中国の宇宙ステーション「天宮」の天和コアモジュールに3か月間滞在していた3人の宇宙飛行士が17日、無事地球へ帰還した (中国載人航天のニュース記事[1]、 [2]、 新華網日本語の記事、 South China Morning Post の記事、 動画)。
3人を乗せた宇宙船 神舟12号の帰還モジュールが軌道モジュールから分離したのは日本時間17日13時43分。帰還モジュールは14時34分に内モンゴル自治区の東風着陸場に着陸した。3人の健康状態は良好だという。
神舟12号は6月17日に酒泉衛星発…
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“SpaceX safely returned its Crew Dragon spacecraft from orbit on Saturday, with the capsule carrying the four members of the Inspiration4 mission back to Earth after three days in space…” reports CNBC:
“Thanks so much SpaceX,…
ロンドン・ガトウィック空港では 2018 年に無許可で滑走路に侵入したドローンが目撃されたが、そのようなドローンは存在しなかった可能性が高いようだ (Airprox Reality Check の記事、 The Register の記事、 DroneDJ の記事)。
事件が発生したのは 2018 年 12 月 19 日の日没後。これを受けて滑走路は 1 日半にわたって閉鎖され、逮捕者も出ている (翌日には釈放)。しかし、数多くの目撃情報が寄せられたにも関わらず写真や動画を撮影した人はいない。当時は…
Cosmologists have found signs that a second type of dark energy — the ubiquitous but enigmatic substance that is pushing the current Universe’s expansion to accelerate — might have existed in the first 300,000 years after the Big Bang. From a report:…
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SpaceX has successfully launched the crew of Inspiration4 into orbit. It’s the first-ever orbital flight crewed entirely by tourists. From a report: The SpaceX rocket blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center just after 8 p.m. ET. The crew includes …
The world’s first crew of “amateur astronauts” is preparing to blast off on a mission that will carry them into orbit before bringing them back down to Earth at the weekend. From a report: The four civilians, who have spent the past few months on an as…
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