tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:40:47 +0000Breaking NewsMissionUpdatesExplore the wonders of the universe with Cosmos Today! Delve into captivating articles, stunning visuals, and insightful updates on space exploration, astronomy, and cosmic phenomena. Join us on an awe-inspiring journey through the cosmos.https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Admin)Blogger699125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-8984828624011408146Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:53:42 +00002026-04-14T01:53:42.535+05:00Breaking News Six launches are scheduled worldwide this week, with the third launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn, featuring a previously-flown booster, highlighting the week. SpaceX is expected to launch three Starlink missions this week: two from California and one from Florida. Internationally, two Chinese rockets, a Lilian-1 and Chang Zheng 2D, are scheduled to launch unknown payloads from Jiuquan. Lijian-1https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/launch-preview-falcon-9-to-launch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-3521530824751559488Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:53:08 +00002026-04-12T19:53:08.830+05:00Breaking News Following the successful return of Orion, attention for the Artemis program has now shifted to SpaceX and Blue Origin to prepare a crewed lander in time for Artemis III. For SpaceX, this means getting Starship Block 3 flying and fully operational so that teams can begin building and launching the Human Landing System (HLS) variant. To that end, Ship 39 and Booster 19 — the first Block 3 stack — https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/ship-39-and-booster-19-roll-out-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-4202899943489334715Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:53:15 +00002026-04-11T18:53:15.881+05:00Breaking News Weeks after Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus S.S. William McCool ended its CRS NG-23 mission with a destructive reentry, another Cygnus is now flying. A Falcon 9 successfully launched the Cygnus XL S.S. Steven R. Nagel to the International Space Station, the fourth time SpaceX has launched a Cygnus spacecraft. The launch took place on Saturday, April 11 at 7:41 AM EDT (11:41 UTC) from Space Launch https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/falcon-9-launches-crs-ng-24-cargo-ship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-7321245130368882033Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:53:27 +00002026-04-10T20:53:27.656+05:00Breaking News After 10 days, over 800,000 km traveled, and a historic flyby of the Moon, Artemis II is set to return to Earth on Friday evening. Orion CM-003 Integrity, which has served as the home for the mission’s four-person crew since April 1, will begin reentering Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean before ultimately splashing down off the coast of San Diego, California. Integrity‘s splashdownhttps://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/artemis-ii-set-for-return-to-earth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-5504103006929842534Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:53:42 +00002026-04-10T09:53:42.871+05:00Breaking News After a groundbreaking 10-day mission that carried humans farther from Earth than ever before, the four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II are heading into their final day in space ahead of splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday. The Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, will have traveled approximately 700,000 miles (about 1.1 million kilometers) from its launch at https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/artemis-ii-closing-in-on-earth-return.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-6638505780230254392Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:53:18 +00002026-04-09T20:53:18.577+05:00Breaking News CAS Space and Space Pioneer have both debuted new Chinese commercial launchers within days of each other, with more set to follow.  Meanwhile, China conducted its first commercial demonstration of a robotic arm designed for in-space refueling, and outlined plans for future deep-space missions, including an asteroid redirection test and updated details of its crewed lunar landing program. https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/china-debuts-new-launchers-tests.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-7954809740784792103Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:53:30 +00002026-04-08T17:53:30.996+05:00Breaking News SpaceX’s Pad 2 at Starbase is continuing to refine its preparations for the return of Booster 19, with deluge testing and even load testing the Ship Quick Disconnect (SQD) arm. This time, Flight 12’s booster will be sporting its full complement of 33 engines, with the subsequent Static Fire test the biggest milestone for the pad ahead of launch in May. Teams have focused on reinforcing key https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/spacex-continues-refinements-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-6333352671575438002Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:53:35 +00002026-04-07T09:53:35.944+05:00Breaking News Orion spacecraft Integrity, carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, successfully passed behind the Moon on Flight Day 6 of the Artemis II mission, losing communications with Earth for approximately 40 minutes while the crew observed spectacular, never-before-seen views of the lunar surface with human eyes. The milestone moment also included the crew https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/artemis-ii-breaks-record-conducts-lunar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-3983900705370628187Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:53:20 +00002026-04-07T04:53:20.085+05:00Breaking News As NASA’s Artemis II mission reaches its halfway point, the launch manifest on Earth continues to stay busy, with eight launches scheduled for the week of April 6th. SpaceX is expected to launch four Falcon 9s this week, including three Starlink missions and the NG-24 mission to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV is also scheduled to launch from California on Tuesdayhttps://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/launch-preview-falcon-9-to-loft-cygnus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-5144009778563599055Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:53:43 +00002026-04-05T03:53:43.891+05:00Breaking News As NASA’s Artemis II mission enters its critical mid-flight phase, the Orion spacecraft—carrying the first crewed mission beyond low-Earth orbit in more than half a century—is steadily heading toward the Moon for a precisely timed lunar flyby on Monday, April 6. Launched on April 1, 2026, aboard SLS from KSC’s 39B, the four-person crew has already completed the mission’s most decisive maneuverhttps://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/orion-spacecraft-races-toward-historic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-4908210792747157350Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:53:38 +00002026-04-03T08:53:38.734+05:00Breaking News In a historic milestone more than 50 years in the making, NASA’s Orion spacecraft Integrity has successfully performed its trans-lunar injection (TLI) burn, departing its high elliptical Earth orbit and setting course for the Moon. The roughly six-minute firing of the European Service Module’s AJ10 engine accelerated the crew of four—NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilothttps://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/artemis-ii-orion-performs-tli-burn-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-8894222010567114874Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:53:27 +00002026-04-01T01:53:27.449+05:00Breaking News At 23:35 UTC on Dec. 16, 1972, the Apollo 17 command module, America, successfully completed its trans-Earth injection burn, sending it and its crew of NASA astronauts Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ronald Evans on a return trajectory back to Earth. The moment marked the final time a crewed Apollo spacecraft was in orbit around the Moon, and since that moment, no crewed spacecraft has ever https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/04/artemis-ii-set-to-return-humanity-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-405414652300834259Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:53:35 +00002026-03-31T02:53:35.892+05:00Breaking News Nine launches are scheduled this week, with rockets expected to liftoff from Florida, California, Russia, Kazakhstan, and China. Most notably, NASA’s long-awaited Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch the first humans to the Moon in over 50 years on Wednesday. SpaceX has four Starlink missions scheduled for the week, with Falcon 9 launching two from Florida and two from California. The https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/launch-preview-sls-falcon-9-atlas-v-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-4990755802198915169Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:53:26 +00002026-03-30T02:53:26.711+05:00Breaking News As NASA prepares for its long-awaited return of crewed launches beyond low Earth orbit with Artemis II, the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans has served as America’s premier rocket factory for more than six decades, spanning three major eras of human spaceflight. See Also Artemis Section L2 Artemis Click here to Join L2 Spanning 832 acres with more than two million square feet https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/americas-rocket-factory-comes-full.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-2055309139082458527Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:53:20 +00002026-03-29T04:53:20.060+05:00Breaking News SpaceX is set to launch 119 payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit from California for the Transporter 16 mission. Being launched as part of SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program, Transporter 16 and all prior Transporter missions have provided satellite operators with reliable access to space at a cost cheaper than that for a dedicated launch. Launch is scheduled within a 57-minute launch window that https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/spacex-to-deliver-119-payloads-to-sun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-620354859267261005Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:53:25 +00002026-03-26T04:53:25.106+05:00Breaking News In a major shift announced during its “Ignition” event this week, NASA unveiled a detailed roadmap for establishing the first sustained crewed outpost on the lunar surface. The plan effectively pauses the long-planned Lunar Gateway orbiting station and redirects its resources toward infrastructure that supports long-term presence on the Moon itself. The announcement marks a significant https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/nasa-outlines-moon-base-plans-pivots-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-8116419036809574635Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:53:47 +00002026-03-25T23:53:47.202+05:00Breaking News The European private space launch provider Isar Aerospace, headquartered in Ottobrunn, Germany, is planning to fly its Spectrum small satellite launcher on its second flight. About a year after Spectrum’s first flight failed, the company has scheduled the “Onward and Upward” mission for launch on Wednesday, March 25, at 20:00 UTC from the Orbital Launch Pad at the Andøya Spaceport in Norway. Thehttps://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/isar-aerospace-set-for-second-launch-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-7439001172022741589Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:53:25 +00002026-03-24T23:53:25.782+05:00Breaking News In a significant NASA announcement, Administrator Jared Isaacman and agency leaders outlined plans for a nuclear-powered mission to Mars within the next two years. The project involves reallocating existing Lunar Gateway hardware to demonstrate highly efficient mass transport in space, with the spacecraft carrying multiple Ingenuity-class helicopters to explore the Red Planet. The mission, https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/nasa-unveils-space-reactor-1-freedom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-1870931593663815034Tue, 24 Mar 2026 03:53:09 +00002026-03-24T08:53:09.818+05:00Breaking News In a flurry of ground activity that underscores SpaceX’s relentless drive for launch cadence, engineers at the company’s Starbase facility are overhauling Launch Pad 1 while putting the finishing touches on Pad 2. These parallel efforts—centered on a massive new flame trench, an on-site Air Separation Unit (ASU), expanded propellant storage, and critical tower testing—are explicitly aimed at https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/progress-on-starbase-pads-ahead-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-1295042867586310779Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:53:38 +00002026-03-24T03:53:38.359+05:00Breaking News The United States, Russia, China, New Zealand, and Norway are all set to host launches during another busy week of spaceflight. SpaceX is set to launch three missions from its Florida and California launch facilities, while the United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch Amazon Leo satellites on its Atlas V rocket toward the end of the week. Internationally, two Chinese rockets are expected tohttps://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/launch-preview-russia-to-debut-soyuz-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-8579182515882635661Sat, 21 Mar 2026 23:53:08 +00002026-03-22T04:53:08.120+05:00Breaking News Just under four months after Soyuz MS-28 launched from Site 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, an eventful flight that resulted in severe damage to critical launch pad structure, the next Russian mission to the International Space Station is set for launch. Progress MS-33, an uncrewed cargo ship loaded with over 2,500 kg of food, fuel, and other supplies for the Station, is scheduled to https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/progress-ms-33-set-to-resume-russian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-146867680148724715Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:53:31 +00002026-03-21T18:53:31.108+05:00Breaking News Blue Origin is showcasing the production cadence of its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket at its Space Coast facilities, with CEO Dave Limp revealing a rocket factory in full swing. The company has multiple second stages in various phases of assembly, as it attempts to accelerate its launch cadence following two successful flights in 2025, and its opening launch of 2026 in the coming weeks. New Glenn https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/blue-origin-ramps-up-new-glenn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-2964302719461472588Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:53:32 +00002026-03-21T03:53:32.942+05:00Breaking News NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived at Launch Pad 39B after an approximately 10-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center. Crawler Transporter 2 (CT-2) carried the Moon rocket and its Mobile Launcher-1 (ML-1) back to the historic launch site after a slightly delayed rollout due to high winds. All eyes https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/sls-enters-pad-flow-ahead-of-historic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-5395557003509240267Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:53:37 +00002026-03-19T01:53:37.756+05:00Breaking News Starship Flight 12 took another step toward launch, with Booster 19 completing an initial test campaign on the newly commissioned Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas. Culminating in a short Static Fire test, the series of tests was a first for Pad 2, the Block 3/V3 Super Heavy Booster, and for the upgraded Raptor 3 outside of single engine testing. See Also SpaceX Starship Program L2 SpaceX Section NSFhttps://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/booster-19-concludes-initial-test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164111937920450411.post-8164681814886630608Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:53:15 +00002026-03-17T05:53:15.568+05:00Breaking News Another busy launch manifest is scheduled for this week, with nine launches expected from various providers and launch sites around the world. As usual, SpaceX is expected to dominate the week with five missions, all of which are Starlink missions. Internationally, Rocket Lab is set to launch an Earth observation satellite on Electron from New Zealand, while Isar Aerospace looks to reach orbit https://cosmos-today.blogspot.com/2026/03/launch-preview-falcon-9-spectrum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0