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An astronaut crew’s rocket made its last major journey on Earth before blasting off for the moon. The core stage of Artemis 2‘s rocket came to NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Tuesday (July 23). The rocket stage was offloaded from NASA’s Pegasus barge, which shipped the rocket stage 900 miles (1,450 km) […]

Your internet connection today is brought to you by space. No, that’s not an ad from a science fiction movie; it’s the reality now thanks to SpaceX‘s ever-growing constellation of Starlink satellites. In June, SpaceX introduced its new version of its satellite internet antenna, providing users the option to have an on the go service

Russia has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap for building its newest space station and associated Earth-based infrastructure, with the first modules expected to launch within three years. On July 2, the leadership of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos described their upcoming to create the nation’s newest space station, currently known as the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS),

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

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

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

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

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

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