ABL Space Systems will have to wait a while to conduct its second-ever orbital launch. The California-based startup has been prepping its RS1 rocket for a test flight, which will lift off from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska. But that vehicle is no longer in any condition to earn its wings. “After a pre-flight …
ABL Space System’s 2nd RS1 Rocket Destroyed During Preflight Testing. Read More »
SpaceX‘s new vehicle to bring down the International Space Station will be a monster. The SpaceX deorbit vehicle, a variant of its workhorse Dragon spacecraft, will carry 46 Draco thrusters to send the International Space Station (ISS) to its end in the south Pacific Ocean in the next decade, the company said in remarks last …
SpaceX Has Dreamed Up A Dragon Ship On Steroids To Drag The ISS Out Of Space. Read More »
A European moon lander being developed to provide the continent autonomous access to the moon is targeted to launch in 2031, according to a development call published last week by the European Space Agency (ESA). The robotic lander, called Argonaut, is expected to lift off on an Ariane 6 rocket, which after a long series …
Europe on the moon: ESA Targeting 2031 For 1st ‘Argonaut’ Lunar Lander Mission. Read More »
Using a NASA X-ray telescope mounted on the International Space Station (ISS), astronomers have weighed a rapidly spinning dead star that signifies the heart of the closest millisecond pulsar to Earth. Like all neutron stars, pulsars are born when massive stars die, but what really sets millisecond pulsars apart is the fact that they spin …
NASA X-ray Telescope ‘Weighs’ The Closest Rapidly Spinning Dead Star to Earth. Read More »
Key Highlights Yahsat partnered with Satcom Technologies to explore new satellite communication opportunities for socio-economic benefits in Zimbabwe. Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), in partnership with Satcom Technologies, hosted a high-level forum on 17 July with various Zimbabwean Government stakeholders at the Hyatt Regency in Harare. During the forum, Yahsat demonstrated new technology …
Photos of the moon captured by American, Russian, European, Japanese, Indian, Korean and Chinese spacecraft are the subject of new United Nations (UN) postage stamps commemorating the 55th anniversary of the NASA‘s Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The UN Postal Administration (UNPA) will release six se-tenant postage stamps and three souvenir sheets on Saturday (July …
United Nations Marks Apollo 11 55th With International Moon Missions Stamps. Read More »
A new quantum computer has broken a world record in “quantum supremacy,” topping the performance of benchmarking set by Google’s Sycamore machine by 100-fold. Using the new 56-qubit H2-1 computer, scientists at quantum computing company Quantinuum ran various experiments to benchmark the machine’s performance levels and the quality of the qubits used. They published their …
Key Highlight NIGCOMSAT partners with the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) to support Nigeria’s broadcasting services Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) has partnered with the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) to provide uplink services on the NIGCOMSAT satellite network, aiming to enhance Nigeria’s broadcasting landscape. This three-month collaboration will help improve the quality and reach …
NIGCOMSAT and BON Partner to Elevate the Nigeria’s Broadcasting Landscape. Read More »
NASA is honoring a ‘hidden figure’ and all of the women who contributed to the Apollo program with the naming of a building in Houston, where at the time of the moon missions it was part of the “Manned” Spacecraft Center. The agency’s Johnson Space Center (renamed for the president in 1973) marked the 55th …
NASA Marks Moon Landing Anniversary By Dedicating Building To ‘Women of Apollo’. Read More »
NASA administrator Bill Nelson is calling for unity among both major U.S. political parties amid the 55th anniversary of the first human moon landing on Saturday (July 20). The former Democratic politician’s new speech was released on YouTube; in it, he says “historic times, even what feels like divided times” that the United States feels …
NASA Chief Calls For Unity 55 Years After Apollo 11 Moon Landing. Read More »
