#spaceflight

#spaceflight

Welcome to Edition 5.26 of the Rocket Report!This week, I would like to congratulate the Indian space agency ISRO on the successful second flight of the SSLV rocket, which adds a new micro-launch capability to the nation's growing fleet of rockets.This is a difficult business, and success should definitely be celebrated when it is finally attained.

Michael RostonEditing space and astronomy news.Scientists used a radio observatory to peer below the clouds of Uranus and capture signs of a strong cyclone at the planet's north pole.It's one new view of the cosmos captured by astronomers, spacecraft and photographers this month.Here are five more images from May The James Webb Space Telescope recorded new views of the bright star Fomalhaut.

Rosemary Coogan, the UK's newest astronaut, has spoken about her experience of training to go into space.Ms Coogan, who began training at the European Space Agency's astronaut centre in Cologne, Germany, last month, said that it has brought her a huge amount of enjoyment and one of the highlights of her training was a trip to the biology labs.

The European Space Agency made history Wednesday by selecting an amputee to be among its newest batch of astronauts, complementing that with an unprecedented commitment to one day send someone with a physical disability into outer space.John McFall, a 41-year-old British former Paralympian who lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident when he was 19, called his selection a real turning point and mark in history.

This past year was a momentous one in spaceflight, bringing to a close many of the most significant storylines that have dominated this industry in the last 10 to 15 years.Consider the state of play in 2010: A handful of large government space agencies dominated spaceflight activities.NASA was still flying the venerable space shuttle with no clear plan for deep space exploration.

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.A crew of astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station, concluding a one-day trip to rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory after launching from Florida early Thursday.

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.The Artemis I mission  a 25-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions  came to a momentous end as NASA's Orion spacecraft made a successful ocean splashdown Sunday.

ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs.Scientists have proposed a dazzling new mission to travel to the stars that is inspired by the elegant flights of seabirds, such as albatrosses, reports a new study.The interstellar concept mission would harness shifting winds generated by the Sun in order to accelerate a spacecraft to as much as 2 percent the speed of light within two years, allowing it to soar into the vast expanse beyond our solar system.

In the opening moments of the HBO documentary series Branson, Richard Branson looks into the camera to say goodbye.It's always strange recording something when you're alive and healthy, he said, knowing the only reason this video will be seen is if something has gone awry.Branson, a serial entrepreneur whose businesses include the aerospace company Virgin Galactic, has bid farewell before when he thought he needed to prepare for the worst  I've written letters to my children and my grandchildren on a number of occasions, he said in a phone interview last month  but in this case, it was 16 days before he tried spaceflight.

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.A SpaceX capsule carrying a multinational crew of astronauts linked up with the International Space Station on Thursday after a 29-hour trek.The mission, called Crew-5, is a joint operation by NASA, SpaceX and their government partners around the world, including for the first time Russia, despite mounting tensions on the ground surrounding the invasion of Ukraine.