News Archive / Author: Tomasz Nowakowski

Tomasz Nowakowski is the owner of Astro Watch, one of the premier astronomy and science-related blogs on the internet. Nowakowski reached out to SpaceFlight Insider in an effort to have the two space-related websites collaborate. Nowakowski's generous offer was gratefully received with the two organizations now working to better relay important developments as they pertain to space exploration.

Articles By Tomasz Nowakowski

• Russian military launches Soyuz 2.1b rocket with spy satellite

  October 25th, 2018

  The United States wasn't the only country to launch a military spacecraft recently. Russia has sent the Lotos-S1 spacecraft to orbit on a mission for its military.

• Ariane 5 rocket begins BepiColombo’s journey to Mercury

  October 19th, 2018

  Lighting up the skies above the jungles of French Guiana, an Ariane 5 rocket sent a multi-faceted and international mission on its way to the planet Mercury.

• Long March 3B adds another spacecraft duo for China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system

  October 16th, 2018

  Continuing its busy 2018 manifest, a Long March 3B rocket launched to deliver the two newest spacecraft for China’s homegrown satellite navigation network.

• Environmental Defense Fund develops methane-hunting satellite

  October 16th, 2018

  A new commercial effort has opened up a new means to combat climate change.

• Collision of rocket components blamed for Soyuz MS-10 abort

  October 13th, 2018

  The problem that resulted in Thursday's failed flight to the International Space Station for two crew members - might have been discovered.

• Our SpaceFlight Heritage: Two craters named in honor of Apollo 8

  October 10th, 2018

  This December marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon. The International Astronomical Union has found a special way to honor the occasion.

• China launches Long March 2C with Yaogan-32 duo atop

  October 9th, 2018

  China continues to maintain the country's busy 2018 launch manifest with the flight of a pair of Yaogan-32 remote sensing satellites.

• China’s Tiangong-2 space laboratory to be deorbited after July 2019

  October 7th, 2018

  The date when China's space station will reenter Earth's atmosphere is edging ever closer.

• European MASCOT spacecraft successfully lands on asteroid Ryugu

  October 5th, 2018

  An asteroid that could strike Earth is being studied by spacecraft, landers and rovers to provide clues about this potential threat.

• Chinese light-lift Kuaizhou 1A launcher orbits Centispace-1 1S test satellite

  September 29th, 2018

  China successfully launched a Kuaizhou 1A rocket on Saturday, September 29. This light-lift booster sent the small test satellite, known as Centispace-1 1S to space.

• 100th flight of Ariane 5 rocket orbits 2 telecommunications satellites

  September 25th, 2018

  KOUROU, French Guiana -- Europe’s flagship heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket flew to space for the 100th time in history on Tuesday, delivering the Horizons 3e and Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 telecommunications satellites into orbit.

• Japan successfully lands two small rovers on asteroid Ryugu

  September 23rd, 2018

  Touchdown! JAXA has made history at asteroid Ryugu!

• Kounotori 7 cargo resupply mission on its way to ISS

  September 22nd, 2018

  Japan’s seventh cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to send more than six metric tons of cargo, including supplies to for the crew, new batteries and various experiments.

• China sends BeiDou-3 M13 and M14 navigation satellites into orbit

  September 20th, 2018

  Using a Long March 3B rocket, China orbited a pair of BeiDou-3 spacecraft for its homegrown satellite navigation system. Liftoff took place at 10:07 a.m. EDT (14:07 GMT / 10:07 p.m. local time) Sept. 19, 2018.

• New Kounotori 7 launch date announced by JAXA

  September 19th, 2018

  The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), together with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), announced a new launch date for Japan’s Kounotori 7 cargo flight to the International Space Station.