Japan's Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar orbit ahead of historic touchdown try

Japan's Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar orbit | FAA approves SpaceX for 25 Starship launches per year | Eta Aquarids delight stargazers around the world (photos) Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com | Web Version May 7, 2025 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad (ispace) Japan's Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar orbit A private Japanese lunar lander is now in orbit around the moon. The Resilience spacecraft, which was built by the Tokyo-based company ispace, arrived at the moon on schedule Tuesday (May 6), keeping it on target for a historic touchdown try a month from now. Read More (SpaceX) FAA approves SpaceX for 25 Starship launches per year SpaceX just got permission to ramp up launches of its Starship megarocket from South Texas. On Tuesday (May 6), the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released its final environmental assessment (EA) of Starship operations at Starbase, the SpaceX facility near Brownsville that just became Texas' newest city. The report grants SpaceX's request to boost the number of Starship launches from Starbase per year by a factor of five, to 25. It also allows up to 25 landings at the site annually by each of Starship's two stages. Read More Skywatching (Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Eta Aquarids delight stargazers around the world (photos) The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaked on May 6, delighting skywatchers with a spectacular cosmic light show as debris from Halley's Comet careened into Earth's atmosphere to form majestic 'shooting stars' that were visible to stargazers around the world. The peak of the 2025 Eta Aquarid shower came as Earth passed through the densest section of Halley's debris trail, during which NASA estimates that up to 50 meteors could be visible crisscrossing the night sky for viewers in the southern hemisphere. Stargazers in the north were treated to a more modest rate of just 10 meteors per hour. Read More Science & Astronomy (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/S. Wiessinger) Where does the universe's gold come from? Scientists have finally gathered direct proof of how the universe forges its heaviest elements, a process that has remained a mystery for over half a century. A team from the Flatiron Institute in New York City calculated that giant flares emitted by magnetars - highly magnetic types of collapsed stars known as neutron stars -- could be the long-sought cosmic forge that creates the universe's heavy elements. Just one of these giant flares could produce a planet's worth of gold, platinum, and uranium. Read More SpaceX (SpaceX) Witness Earth's poles in stunning 4-hour SpaceX video Just over a month since the return of the first astronauts to orbit Earth's poles, SpaceX has released a four-hour video highlighting what that looked like from space. Read More Technology (Stratolaunch/Julian Guerra) Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 prototype goes hypersonic Stratolaunch Systems has gone hypersonic - twice. Stratolaunch took its uncrewed Talon-A2 prototype to hypersonic speeds for the first time this past December, then repeated the feat in March, the company announced on Monday (May 5). Read More Telescopes & Binoculars (Celestron) Going fast, this Celestron Firstscope 76mm is under $58 Want a scope that's portable, beginner-friendly, and suitable for children? We think the Celestron Classic Firstscope 76mm is one of the best telescopes for kids and beginners, easy to set up and a breeze to use. Now it's 20% off at Amazon, an absolute steal if you're a budget-minded beginner or buying for younger stargazers. You'll have to be fast, though, as this is a limited-time deal. Read More   Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036