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More than six months after its first crewed mission came to a disappointing end, the future is still murky for Boeing’s Starliner astronaut capsule. That mission, called Crew Flight Test (CFT), launched on June 5, sending NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station (ISS) for a roughly 10-day stay. Starliner […]

Orange, a leading global telecom operator and digital service provider, has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Telesat, one of the largest satellite operators, to enhance satellite connectivity through Telesat’s Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) network. As part of the agreement, Orange will host a Telesat Lightspeed Landing Station at its teleport in Bercenay-en-Othe,

Throughout history, astronomy has played a pivotal role in shaping human beliefs, cultures, and societies. The practical applications of the study of stars, planets, and cosmic phenomena has contributed to the development and evolution of humanity. Astronomy enabled humans to track seasons and plan agricultural activities, navigate over land and ocean, and keep track of

The approaches taken by both Europe and Asia, although distinct, were largely developed in response to the premier space superpower – the United States of America (U.S.). The U.S. is the progenitor of the centralised agency driven approach that the legacy space industry was patterned after  and that drove European Member States to coalesce and

In the heart of East Africa, Kenya’s journey to the stars began in the 1960s, a time when the world was still awakening to the possibilities of space. Kenya, in partnership with Italy built the Malindi Space Centre, now known as the Luigi Broglio Space Centre. Situated near the equator, the launch site became the

The Earth and a starry night appear to merge into one strange and otherworldly sci-fi trip in this mind-bending photo captured by a NASA astronaut in space with help from an astrophotgrapher on the ground. What is it? What looks like something out of the finale of “2001: A Space Odyssey” is actually a long-exposure

Recent findings from samples collected by China’s Chang’e 6 mission have provided valuable insights into the history of the moon, particularly its far side. The Chang’e 6 mission launched in early May 2024, landed in the vast South Pole-Aitken (SPA), and returned to Earth with 4 pounds and 4.29 ounces (1,935.3 grams) of the first-ever

Each week, SpaceX launches satellites to build out its ever-growing constellation of Starlink satellites. That provides broadband internet service to users on the ground. But Starlink satellites are only one part of the equation. Starlink users also need to have their hands on one of SpaceX’s satellite internet kits to enable them to connect from

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida this afternoon (March 18). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink craft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 3:57 p.m. EDT (1957 GMT). About eight minutes later, the rocket’s first stage touched

WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace says that its Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander mission has ended as expected, completing all its objectives. Operations of Blue Ghost 1 ended with a final transmission around 7:15 p.m. Eastern March 16, after 346 hours — nearly 14 and a half days — of operations in sunlight and an additional