On Friday, 20 March 2026, NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft made its second flight, followed by the third flight a week later. For its second flight, the aeroplane took off from the Edwards […]
On 19 February 1986, a new chapter in human space exploration began with the successful launch of the DOS-7 core module of the Soviet space station “Mir”, marking the beginning of the first modular orbital […]
On 16 January 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia launched on STS-107 mission. The flight ended on 1 February with the Columbia disaster, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members and the destruction of […]
In about half a year, the Pioneer 10 space probe will reach another milestone in its journey into space – the distance of 21 billion kilometres (13.048 billion miles/ 140.376 Astronomical Units) from Earth. Pioneer […]
On 28 October 2025, the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, developed by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in partnership with NASA, successfully completed its first flight. The revolutionary aircraft is designed to pave the way […]
On 3rd October 1968, the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle #1 (LLTV-1) performed its maiden flight at Ellington Air Force Base. The flight between lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon – and back – […]
At the moment we publish this article, the Voyager 1 space probe is approaching another milestone in space exploration – the distance of 25 billion kilometres (15.534 billion miles / 167.115 Astronomical Units) from Earth. […]
At the end of June, Oleg Kononenko celebrated his 61st birthday. And this creates a perfect opportunity to mention the Russian cosmonaut and milestones in space exploration he achieved, breaking several records of most time […]
We are, obviously, referring to the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, which, on 18th January 2024, made its final, 72nd flight over the surface of the Red Planet. The flight which marked the end of its Martian […]
On 2nd December 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Polish Ministry of Development and Technology (Ministerstwo Rozwoju i Technologii – MRiT) and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) announced Ignis to be the official name […]
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