Radar data shows cavernous underground lava tube on Venus
WASHINGTON – A fresh examination of radar data for Venus obtained by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s…
Iran to unveil its first radar satellite soon
TEHRAN – The head of the Iranian Space Agency says the aviation body will soon unveil its first…
This Startup Thinks It Can Make Rocket Fuel From Water. Stop Laughing
There’s been this hand-wave, this assumption, this yada yada at the core of our long-term space programs. If…
An $88 Million Satellite Died Early—and Still Blew the Lid Off Industry Emissions
MethaneSat, an $88 million satellite designed to track methane emissions at an unprecedented scale and resolution, suddenly went…
Researchers believe a satellite crash could happen in 5.5 days
Low Earth orbit now holds thousands of satellites, and the count keeps rising. That growth has made space…
Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Leo satellites disrupt astronomy, like Starlink
A team of scientists has found that, unsurprisingly, Amazon’s new internet mega constellation, Amazon Leo, has a strong…
Greece Activates Its First National Satellite Fleet
The arrival of the Kimon frigate in the Saronic Gulf was one of the first images captured by…
China’s Proposed Megaconstellations Would Flood Orbit With 200,000 Satellites
China is looking to take over Earth’s orbit with a staggering number of satellites, all of which serve…
Startup’s Next-Gen ‘Space Armor’ Set for First In-Orbit Test on SpaceX Mission This Year
Georgia-based startup Atomic-6 has come up with a new solution to safeguard spacecraft, satellites, and astronauts from high-speed…
Chinese risk study finds space solar power stations could accidentally zap satellites
As China pushes to take the global lead in building space-based solar power stations, a new study warns…
Starlink rival Eutelsat orders 340 OneWeb satellites from Airbus
Jan 12 (Reuters) – Eutelsat, the satellite operator backed by the French and the British governments, has placed…
SpaceX wins Pentagon contract and FCC nod to turn Starlink into 5G carrier and gigabit network provider ahead of IPO
Elon Musk’s business undertakings, like Tesla and SpaceX, keep scoring points with the federal government. SpaceX has been…