Call it one high leap for astronaut science. The Polaris Dawn mission, funded by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than Tuesday morning (Aug. 27). It has two major operations goals: to perform the first-ever private spacewalk and...

Blue Origin will launch its eighth human spaceflight this week, if all goes according to plan. Jeff Bezos‘ company is targeting Thursday (Aug. 29) for NS-26, its latest suborbital space tourism mission. The reusable New Shepard rocket-capsule combo is scheduled to lift off from Blue...

SpaceX’s historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission remains on track to lift off early Tuesday morning (Aug. 27). Over the weekend, SpaceX briefly ignited the first-stage engines of the Falcon 9 rocket that will launch Polaris Dawn, in a common preflight test known as a static fire. “Static...

SpaceX is about to launch four private astronauts farther than any human has flown since the end of the Apollo era. The crew will be on a mission to perform history’s first commercial spacewalk. The mission, Polaris Dawn, will liftoff early Tuesday (Aug. 27), from SpaceX’s Launch...

Dr Sherif Sedky, CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA), has unveiled a new plan to grow Egypt’s space capabilities. The agency will establish a joint-stock company dedicated to manufacturing satellite components. Additionally, the plan involves creating a marketing company for the agency’s...

Airtel Nigeria has announced the successful installation of the Eutelsat OneWeb dish at its site in Lagos, Nigeria. This dish will bring high-speed internet to remote areas, improving connectivity across the country. In addition, it will offer high-speed internet to businesses and governments across...

Scientists have found a key process required for superconductivity occurring at higher temperatures than previously thought. It could be a small but significant step in the search for one of the “holy grails” of physics, a superconductor that operates at room temperature. The discovery...

On Saturday (Aug. 24), NASA announced its final decision regarding the fates of the two astronauts aboard the International Space Station whose original eight-day space jaunt had turned into a nebulous multi-month excursion. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who launched to the ISS aboard...

Two women astronauts will set a spaceflight record next week, if all goes according to plan. The Polaris Dawn mission is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than Aug. 27. It aims to perform the first-ever private spacewalk and to fly at a higher altitude above Earth than any...