SpaceX sent 27 of its Starlink internet satellites toward low Earth orbit from California this evening (April 3). Continue ReadingSpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California
SpinLaunch has unveiled its plans for a new broadband satellite constellation known as Meridian Space. Continue ReadingSpinLaunch wants to send 250 broadband ‘microsatellites’ to orbit with a single launch
Billed as the “World’s Largest Astronomy & Space Expo,” NEAF 2025 draws thousands of stargazers each year, with astronauts and exoplanet hunters speaking this year. Continue ReadingI’m going to a huge astronomy expo to see the latest telescope tech this weekend. I won’t be alone.
A small spacecraft earlier this year successfully demonstrated edge autonomy — or the capability of a satellite to analyze data and make decisions independently without waiting for instructions from ground […] The post Startups demonstrate in-orbit satellite autonomy appeared first on SpaceNews.
The next astronauts to fly to the moon now have a mission patch to represent their journey. NASA debuted the official Artemis 2 insignia, its first emblem for a moon-bound crew in more than 50 years. Continue ReadingNASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts reveal moon mission patch to honor ‘AII’
China’s space ambitions raise concerns at U.S. commission hearing The post U.S. Space Force chief: China’s capabilities in orbit a ‘destabilizing force’ appeared first on SpaceNews.
SpaceX is gearing up for the ninth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which will be the first to reuse the vehicle’s Super Heavy first stage. Continue ReadingSpaceX fires up used Super Heavy booster ahead of 9th Starship test flight (photos, videos)
Colorado-based startup True Anomaly plans to begin launching its autonomous Jackal satellites to geosynchronous orbit and Earth-moon space in 2026. Continue ReadingTrue Anomaly to launch 1st deep-space security missions with autonomous Jackal satellites in 2026
More than five years after Doom Eternal, we’re once again ready to rip and tear through demons in Doom: The Dark Ages. Continue ReadingDoom: The Dark Ages — Release date, trailers & everything we know
Toulouse (France) – 11/03/2025 – Exail, a global leader in space communication solutions, announces the launch of Spacelink-PCE, its latest-generation Propagation Channel Emulator. Designed to accurately replicate the radio propagation […] The post Exail unveils Spacelink-PCE, a new propagation channel emulator for satellite communication enhanced appeared first on SpaceNews.
SpaceX’s Fram2 astronauts are sharing incredible views from the first human spaceflight to orbit Earth’s poles, as their mission nears a conclusion. Continue ReadingSpaceX Fram2 astronauts see their Florida launch site from space as historic pole-orbiting mission nears its end (video)
SpinLaunch, the company best known for work on an unconventional launch system, is rolling out plans to also develop a broadband satellite constellation. The post SpinLaunch announces plans for broadband satellite constellation appeared first on SpaceNews.
In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Luca Rossettini, Founder and CEO of D-Orbit sits down with host David Ariosto. The conversation starts with Luca’s journey from aspiring astronaut to space industry entrepreneur. The post Do we need highways for space? appeared first on SpaceNews.
Big storms can strip some parts of Jupiter’s atmosphere of ammonia, while leaving buried reservoirs of the gas elsewhere. Continue ReadingMajor storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet’s atmosphere
A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.
SpaceX is having trouble with Starship’s upper stage after back-to-back failures, but engineers are making remarkable progress with the rocket’s enormous booster. The most visible sign of SpaceX making headway with Starship’s first stage—called Super Heavy—came at 9:40 am local time (10:40 am EDT; 14:40 UTC) Thursday at the company’s Starbase launch site in South Texas. With an unmistakable blast of orange exhaust, SpaceX fired up a Super Heavy booster that has already flown to the edge of space. The burn lasted approximately eight seconds. This was the first time SpaceX has test-fired a “flight-proven” Super Heavy booster, and it Continue ReadingSpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster
Though wildly different in so many ways, Earth and Saturn’s moon Titan have something important in common. Among all the objects in the solar system, they’re the only two with liquids on their surfaces. There are parallels in how the liquids move in cycles on both worlds and a new mission proposal outlines how we can understand Titan better by studying these parallel processes.
‘Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 is coming soon, so why not crack open this thrilling new ‘Star Trek’ book to set the mood? Continue ReadingCaptain Pike and his crew explore a lost Starfleet vessel in a new ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ novel coming later this month
Alongside this exciting teaser for ‘Black Mirror ‘Season 7, which launches on April 10, we also have details on this week’s ‘USS Callister: Into Infinity’ virtual watch party on April 8. Continue ReadingNew ‘Black Mirror’ Season 7 trailer teases an epic space battle for the USS Callister (video)
New James Webb Space Telescope images of the stellar nursery Sgr C, near the galactic center, reveal why it contains fewer stars than expected. Continue ReadingExtreme magnetic fields near our galaxy’s black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers
