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Margaret Hamilton died at the age of 90. Her software detected a malfunction and restored the system's operation before the lunar landing.
Crew-13 arrived at the ISS in a record 7 hours and 55 minutes for the United States. Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to command a crew.
Starship reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites despite an engine failure. The mission was shortened from 10 hours to 3.
Isotopic analysis of samples from Bennu showed that it formed at the boundary between the hot and cold regions of the protoplanetary disk 4. 5 billion years ago. The asteroid’s composition is close to the material from which the terrestrial planets formed.
The crater, 222 meters in diameter, formed about two years ago after a piece of space debris crashed into the Moon. NASA confirmed the discovery in early 2026.
Russian submarine forces trained with secret weapons to disable cables near Svalbard. Britain, Norway and the United States thwarted the exercise.
Link approached NASA’s Swift telescope to within 15 km and collected data. The rescue mission was canceled due to a lack of fuel after its reserves were lost.
The launch of Crew-13 to the ISS was postponed due to an oxidizer leak in Dragon's propulsion system. A new date for the mission has not yet been determined.
The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will study dark matter, dark energy, and exoplanets. NASA plans to release the first images in early 2027.
After an hour-long flight, Starship splashed down in the Indian Ocean and remained suitable for recovery. The spacecraft is being transported to Texas for analysis.
The academy will train military personnel, engineers, and civilian specialists for the Space Force and the commercial sector. NASA is also working on a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars.
The U. S. Department of Justice announced that government institutions had been hacked by Chinese hackers and that the QScan and QTRouter domains had been seized. The FBI disabled the infrastructure.
A lunar eclipse will occur on the night from Thursday to Friday. It will last 5.5 hours and will be visible to billions of people.
The Artemis II crew will receive the award on August 28 in Houston. The astronauts became the first in more than 50 years to orbit the Moon.
NASA published images of a new crater on the Moon formed after the crash of a stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The crater is approximately 18 meters in diameter and up to 3 meters deep.
During the live broadcast of the solar eclipse, NASA showed a map of Europe on which Crimea was separated from Ukraine by a border line. The peninsula was depicted as if it belonged to Russia.
On the night of August 13, 2026, Ukrainians will be able to observe the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. Because of the new moon phase, the sky will be dark, allowing up to 50 meteors per hour to be seen.
Millions of people in Spain and Iceland are preparing to watch a total solar eclipse. Authorities expect up to 6 million visitors in Spain and up to 80,000 in Iceland.
Following a nighttime attack, fires have been reported at an oil terminal and in the military harbor in Novorossiysk. Russian authorities said that "several hundred" drones were flying toward Krasnodar Krai.
Following a drone attack in Novorossiysk, a hit on a grain elevator was reported. NASA satellite data is recording a fire in the city.
The New Moon will occur on August 12 at 20:36, coinciding with the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. This will create ideal conditions for observing the meteor shower and photographing the Milky Way.
A total solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2026, visible in the Arctic and parts of Europe. In Ukraine, the partial phase will be visible in the western regions, with the best conditions in Uzhhorod.
The second stage of Falcon 9, which had been drifting in space, crashed into the Moon on August 6. The collision was detected through spectral traces of sodium and lithium, while SpaceX called it unintentional.
On February 12, the U. S. Navy launched an Oriole IV rocket from Wake Island, creating an artificial plasma field at an altitude of 539 km. The experiment confirmed the conversion of electrostatic waves into electromagnetic waves in the ionosphere.
The second stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will crash into the Moon's surface on Wednesday morning. The impact will occur in the Einstein crater, which will help study the structure and composition of the satellite's surface.
SpaceX shares lost half their value from the June peak, investors fear exaggerated prospects. Musk will answer questions during the first financial report after going public.
Chinese researchers have determined that the best way to prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth is to detonate a nuclear device inside the celestial body. Methods similar to NASA's DART mission are ineffective for large asteroids.
The near-Earth asteroid 2000 YV137, with a diameter of 730–750 meters, will fly past Earth on August 9 at a safe distance of 5. 02 million km. There is no risk of collision, although the object is classified as potentially hazardous.
SpaceX conducted the 13th test flight of Starship, putting 20 next-generation Starlink satellites into orbit. The ship successfully splashed down in the Indian Ocean, while the booster fell into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Telegram channel Exilenova+ published a video of the attack on tankers in the Sea of Azov. NASA FIRMS recorded new fires in this area and on the infrastructure of the port "Kavkaz".