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This first ever private spacewalk will be bringing some serious style to outer space. SpaceX‘s privately-funded crewed mission, Polaris Dawn, is moving toward a launch sometime this summer. The four-person crew, which includes the mission’s funder, billionaire philanthropist Jared Isaacman, recently completed acceptance testing for SpaceX’s new extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits, which they will wear

NASA says its next spacewalk will be delayed indefinitely until engineers understand more about what caused a coolant leak on June 24. Tracy Dyson, a NASA astronaut, had a brief spacesuit leak a month ago while still in the hatch of the International Space Station (ISS). She and Mike Barrett had just opened the door

Virgin Galactic’s future fleet of commercial space planes will now have a home where they will be brought to life starting next year. Virgin Galactic’s new “Delta” class space planes are set to take flight no earlier than 2026. The final flight of their previous space plane, VSS Unity, took place on June 8 and

NASA will perform its own re-authorization of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 before the rocket launches its next astronaut crew or cargo mission, the agency confirmed Wednesday (July 17). Falcon 9 experienced a rare failure during an engine burn of SpaceX rocket’s second stage, due to an oxygen leak, during a launch on Thursday (July 11). A

An astronaut assigned to back up a historic moon mission was seeing orange last week. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, recently named backup for the Artemis 2 round-the-moon flight scheduled for 2025, finished a standard spacesuit fit check in the agency’s orange outfit. Then he posted how it looked in different positions on X, formerly Twitter.

Astronomers have imaged a strange S-shaped jet emerging from a neutron star for the first time ever. The weird emission suggests this dead star resembles the shape of water spraying from a garden sprinkler. The “cosmic garden sprinkler” in question is a neutron star that sits in the binary system Circinus X-1, located more than

Key Highlights Avanti conducts successful satellite connectivity tests to fortify digital banking systems. Avanti Communications has led a groundbreaking satellite connectivity test with BankservAfrica, Africa’s largest automated clearing house, and Capitec Bank, one of South Africa’s top retail banks. The successful test marks a crucial step towards enhanced transactional security.It underscores satellite communications’ role in

NASA has cancelled its VIPER moon rover program due to rising costs. VIPER, short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, was a robotic mission intended to land near the moon’s south pole and spend 100 days scouting for lunar ice deposits. The rover was slated to launch in 2025 to the moon aboard an Astrobotic

The Intersputnik International Organisation of Space Communications and the Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation (RASCOM) have entered into a cooperation agreement covering satellite communications and other areas of shared interest. This agreement includes provisions for mutual consultations, participation in events hosted by both organisations and information and document exchange. The agreement was signed by Mr