Butterfly Completes Its Entire Metamorphosis While Orbiting Earth on Chinese Experiment
The arthropod astronaut during his mission. Credit: Chongqing University On December 13, a rocket rose from the Jiuquan…
They Wanted to See Earth, but They Captured Starlink Instead: Here’s the Image That Wasn’t Meant to Be Seen
They Wanted to See Earth, but They Captured Starlink Instead: Here’s the Image That Wasn’t Meant to Be…
NASA Puts 21-Year-Old Spacecraft on Pause to Keep It From Crashing Into Earth
NASA is racing to save an aging space telescope before it burns up in Earth’s atmosphere. To do…
Elon Musk Is Convinced He Can Turn Low-Earth Orbit Into a Gigantic Data Center
Orbital data centers are the latest big tech craze, promising to provide near-limitless power and capacity to support…
Think You Could Survive 6 Months in Space? Your Brain Might Disagree
NASA’s Latest Discovery is a Game-Changer for Future Mars Missions For years, the “space brain” mystery has loomed…
The International Space Station is coming down and it will be crashed into the most isolated place on Earth |
The International Space Station is approaching its final years in orbit, and planning for its controlled return to…
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…
Chinese and Starlink satellites nearly collide in space
Two satellites, one Starlink and one Chinese, nearly collided this month as low Earth orbit fills up. The…
Russia’s New Space Station Ambitions Signal Rising Space Race
Russia’s plan to deploy key modules of its new orbital space station signals a renewed space race, highlighting…
US firm’s space armor provides hypersonic shielding for spacecraft
As the amount of orbital debris continues to rise, a US materials manufacturer has unveiled a new shielding…
The space junk crisis: why orbital debris is the next big threat to our future in space
From an astronaut’s point of view, the debris issue isn’t theoretical—it’s existential. Atienza, an analogue astronaut who trains…
Starlink High-Speed Internet Now Available on the Cessna Citation Longitude, Enhancing In-Flight Connectivity Across More Destinations
Starlink high-speed internet now available on the Cessna Citation Longitude, enhancing in-flight connectivity across more destinations. WICHITA, Kan.,…