Norway becomes 55th nation to sign NASA Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration

NASA resurrects Voyager 1 thrusters after 20 years | Norway 55th nation to sign NASA Artemis Accords | Payload fairing fail delays Australia's 1st orbital rocket Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com | Web Version May 16, 2025 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad (NASA) NASA resurrects Voyager 1 thrusters after 20 years NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters - components that hadn't been used since 2004 and were long considered fully defunct. This remarkable feat became necessary because the spacecraft's primary thrusters, which control its orientation, have been degrading due to residue buildup. If its thrusters fail completely, Voyager 1 could lose its ability to point its antenna toward Earth, therefore cutting off communication with Earth after nearly 50 years of operation. Read More (NASA) Norway 55th nation to sign NASA Artemis Accords Fifty-five nations have now penned their commitment to NASA's Artemis Accords. NASA announced Norway's decision to join the Artemis Accords for a "safe, peaceful, and prosperous future in space" as the space agency's website phrases it. Norway is the third country to join the Artemis Accords so far in 2025. A signing ceremony to welcome Norway took place today (May 15) at the Norwegian Space Agency in Oslo, with Norway's Minister of Trade and Industry Cecilie Myrseth signing on behalf of the Norwegian government. Read More Spaceflight (Gilmour Space Technologies) Payload fairing fail delays Australia's 1st orbital rocket We'll have to wait a bit longer for the first-ever launch of an Australian orbital rocket. Queensland-based company Gilmour Space had aimed to debut its Eris rocket today (May 15), but a problem with the vehicle's payload fairing scuttled that plan. "Last night, during final checks, an unexpected issue triggered the rocket's payload fairing. No fuel was loaded, no one was hurt, and early inspections show no damage to the rocket or pad," Gilmour Space said via X this afternoon. Read More Science & Astronomy (KM3NeT) Scientists witness highest-energy 'ghost particle' ever seen Earlier this year, an underwater detector in the Mediterranean Sea found the most energetic neutrino to date. And scientists are still talking about it because, well, this discovery could be a really big deal. Not only could this neutrino, also known as a "ghost particle," have been fleeing a gamma-ray burst or a supermassive black hole, but it could also have been produced by an ultra-powerful cosmic ray interacting with the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Read More SpaceX (Axiom Space) SpaceX Ax-4 private astronaut launch to ISS delayed We'll have a wait a bit longer to see the next private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) lift off. NASA announced on Wednesday (May 14) that the target launch date for Ax-4, the fourth crewed flight to the ISS by Houston-based company Axiom Space, has been pushed from May 29 to June 8. Read More Entertainment (Netflix) 'Love, Death + Robots' creators talk us through new season Netflix's Emmy Award-winning anthology "Love, Death + Robots" kicked off Volume 4 on May 15, 2025, with ten striking animated shorts that include adaptations of wildly imaginative stories featuring gladiatorial dinosaurs, an alien invasion on a miniature scale, a vengeful cyberpunk warrior, and an English priest conversing with an alien. 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