Day: September 26, 2024

The United States Space Force is partnering with the Indian government to establish a new factory that will manufacture semiconductors, which are microchips essential for building next-generation technologies. Space-based sensors and spacecraft (not to mention nearly all computers, TVs, mobile phones, cars, game consoles, etc.) rely on semiconductors. The integrated circuits are perhaps more commonly …

US Space Force Partners With India To Open A Microchip Factory For Next-Gen Tech. Read More »

SpaceX has stacked its Starship megarocket ahead of the vehicle’s fifth test flight, which isn’t expected to launch until late November. SpaceX announced the stacking on Saturday (Sept. 21) in a post on X that featured four photos of the operation, which took place at the company’s Starbase site in South Texas. “Starship stacked for …

SpaceX Stacks Starship Megarocket Ahead Of 5th Test Flight. Read More »

Florida-based space tourism company Space Perspective has successfully completed the first full, uncrewed test flight of its luxury balloon-lifted capsule to the edge of Earth’s atmosphere. Spaceship Neptune Excelsior, the first of the company’s teardrop-shaped pressure pods, lifted off from Space Perspective’s Marine Spaceport (MS) Voyager vessel off the coast of Saint Petersburg, Florida, on …

Space Perspective Completes 1st Uncrewed Balloon Flight To The Edge Of Earth’s Atmosphere. Read More »

While that mysterious Chinese space plane rolled to full stop on a landing strip earlier this month, little is known about the craft. It was hurled into orbit on Dec. 14, 2023 atop a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The whatever it is and does spacecraft touched …

New Image of China’s Secret Space Plane Shows Delta-Wing Design. Read More »

Data from NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission has provided valuable space radiation measurements, which validate spacecraft performance and will help guide deep-space human spaceflight. The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission launched in November 2022, using the gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to send an Orion spacecraft around the moon and back, serving as a crucial …

Orion Spacecraft Can Shield Artemis Astronauts From Deep-Space Radiation, Study Shows. Read More »