Daily Archives: Mar 21, 2026

It is not every decade that a fragment from another star system drifts through the solar system, and rarer still that it arrives large, bright, and brimming with scientific intrigue. On December 19, 2025, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth a safe but scientifically electric...

The crack in the window of Shenzhou‑20's return capsule was barely visible in photographs. Yet simulation analysis and wind tunnel testing confirmed what China's Manned Space Engineering Office feared: the damage, most likely caused by high‑velocity space debris, rendered the spacecraft unsafe for crewed re‑entry. Commander Chen Dong and...

For the first time since 1961, Russia's human spaceflight capability has been brought to a complete and immediate stop by the collapse of a 22-tonne service platform at Baikonur's Site 31/6 during the launch of Soyuz MS-28. The Nov. 27 incident, carrying two Roscosmos cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut...