Amazon's Project Kuiper will now launch with ULA rockets
Friday, 14 October 2022 11:03
Broccoli gas: A better way to find life in space
Friday, 14 October 2022 11:03
NASA, USGS map minerals to understand Earth makeup, climate change
Friday, 14 October 2022 11:03
NASA's solid-state battery research exceeds initial goals, draws interest
Friday, 14 October 2022 11:03
Esri partners with Digital Earth Africa to support sustainable growth
Friday, 14 October 2022 11:03
Optical foundations illuminated by quantum light
Friday, 14 October 2022 11:03
Commercial space station developers seek clarity on regulations
Friday, 14 October 2022 11:01
Companies working on commercial space stations intended to succeed the International Space Station say they need more clarity from the federal government on who will regulate them and how.
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Earth from Space: Mississippi River
Friday, 14 October 2022 07:00
Mississippi River, one of the longest rivers in North America, is featured in this multi-temporal radar image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
Seeing how a spacecraft dies
Friday, 14 October 2022 06:29
Seeing how a spacecraft dies
Astra’s strategy to address NASDAQ warning
Thursday, 13 October 2022 20:35
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – While Astra Space is taking the delisting warning the company received from NASDAQ seriously, the company has “lots of different strategies” to address it, Astra CEO Chris Kemp said at the Satellite Innovation conference here.
NASA's Lucy spacecraft prepares to swing by Earth
Thursday, 13 October 2022 20:07
On Oct. 16, at 7:04 a.m. EDT, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, the first mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, will skim the Earth's atmosphere, passing a mere 220 miles (350 kilometers) above the surface. By swinging past Earth on the first anniversary of its launch, Lucy will gain some of the orbital energy it needs to travel to this never-before-visited population of asteroids.
The Trojan asteroids are trapped in orbits around the sun at the same distance as Jupiter, either far ahead of or behind the giant planet. Lucy is currently one year into a twelve-year voyage. This gravity assist will place Lucy on a new trajectory for a two-year orbit, at which time it will return to Earth for a second gravity assist. This second assist will give Lucy the energy it needs to cross the main asteroid belt, where it will observe asteroid Donaldjohanson, and then travel into the leading Trojan asteroid swarm.
Starlink kicks off Asia expansion in search of more subscribers
Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:59
Starlink is deepening its foothold in Japan as SpaceX’s satellite broadband service looks to expand elsewhere in Asia, which will be critical for generating much-needed revenues.
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Starlink’s market dominance affecting DoD’s hybrid network plans
Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:50
As SpaceX’s Starlink continues to gain military customers, the Pentagon worries that the company’s use of proprietary technology will make it difficult to integrate into a hybrid architecture that DoD hopes to build
Phase Four adopts iodine for next-gen Max-V engine
Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:34
Propulsion startup Phase Four is expanding its Maxwell plasma propulsion line by offering Max-V, an iodine-fueled engine.
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US opts to not rebuild renowned Puerto Rico telescope
Thursday, 13 October 2022 16:58
The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that it will not rebuild a renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was one of the world's largest until it collapsed nearly two years ago.