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ADRAS-J mission. PR photo, Astroscale

Astroscale has successfully launched the world's first spacecraft to monitor space debris * will meet with a faulty Japanese satellite

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The ADRAS-J mission, which was launched into space to locate a piece of malfunctioning satellite 11 meters long and weighing 3 tons, will set new standards in the field of arrival and active removal of space debris, as well as in the provision of service to malfunctioning satellites in orbit around the Earth.
Dr. Ido Entavi, head of the master's degree program in systems engineering at Afka, the Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv. Photo: David Perathi.

The Peregrine crash and the series of failures: Ido Entavi, former CEO of SPACEIL: a failure in the systemic planning

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Entavi, currently head of the systems engineering program at Afka College, Entavi emphasizes the importance of systemic planning in complex projects. He also told about the meeting that made Berashit the prototype of the moon landings in NASA's tenders
This is what the Peregrine spacecraft looked like during its exit from the upper stage of the launcher. Photo: Astrobotic

Hot end for Peregrine lander: Burn up in atmosphere on Thursday, 19/1/24

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The spacecraft failed to reach lunar orbit due to a fuel leak that was discovered immediately upon its ejection from the upper stage of the launcher. Now NASA is helping Astrobotics investigate the malfunction
Explosive moment from the Sofer Habi launcher on 18.11.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX from the SPACEX broadcast

Another failure for SpaceX's Starship spaceship

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During the launch, all 33 Raptor engines were successfully ignited, and the spaceship disconnected from the Super Aby launcher as planned, but then the launcher exploded, and SpaceX decided to blow up the spaceship itself as well
The last communication from the Hakuto-R spacecraft three seconds before the scheduled landing. Screenshot from the live broadcast

The CEO of the Japanese ISPACE admits: the Hakuto-R spacecraft crashed on the moon

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As in the case of the Bereshit spaceship, the landing phase is critical * The person who was the chairman of the Israel Space Agency at the time of the Bereshit spaceship crash says in a conversation with the Hidaan site: "In the Bereshit the engine was turned off due to human error, we should wait and see what happened today"
The moment the Starship spacecraft exploded during a test flight on 20/4/2023. From the live broadcast of Spice X on YouTube

SPACEX's Starship spacecraft exploded four minutes after launch on its first full test flight

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Apparently the thrust of the first stage was not strong enough and the spacecraft was not able to separate from it. This is still an unmanned test flight and it seems that now the manned tests will move away * This is the fourth prototype to crash on launch
Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev are pictured during a spacewalk on April 28, 2022, monitoring the station's new European robotic arm, which they also worked on during the 18/8 spacewalk that was interrupted by a malfunction in Artemyev's space suit

The spacewalk was stopped. The cosmonaut was called back to the space station

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Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev received an order from the control center in Moscow to return to the station as soon as possible due to a malfunction in his space suit's battery
The Chinese space station Tiangong. The rockets that bring the components to it enter back into the atmosphere without control. Image: depositphotos.com

An uncontrolled Chinese launcher crashed in the Indian Ocean on Saturday

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The upper stage of the Long March 5 launcher that uploaded a module to the Chinese space station Tiangong about a week ago crashed. These launchers lack a control system for re-entry into the atmosphere
David Greenberg conducts the radio amateur connection operation between the students of space majors from all over the country who gathered at the Herzliya Science Center and Eitan Stiva at the space station. 14/4/2022. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

First for the site of the scientist: the Dokifat 3 satellite suddenly returned to operation and broadcasting after two years

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According to David Greenberg, a satellite communications instructor at the Herzliya Science Center, the listening was accidental but was made possible by the fact that Dokifat 3 transmits in the same frequency range as the terrestrial satellites. Now the students of the science center, whose class before them launched it, are trying to understand what happened
A visualization of the Starliner spacecraft docked at the space station. This will no longer happen in the current launch (20/12/19) a glitch. Illustration: Boeing

A malfunction in Boeing's Starliner spacecraft prevented it from reaching the space station * The spacecraft is supposed to carry astronauts to the station in the future

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The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft as photographed on August 24, 2019 during its docking attempt at the space station. Photo: NASA

An unmanned spacecraft failed to dock at the International Space Station. Another attempt - Tuesday morning

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The moment of the announcement of the anomaly in the launch of a Vega-type launcher, about two minutes after the launch, and shortly after the activation of the second stage. In the graph on the right you can see the deviation of the launcher from its intended course, towards a crash. Screenshot from the official broadcast of Ariane.

Vega launcher exploded two minutes after launch * UAE photography satellite lost

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The Genesis crash site was photographed by the LRO spacecraft on April 22, 11 days after the landing attempt. Photo: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

NASA photographed the crash site of the Genesis spacecraft

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The long trajectory of the spacecraft in Genesis to the moon. Illustration: SPACEIL

The problem of the three bodies - why, despite the crash, this is a great achievement

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A selfie sent by the Genesis spacecraft from 22 km above the moon during the landing process that ultimately failed. Photo by SPACEIL and the Aerospace Industry.

The Genesis spaceship crashed when it fell at high speed from a height of ten kilometers

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Astronaut Michael Hague and cosmonaut Alexei Ovechinin experience tremors during the emergency landing in Kazakhstan after a launch malfunction. Screenshot from NASA TV

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two crew members made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan after a launcher malfunction; They are in good condition;

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The Long March 5 launcher takes off after the launch at the Wenchang Spaceport on Hainan Island in China, yesterday at 14:23 (Israel time). Source: Xinhua.

The launch of the Chinese Long March 5 missile failed

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The Progress 65 cargo spaceship during preparation for launch. Photo: Roscosmos

A Russian cargo spacecraft crashed on the way to the space station

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The moment of the explosion of the Falcon 9 launcher with the Amos 6 satellite on it on September 1. Screenshot from YouTube

Elon Musk: The failure in Falcon 9 is unprecedented; Looking forward to returning to activity in mid-December

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The landing stages of Shipriley on Mars, as planned by the European Space Agency. Figure: ESA

Lost contact with Shipriley landing on Mars; The Exo Mars rover has safely entered its orbit

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A Falcon 9 launcher explosion on September 1, 2016 at the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, which serves as a space launch station alongside the nearby Kennedy Space Center. Photo from the base's security cameras.

Communication Space: Losing Amos 6 has a material impact on society; Facebook: We will have to do without satellite for now

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Testing antennas on the Amos 6 satellite at the aerospace industry facilities

The Aerospace Industry: We will be at the disposal of a communications space company * We hope that the state will act for the preservation of knowledge

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An explosion from SpaceX's Falcon 9 launcher on the launch pad in Florida with the satellite loaded 6. Screenshot from RT

SpaceX first response: the explosion of the Falcon 9 and Amos 6 happened due to an anomaly in the launch pad, and not in the rocket itself

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Explosion at the SpaceX launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Photo: NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Explosion at the SPACEX launch pad at Cape Canaveral * Prof. Ben Israel: the Amos 6 satellite was destroyed

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The rig and the fragments of the tinel are dragged to shore. Photo: from Elon Musk's Twitter page.

SpaceX failed in its attempt to land the first stage of the Falcon 9 launcher on a naval pad

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