Blue Origin plans to launch the debut mission of its powerful New Glenn rocket early Friday morning (Jan. 10), and you can watch the action live. New Glenn is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday during a three-hour window that opens at 1 a.m. EST (0600 GMT). You …
Blue Origin To Launch Its 1st New Glenn Rocket Early Jan. 10. Read More »
SpaceX’s Starship will fly for the seventh time ever early next week, if all goes according to plan. SpaceX announced today (Jan. 8) that it’s targeting Monday (Jan. 13) for Flight 7 of Starship, the 400-foot-tall (122 meters), fully reusable megarocket designed to help humanity settle the moon and Mars. Starship is scheduled to lift …
SpaceX to Launch Starship Megarocket’s Flight 7 Test Mission On Jan. 13. Read More »
An approaching wildfire has forced the closure of NASA’s lead center for robotic planetary exploration. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which lies at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains just north of Los Angeles, has been temporarily shuttered due to the Eaton fire, which is raging nearby. “JPL is closed except for emergency personnel. …
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Closed Due To Raging LA Fires. Read More »
SpaceX and NASA are now targeting mid-January for the launch of the private moon lander “Blue Ghost.” Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander is now scheduled to launch to the moon at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) on Wednesday, Jan. 15, taking off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The …
SpaceX Launch Of Private Blue Ghost Moon Lander Set For Jan. 15. Read More »
Kenya’s Communications Authority has proposed significantly raising licence costs for satellite internet service providers (ISPs) like Starlink. Under the new proposal, a 15-year operating licence would jump from USD 12,302 (KSH 1,579,614) to USD 115,331 (KSH 14,808,846), marking nearly a 1,000% increase. Additionally, providers would need to pay a yearly fee of 0.4% based on …
