https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm Recent Topics en-us Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:19:27 UTC 5 forum.admin@aus-city.com (AUS-CITY Message Forums) UBB.threads https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/images/general/default/rss_icon.gif https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/850646#Post850646 Trump orders creation of US ‘Space Academy’, amid rivalry with China
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced the creation of a “Space Academy” to train future civilian and military recruits for an arena where the United States faces rivalry with China.
Speaking at Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Trump said the institution would be modelled on the famed US military academy at West Point.
“It’s called the US Space Academy. That’s a big deal,” Trump said as he signed an executive order creating the new school.
“It’ll serve both the United States Space...
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]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:07:43 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/850646#Post850646 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/836628#Post836628 Rescue mission for ageing Nasa space telescope fails
A mission to ⁠rescue Nasa’s ageing Swift observatory in space was cancelled on Wednesday after the spacecraft that was launched to tug the satellite to a higher orbit suffered irredeemable technical issues in space, the rescue craft’s owner, Katalyst Space, said.
Katalyst’s ‌Link craft was launched in early July to approach the observatory, also known as Swift, some 347km (216 miles) in space, grapple onto it and then tug it to a higher orbit of roughly 600km (373 miles), extending its life by...
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]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:32:21 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/836628#Post836628 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/836629#Post836629 Chinese satellite captures video of SpaceX rocket debris crashing into the moon
In a show of space surveillance strength, a newly launched Chinese satellite tracked a piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashing into the moon and captured footage of its impact.
No visible plume can be seen in the images that appear to show the moment of impact, which is consistent with what other scientists and telescopes reported immediately after the rocket debris struck on Wednesday.
China’s Gande-1 01 space debris monitoring satellite, launched on July 24, carried out the tracking. It is...
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]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:01:27 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/836629#Post836629 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/831488#Post831488 Chinese satellite captures video of SpaceX rocket debris crashing into the moon
In a show of space surveillance strength, a newly launched Chinese satellite tracked a piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashing into the moon and captured footage of its impact.
No visible plume can be seen in the images that appear to show the moment of impact, which is consistent with what other scientists and telescopes reported immediately after the rocket debris struck on Wednesday.
China’s Gande-1 01 space debris monitoring satellite, launched on July 24, carried out the tracking. It is...
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3363199/chinese-satellite-captures-video-spacex-rocket-debris-crashing-moon?utm_source=rss_feed

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:01:27 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/831488#Post831488 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/836630#Post836630 Defunct SpaceX rocket crashes into moon, kicks up dust
A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last ⁠year smashed into the moon at high speed early on Wednesday morning, joining the ranks of meteoroids, wayward spacecraft and other pieces of space junk that have bombarded the lunar surface for ages, astronomers confirmed.
The school-bus-size object is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had launched a lunar lander from Firefly Aerospace towards the moon in January 2025. Its predicted collision with the moon became a spectacle for...
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3362982/piece-spacex-rocket-crash-moon-high-speed?utm_source=rss_feed

]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:48:02 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/836630#Post836630 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/831489#Post831489 Defunct SpaceX rocket crashes into moon, kicks up dust
A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last ⁠year smashed into the moon at high speed early on Wednesday morning, joining the ranks of meteoroids, wayward spacecraft and other pieces of space junk that have bombarded the lunar surface for ages, astronomers confirmed.
The school-bus-size object is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had launched a lunar lander from Firefly Aerospace towards the moon in January 2025. Its predicted collision with the moon became a spectacle for...
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3362982/piece-spacex-rocket-crash-moon-high-speed?utm_source=rss_feed

]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:48:02 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/831489#Post831489 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/836631#Post836631 Nasa knows how to deflect an asteroid. Can Japan’s Hayabusa2 pull it off?
Japan’s Hayabusa2 fly-by of Torifune marks a leap in asteroid defence, showcasing the country’s growing space prowess and “goodwill science” role vital for protecting Earth from cosmic threats.
The space probe, named after the Peregrine falcon in Japanese, successfully flew within 800 metres (0.5 miles) of the asteroid, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said on July 5.
JAXA said Hayabusa2 performed as expected and responded to all instructions from land-based mission control, about...
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3360222/nasa-knows-how-deflect-asteroid-can-japans-hayabusa2-pull-it?utm_source=rss_feed

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:00:06 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/836631#Post836631 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/829145#Post829145 Nasa knows how to deflect an asteroid. Can Japan’s Hayabusa2 pull it off?
Japan’s Hayabusa2 fly-by of Torifune marks a leap in asteroid defence, showcasing the country’s growing space prowess and “goodwill science” role vital for protecting Earth from cosmic threats.
The space probe, named after the Peregrine falcon in Japanese, successfully flew within 800 metres (0.5 miles) of the asteroid, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said on July 5.
JAXA said Hayabusa2 performed as expected and responded to all instructions from land-based mission control, about...
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3360222/nasa-knows-how-deflect-asteroid-can-japans-hayabusa2-pull-it?utm_source=rss_feed

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:00:06 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/829145#Post829145 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/824766#Post824766 Nasa knows how to deflect an asteroid. Can Japan’s Hayabusa2 pull it off?
Japan’s Hayabusa2 fly-by of Torifune marks a leap in asteroid defence, showcasing the country’s growing space prowess and “goodwill science” role vital for protecting Earth from cosmic threats.
The space probe, named after the Peregrine falcon in Japanese, successfully flew within 800 metres (0.5 miles) of the asteroid, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said on July 5.
JAXA said Hayabusa2 performed as expected and responded to all instructions from land-based mission control, about...
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3360222/nasa-knows-how-deflect-asteroid-can-japans-hayabusa2-pull-it?utm_source=rss_feed

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:00:06 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/824766#Post824766 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/824765#Post824765 Nasa knows how to deflect an asteroid. Can Japan’s Hayabusa2 pull it off?
Japan’s Hayabusa2 fly-by of Torifune marks a leap in asteroid defence, showcasing the country’s growing space prowess and “goodwill science” role vital for protecting Earth from cosmic threats.
The space probe, named after the Peregrine falcon in Japanese, successfully flew within 800 metres (0.5 miles) of the asteroid, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said on July 5.
JAXA said Hayabusa2 performed as expected and responded to all instructions from land-based mission control, about...
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3360222/nasa-knows-how-deflect-asteroid-can-japans-hayabusa2-pull-it?utm_source=rss_feed

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