Weekly - Chinese astronauts set spacewalk record and more
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Space One’s Kairos rocket fails again
Last week, Japanese private space startup Space One’s second attempt at putting a satellite in orbit failed again. The startup’s dream of becoming the first private agency from Japan to put a satellite in orbit will have to wait after their rocket named ‘Kairos’ self-destructed 3 minutes into the launch after detecting abnormalities in the rocket’s first stage. The first attempt
Reporter uncovers shocking loss of communications during SpaceX mission
SpaceX conducted the first-ever civilian spacewalk in September. It was a major achievement and consisted of nearly an all-civilian crew. However, a reporter from Reuters just recently revealed that SpaceX had lost all communications with the astronauts for nearly an hour before their spacewalk. This scary incident occurred due to a power outage in the ground system. Communications were restored using SpaceX’s Starlink satellites.
Chinese astronauts set spacewalk record
Last week, Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, working onboard China’s space station Tiangong, conducted the longest-ever spacewalk, 9 hours outside the space station. A spacewalk, or extravehicular activity, is when astronauts exit the spacecraft or space station. The spacewalk was conducted to install a space debris protection device and broke the previous record by NASA astronauts of 8 hours 56 minutes.
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