Another day, another Starlink launch. SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit this evening (May 31). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the broadband craft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today, during a 26-minute window that opens at 10:11 p.m. EDT […]
SpaceX to Launch 23 Starlink Satellites From Florida Tonight. Read More »
Eye-patches on! Practice your best “grrr.” Plop down pieces of eight, doubloons and cue “Captain” Jack Sparrow! Get ready for the First Annual Space Piracy Conference, set for early next year. Held by the Center for the Study of Space Crime, Policy, and Governance (CSCPG), the conference is a “two-day, invite only symposium that brings together
1st Annual Space Piracy Conference Will Examine Threats Of Orbital Crime And Smuggling. Read More »
It’s the final countdown (I know you’re singing along with me, don’t deny it!) But why not, as the countdown clock now reads less than a month until NOAA’s GOES-U satellite is slated to soar into space on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket. At the beginning of the year, the fourth satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R
Powerful New NOAA Weather Satellite Set For June Launch Atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Read More »
Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission failed to respond to signals sent over the last few days — but all hope is not lost for the tenacious lunar lander. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) attempted to send signals to SLIM on Friday and Saturday (May 24 and May 25), but was met
The Cold Lunar Night May Have Finally Swallowed Japan’s SLIM Moon Lander. Read More »
China’s Chang’e 6 moon mission is studying landing sites on the lunar far side for accessibility ahead of a planned touchdown attempt this weekend. The robotic Chang’e 6 launched on May 3 and entered lunar orbit about five days later. James Head, of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science at Brown University in
Key Highlights Yahsat has partnered with SATCOM Technologies to explore satellite communications opportunities in Zimbabwe. The launch of the Thuraya 4 satellite later this year will further expand Yahsat’s coverage and allow it to offer advanced services across the African continent. Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has announced a new partnership with SATCOM Technologies
Yahsat and SATCOM Technologies Partner to Enhance Satellite Communications in Zimbabwe. Read More »
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered not one but two of the earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen, continuing to break the records it previously set. The furthest galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0, is seen as it was around 300 million years after the Big Bang, existing at least 100 million years earlier than the
James Webb Space Telescope Spots The 2 Earliest Galaxies Ever Seen. Read More »
Boeing’s Starliner capsule is back at the launch pad. Starliner and its rocket ride, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V, rolled out to the pad at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today (May 30) ahead of a planned Saturday (June 1) liftoff. That launch, at 12:25 p.m. EDT (1625 GMT), will kick off
Boeing’s Starliner Rolls Out To Pad For June 1 Astronaut Launch. Read More »
Spaceflight doesn’t typically come to mind when one thinks of North Carolina’s serene, verdant mountains. It’s true that, in the early 1960s, NASA built the (now-defunct) Rosman Satellite Tracking and Data Acquisition Facility among the rolling hills of Appalachia to track Soviet satellites and relay communications for the Gemini and Apollo programs. And, of course,
Space Debris From SpaceX Dragon Capsule Crashed In The North Carolina Mountains. Read More »
The dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 is the star of the show in the James Webb Space Telescope‘s latest cosmic portrait. Located 12.5 million light-years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs, NGC 4449 has much in common with our very own Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way.
James Webb Space Telescope Finds A Dusty Skeleton In This Starburst Galaxy’s Closet. Read More »
