SpaceX’s Starlink internet service continues to make inroads around the globe. Starlink provided Wi-Fi on a Boeing 777 jet for the first time, during a Qatar Airways flight from the Qatari capital of Doha to London. The 777 is the “largest and longest-range passenger aircraft equipped...

Blue Origin launched its second human-rated spacecraft on Wednesday (Oct. 23) after a more than two-week delay. Jeff Bezos‘ aerospace company launched its uncrewed NS-27 mission at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) today, sending a brand-new New Shepard rocket-capsule combo on a brief trip to...

China’s next space station mission is almost ready for launch. A Long March 2F rocket, topped with the Shenzhou 19 spacecraft, now sits on its pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China, ready for launch to the Tiangong space station. The 203-foot-long (62 meters) rocket was...

About 42,231 African names have been sent to space aboard the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA’s) Europa Clipper Mission, a stellar journey to study Jupiter’s most interesting moon, Europa. SpaceX launched the mission on a Falcon Heavy rocket on October 14, 2024, at the Kennedy Space...

MaxIQ Space, a leader in space-focused STEM education, has partnered with Parklands College and the Sakhikamva Foundation to launch a 1U payload aboard the Aerospace Systems Research Institute’s (ASRI) Phoenix hybrid rocket. The test launch, scheduled for December 2024, is a significant milestone...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an intricate portrait of two nearby stars that have been in close contact for centuries, revealing once again the complex yet volatile relationship of a stellar duo. The striking, hour-glass-shaped nebula seen in the new image was forged from the...

The 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), hosted in Milan, Italy, from October 14 to 18, 2024, brought together over 11,000 delegates from 96 countries, making it the premier global event for space professionals. Organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), this year’s...

SpaceX sent a set of internet satellites to orbit for another company early Sunday morning (Oct. 20). SpaceX launched the last batch of Eutelsat OneWeb’s V1 satellites from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday at 1:13 a.m. EDT (0513 GMT; 10:13 p.m. on...

NASA recently put a crucial part of the Roman Space Telescope — the Outer Barrel Assembly — through a rigorous “spin test” designed to evaluate its resilience against the intense gravitational forces it will encounter during launch. This test, a standard procedure in aerospace...