NASA is seeking the public’s help for innovative solutions to help Artemis astronauts navigate in and around the lunar south pole. The Artemis program aims to land humans on the moon for the first time since the Apollo missions managed to achieve the feat over 50 years ago. Astronauts will land near the lunar south …
NASA Invites Public To Design Artemis Moon Mission Navigation Tech. Read More »
Botswana’s first satellite, BotSat-1, has achieved a significant milestone as it continues progressing towards its anticipated launch in early 2025. The satellite, currently being developed through a collaboration between EnduroSat, a Bulgarian satellite manufacturer, and the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) engineers, has successfully passed its Assembly, Integration, and Testing (AIT) phase. …
BotSat-1 Passes Major Milestone in Preparation for Launch. Read More »
Boeing is getting a new space chief. Ted Colbert will no longer be CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, one of the aerospace giant’s subdivisions, according to media reports. Those reports cite a staff memo circulated today (Sept. 20) by Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, who took the top job in August. “At this critical …
Boeing Space & Defense Chief Ted Colbert Is Leaving. Read More »
Cards Against Humanity has just filed a $15 million lawsuit against SpaceX. The Chicago-based Cards Against Humanity (CAH) — the company behind the bestselling adult party game in which players use cards to create either wonderfully clever or hilariously disturbing strings of phrases — distributed a statement on Friday (Sept. 20) blasting Elon Musk and …
Cards Against Humanity Sues SpaceX For $15 Million Over Land Dispute. Read More »
SpaceX is gearing up to make spaceflight history again. During the next test flight of its Starship megarocket, SpaceX plans to catch the vehicle’s huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, using the “chopstick” arms of the launch tower at its Starbase site in South Texas. SpaceX is known for its trailblazing achievements in rocket …
SpaceX Practices For Epic Starship Booster Catch Attempt. Read More »
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit today (Sept. 20). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s foggy central coast today at 9:50 a.m. EDT (1350 GMT and 6:50 a.m. local California time). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to …
SpaceX Launches 20 Starlink Satellites, Lands Rocket At Sea. Read More »
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit today (Sept. 20). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s foggy central coast today at 9:50 a.m. EDT (1350 GMT and 6:50 a.m. local California time). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to …
SpaceX Launches 20 Starlink Satellites, Lands Rocket At Sea. Read More »
SpaceX has taken its dispute with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to Capitol Hill. On Tuesday (Sept. 17), the FAA announced that it plans to fine SpaceX $630,000 for allegedly skirting regulations on two launches last year. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk responded to the news that same day, declaring on X (formerly Twitter) …
SpaceX Blasts Proposed FAA Fines In Complaint Letter To Congress. Read More »
SpaceX just fired up another Starship vehicle, to prep for a test flight that’s likely several months away. The company performed a “static fire” on Wednesday (Sept. 18) at its Starbase site in South Texas, briefly igniting the six Raptor engines of Ship 31, the upper stage of the vehicle that will conduct the sixth …
SpaceX Fires Up 6th Starship To Prep For Test Flight. Read More »
SpaceX’s new Starlink satellites produce 32 times more radio noise than their predecessors, causing concerns among astronomers about their interference with radio astronomy observations. Radio astronomy uses supersensitive antennas to detect faint radio signals emitted by stars, black holes and other objects in the universe. Researchers working at the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) in the …
