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June 11, 1986: Chesley Bonestell dies

11 June 2026 at 14:00

Born in 1888, artist and illustrator Chesley Bonestell became famous for his realistic paintings of space. His work spanned decades and many formats and publications; perhaps most influential was his collaboration with Wernher von Brain on the 1952–54 Collier’s series, “Man Will Conquer Space Soon!” By making the stuff of science fiction seem achievable, his artwork helpedContinue reading "June 11, 1986: Chesley Bonestell dies"

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Introduction en Bourse de SpaceX : une valorisation record... qui divise

SpaceX doit réaliser le 12 juin la plus importante introduction en Bourse jamais enregistrée, avec une valorisation annoncée de 1.765 milliards de dollars. Si l'engouement des investisseurs est exceptionnel, plusieurs analystes s'interrogent sur la rentabilité réelle du géant spatial d'Elon Musk.

NASA's ambitious Artemis 3 mission includes 3 giant rocket launches, 2 private moon landers and 1 big question: Can it all work together?

10 June 2026 at 17:41
NASA's Artemis 3 mission in 2027 looks to be one of agency's most complicated missions ever, with three giant rocket launches and two private moon lander prototypes that haven't been built yet.

L'Italien Luca Parmitano participera à la prochaine mission Artémis

L'astronaute italien Luca Parmitano participera à la mission Artemis III de la Nasa, prévue en 2027. Aux côtés de trois astronautes américains, il devra tester les futurs alunisseurs de SpaceX et Blue Origin avant les premières tentatives d'alunissage habité du programme Artemis, désormais reportées à 2028.

SpaceX en bourse : le pari à 1.800 milliards de dollars

SpaceX entre en Bourse avec une valorisation proche de 1.800 milliards de dollars malgré des pertes massives. Les investisseurs misent sur la capacité d'Elon Musk à transformer Starlink, l'intelligence artificielle spatiale et l'exploration de Mars en futurs relais de croissance.

The fastest humans in the galaxy just got a spiffy patch to prove it

8 June 2026 at 20:40

NASA's Artemis II crew are the fastest people alive, and now they have the patch to prove it.

Mission Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen (the latter with the Canadian Space Agency) spent 10 days in early April flying by the Moon. Their journey took them farther away from Earth than any humans have gone (52,756 miles [406,771 km]) and then, on the way back on board their Orion spacecraft Integrity, they sped up to about 24,664 miles per hour (39,693 k/ph) reentering the atmosphere.

Only three other people in history have traveled faster. NASA's Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan set the record for the highest speed attained by a crewed vehicle relative to the Earth's surface: 24,791 mph (39,897 kph) on May 26, 1969.

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