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SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit early Friday (Aug. 2), continuing the company’s bounceback from a July 11 failure. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink craft lifted off from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday at 1:01 a.m. EDT (0501 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage returned …

SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites To Orbit From Florida. Read More »

NASA and SpaceX are looking to launch the Crew-9 mission around the middle of this month. Crew-9, SpaceX‘s next astronaut launch to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, is currently set for Aug. 18. The four astronauts that will be on board are commander Zena Cardman, pilot Nick Hague, mission specialist Stephanie Wilson and …

SpaceX To Resume Astronaut Launches On Aug. 18 With Crew-9 Mission to ISS. Read More »

There are continual, creaky reminders that the International Space Station is showing its age. Hissy-fit pressure leaks in the Russian segment, loss of attitude control on two separate occasions in 2021. To remain safe and sound for human occupants, the massive structure requires continuous maintenance, a flow of replacement parts, and upgrades to many of …

After ISS: The Private Space Station Era Is Dawning. Read More »

Boeing Starliner’s two astronauts knew to expect the unexpected when they took off on the spacecraft’s first crewed mission on June 5. I learned this back in March, when NASA hosted reporters at the agency’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston for two days. We used four Starliner simulators, spoke at length with senior agency …

Boeing Starliner’s NASA Astronauts Are Not Stranded In Space. Read More »

Observing a distant and messy collision between galaxy clusters, astronomers have discovered that dark matter, the most mysterious “stuff” in the universe, passed through the wreckage like a cosmic phantom. The dark matter was detected racing away from the conventional “normal” matter that comprises stars, planets, moons and everything we see around us in the …

Dark Matter Ghosts Its Way Through Powerful (and messy) Collision Of Galaxy Clusters. Read More »

The Luxembourg-based subsidiary of Japanese space exploration firm ispace has finished building a micro lunar rover, which is now set to fly to the moon. The newly assembled rover is soon set to be transported to Japan for integration into ispace’s HAKUTO-R lander. The lander-rover combo is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 …

Japan’s iSpace Will Fly A Tiny European-Built Lunar Rover To The Moon This Year. Read More »

SpaceX reportedly in talks with US, Australian officials to land Starship rocket off Australian coast and recover it in Australian territory US aerospace company SpaceX is reportedly in talks with US and Australian officials over a plan to land a Starship rocket off Australia’s coast, part of a trend toward increasing security ties between the …

SpaceX ‘In Talks’ To Recover Starship Rocket In Australia. Read More »

Brigadier Hillary Kipkosgey, the Acting Director General of the Kenya Space Agency (KSA), hosted a series of meetings last Friday to discuss potential collaborations in space technology and its applications. These discussions, held at KSA headquarters in Nairobi, aimed to strengthen KSA’s position in the global space sector and enhance its contribution to national development. …

Kenya Space Agency Forges Global Partnerships to Boost National Space Capabilities. Read More »

United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) venerable Atlas V rocket will fly its final national security mission on Tuesday morning (July 30), and you can watch the action live. The Atlas V is is scheduled to launch from Florida’s Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday at 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 GMT), on a classified mission for the …

Watch An Atlas V Rocket Launch Its Final National Security Mission Early July 30. Read More »