo pallet after being tossed by the by the Canadarm2 robotic arm in 2021.Photo: NASA On Friday, March 8, ...
A Half-Ton of ISS Space Station Trash Will Crash Into the Earth
A 2.9-ton cargo pallet, once used for a critical battery upgrade mission on the International Space Station (ISS), is now ...
The First Secret Asteroid Mission Won’t Be the Last
For generations, Western space missions have largely occurred out in the open. We knew where they were going, why they ...
NASA lost a toolkit in space—you can see it with binoculars
On Wednesday, the Virtual Telescope Project (VTP) captured grainy footage of the errant toolkit, which can be spotted with binoculars. ...
