CHINA SPACE STATION CREW RETURNS TO EARTH AFTER 6 MONTHS IN SPACE - Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Monday after a six-month stay on the Tiangong space station, part of China's effort to be a global leader in space exploration. A parachute slowed their capsule's nighttime descent to a remote landing area in China's Inner Mongolia region. The crew emerged after touching down at 1:24 a.m. A Chinese national flag stuck in the ground near the capsule flapped in the wind.   More
(Source: Phys.org - Nov 5)

HELIUM ISSUE ON FALCON 9 BOOSTER SCRUBS STARLINK 6-77 MISSION AT CAPE CANAVERAL - A helium-related issue on the first stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket scrubbed a launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Sunday. The mission was set to add another batch of 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to SpaceX’s growing megaconstellation. The timing of the Starlink 6-77 mission from pad 40 is now up in the air, given that a delay to Monday would put it just hours before the planned launch of the CRS-31 Cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station. NASA has a 24-hour stand down agreement with SpaceX during which it won’t launch another Falcon 9 rocket with that period prior to a NASA mission.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 4)

WATCH SPACEX CREW-9 ASTRONAUTS MOVE CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT TO NEW ISS PARKING SPOT ON NOV. 3 - Four astronauts will relocate a SpaceX spacecraft at the space station on Sunday (Nov. 3), and you can watch the event live. The SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts, including two crew members formerly aboard Boeing Starliner, will move their Crew Dragon at the International Space Station. ISS procedures dictate that all astronauts assigned to a spacecraft climb on board for relocations, on the tiny chance something arises that would force the group to come early back to Earth.   More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 3)

SATELLITES WATCH DEVASTATING FLOODS IN SPAIN FROM SPACE - Satellite images captured deadly flooding in eastern Spain caused by torrential rainfall on Tuesday (Oct. 29). Landsat and Maxar satellites imaged the damage, which came after the region experienced more than a foot (30 centimeters) of rain, according to Spain’s meteorological agency, AEMET. Landsat 8's operational land imager scrutinized the area on Wednesday (Oct. 30), tracking "sediment-laden waters" in the coastal city of Valencia, NASA officials stated. (Landsat is jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey.)   More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 2)

INTERNATIONAL SWOT SATELLITE SPOTS PLANET-RUMBLING GREENLAND TSUNAMI - The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission, a collaboration between NASA and France’s CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales), detected the unique contours of a tsunami that sloshed within the steep walls of a fjord in Greenland in September 2023. Triggered by a massive rockslide, the tsunami generated a seismic rumble that reverberated around the world for nine days.   More
(Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA - Nov 2)

HALLOWEEN ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - Although no ghouls or goblins or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting facility still like to get in the Halloween spirit. Whether individually or as an entire crew, they dress up in sometimes spooky, sometimes scary, but always creative costumes, often designed from materials available aboard the space station. Please enjoy the following scenes from Halloweens past even as we anticipate the costumes of the future.   More
(Source: NASA - Nov 2)

NASA SETS COVERAGE FOR ITS SPACEX CREW-9 DRAGON STATION RELOCATION - In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft to a different docking port Sunday, Nov. 3. Live coverage begins at 6:15 a.m. EST on NASA+ and will end shortly after docking. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, will undock the spacecraft from the forward-facing port of the station’s Harmony module at 6:35 a.m., and redock to the module’s space-facing port at 7:18 a.m.   More
(Source: NASA - Nov 1)

CHINA TAIKONAUT TRIO ARRIVES AT THE TIANGONG SPACE STATION - Three of China’s taikonauts completed their journey to the Tiangong space station to begin the country’s eighth long-duration spaceflight. Commander Cai Xuzhe led the roughly 6.5-hour Shenzhou-19 mission alongside Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze. They rode aboard a LongMarch 2F Y19 rocket, which docket with the TSS about 11 a.m. BJT on Oct. 29 (11 p.m. EDT on Oct. 29, 0300 UTC on Oct. 30). Liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China happened at 4:27 a.m. BJT on Oct. 30 (4:27 p.m. EDT, 2027 UTC on Oct. 29).   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 1)

SPACEX LAUNCHES 23 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched its second of the day on Wednesday evening with another Starlink flight. This Falcon 9 rocket will add another 23 Starlink satellites to the growing megaconstellation. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-13 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 5:10 p.m. EDT (2110 UTC).   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Oct 31)

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