Watch Rocket Lab’s next Electron rocket launch live
Rocket Lab is launching its ninth Electron rocket today, with the launch set for 00:41 UTC (8:41 PM ET/5:41 PM PT) [Update: They’re now targeting 01:22 UTC (9:22 PM ET/6:22… Read more »
Category: Space
SpaceX files paperwork to launch up to 30,000 more Starlink global internet satellites
SpaceX has filed documents with the International Telecommunication Union, which governs international use of global bandwidth, to launch up to 30,000 more satellites for its Starlink global broadband constellation, SpaceNews… Read more »
Leo Labs and its high-fidelity space radar track orbital debris better than ever — from New Zealand
Ask anyone in the space business and they’ll tell you that orbital debris is a serious problem that will only get worse,but dealing with it is as much an opportunity… Read more »
Rocket Lab’s new 5-year FAA license will help it streamline its rocket launch process
Rocket Lab has received a new 5-year Launch Operator License from the Federal Aviation Administration, which grants it permission to do multiple launches of its Electron rocket from its LC-1… Read more »
NASA shares 3D Moon data for CG artists and creators
If you want to set your movie or game on the Moon, it’s not hard to find imagery of our photogenic satellite. But NASA has just released a useful and… Read more »
NASA calls for input on Moon spacesuits and plans to source them commercially in future
NASA issues a new formal request for info from industry specifically around spacesuits. The agency is hoping to gather information in order to help it figure out a future path… Read more »
Leo Aerospace provides bespoke rocket launches — from a hot air balloon
The demand for orbital launches is increasing steadily, and the industry is nowhere near keeping up. Leo Aerospace thinks it can help with a launch technique that’s more efficient and… Read more »
Rocket Lab launch switcheroo shows the flexibility of the new orbital economy
New Zealand-based launch provider Rocket Lab has announced its next commercial mission, “As The Crow Flies,” taking an Astro Digital satellite to orbit in October. Interestingly, this launch originally had… Read more »
Gallery: SpaceX’s Starship Mk1 spacecraft prototype in pictures
SpaceX is set to show off its Starship Mk1, an orbital-scale prototype of the spacecraft it eventually plans to use to attain its goal of fully reusable commercial spaceflight. Starship… Read more »
Watch live as Elon Musk delivers an update on SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft
SpaceX is all set to deliver an update on the status of its Starship program, courtesy of CEO Elon Musk. Musk will provide new info about “the design and development… Read more »
SpaceX’s orbital Starship prototype comes together ahead of update event
SpaceX has completed joining the bottom and top halves of the Starship orbital-scale prototype it’s building in Boca Chica, Texas. The gleaming silver spacecraft, which is the “Mk 1” prototype… Read more »
Why Maxar CTO Walter Scott thinks now is the time to address the orbital traffic boom
The number of objects in orbit around Earth has been growing, and growing fast. Before 1957, of course, there were a total of zero human-made objects in the orbital region… Read more »
Apple’s new ‘For All Mankind’ trailer focuses on the people dealing with a Soviet space race win
Apple’s new premium subscription TV service is launching on November 1, and there’s a new trailer for one of its original shows, the Ronald D. Moore project ‘For All Mankind.’… Read more »
Scientists propose ‘Spaceline’ elevator to the Moon
Fans of sci-fi and fringe tech may already be familiar with the idea of the “space elevator,” which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like — and totally impossible… Read more »
Hubble spots liquid water on a ‘super-Earth’ 110 light-years away
Water is not uncommon to find in our galaxy in ice or gaseous form, but liquid water is quite rare — and liquid and gaseous water on an Earth-like exoplanet?… Read more »
India loses contact with spacecraft during historic moon landing attempt
India’s attempt to become the first nation to soft land a robotic spacecraft at the moon’s South Pole, an unexplored region, has ended in failure, the space agency said Saturday…. Read more »
Watch India’s Chandrayaan-2 make its historic Moon landing attempt right here
It’s a big day for India’s highly audacious Chandrayaan-2 mission. The nation will attempt to land on the moon’s surface shortly as it inches closer to becoming the fourth in… Read more »
SpaceX Starhopper ‘hops’ to around 500 feet and flies for just under a minute in new test flight
SpaceX has completed a second low-altitude test flight of its “Starhopper” demonstration prototype, which is being used to test technologies that will be used to build the full-scale next-generation SpaceX… Read more »
Satellite internet startup Astranis books first commercial launch on SpaceX Falcon 9
Y Combinator-backed startup Astranis is now set to launch its first commercial telecommunication satellite aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, with a launch timeframe currently set for sometime starting in the… Read more »
Japan’s ispace now aims for a lunar landing in 2021, and a Moon rover deployment in 2023
One of the private companies aiming to deliver a commercial lunar lander to the Moon has adjusted the timing for its planned mission, which isn’t all that surprising given the… Read more »
SpaceX’s spacefaring Tesla Roadster has made a full trip around the Sun
Somewhere in space, a mannequin wearing a SpaceX spacesuit and driving a cherry red original Tesla Roadster that once belonged to Elon Musk is celebrating its first trip around the… Read more »
ULA tapped to launch Astrobotic’s lunar lander to the Moon in 2021
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has been chosen to launch the lunar lander of one of the companies chosen by NASA for its commercial lunar payload program. ULA will deliver… Read more »
Vector’s launch business in peril after ‘major change in financing’
Small satellite launch startup Vector has indefinitely shut down operations “in response a major change in financing,” the company confirmed. Co-founder and CEO Jim Cantrell has also been cut loose… Read more »
SpaceX successfully launches twice re-flown Falcon 9 for AMOS-17 mission
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 first-stage that had previously served two missions in July and November of 2018, today carrying its final payload, the AMOS-17 satellite for Spacecomm. SpaceX… Read more »
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket will go reusable, with the company aiming for mid-air helicopter recovery
Private rocket launch startup and SpaceX competitor Rocket Lab made a big announcement today: It’ll be looking to re-use the first stage of its Electron rockets, returning them to Earth… Read more »
Tardigrades may have survived spacecraft crashing on moon
Scientists believe the Beresheet’s unusual cargo may be alive and well on the moon The odds of finding life on the moon have suddenly rocketed skywards. But rather than elusive… Read more »
The galaxy is not flat, researchers show in new 3D model of the Milky Way
Six years of tracking a special class of star have yielded a new and improved 3D model of our galaxy, based on direct observation rather than theoretical frameworks. And although… Read more »
Most detailed ever 3D map of Milky Way shows ‘warped’ shape
Our galaxy is like a distorted disc, study based on Cepheid stars confirms The most detailed three-dimensional map yet of the Milky Way has been revealed, showing that our galaxy… Read more »
Cryptographic ICE Cube tests orbital cybersecurity protocols aboard the ISS
Encryption in space can be tricky. Even if you do everything right, a cosmic ray might come along and flip a bit, sabotaging the whole secure protocol. So if you… Read more »
NASA calls for more companies to join its commercial lunar lander program
NASA has opened up a call for companies to join the ranks of its nine existing Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) providers, a group it chose in November after a… Read more »