Starlink Reapplies For IN-SPACe Nod For 30,000-Satellite Gen 2 Network: Report
SUMMARY Starlink has reapplied to IN-SPACe for authorisation of its Gen 2 constellation comprising nearly 30,000 satellites and…
An Uncommon Drifter in the Denmark Strait
Greenland’s jagged coastline is lined with fjords, many of them cradling marine-terminating glaciers that routinely calve icebergs into…
Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today
Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit this morning (Aug. 20), and you can…
Scientists create ‘laundry gun’ for astronauts to clean their clothes by shooting out plasma
If you have ever shared a room with multiple people for days on end, you may know how…
Nuclear-powered heater keeps spacecraft alive through lunar night
Firefly Aerospace will send a nuclear-powered heating technology to the Moon in 2028, testing whether spacecraft can survive…
NASA mission to save its sinking space telescope fails
A mission to prevent a NASA space telescope from coming to a fiery demise in Earth’s atmosphere has…
Space, the next frontier in NZ and global fight against wildfires
Soon entire constellations of satellites dedicated to spotting wildfires will be circling the earthA local data scientist is…
Rescue mission for ageing Nasa space telescope fails
A mission to rescue Nasa’s ageing Swift observatory in space was cancelled on Wednesday after the spacecraft that…
Scientists just found the fastest known star in the Milky Way. It zooms around our black hole at 15,500 miles per second
Astronomers have found the fastest known star in the Milky Way, a faint object racing around Sagittarius A*,…
NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission
Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft…
Pluto Planetary Science is the Gift that Keeps on Giving
Something’s wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists…
The floodgates are open after another Chinese company lands a reusable rocket
Landing from space The Zhuque-3, or ZQ-3, rocket lifted off from a commercial launch zone at China’s Jiuquan…