Giant SpaceX rocket leaves crater, serious damage at Texas base
Monday, 24 April 2023 01:20
Flying chunks of concrete, twisted metal sheets, craters blasted deep into the ground: the thunderous power of SpaceX's first test flight of Starship - the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built - inflicted serious damage on its Texas launch site.
Repairing the damage from Thursday's unmanned test flight is expected to take months, potentially delaying further launch attempts and slow SpaceX rocket explosion rained brown debris on nearby parks, town
Monday, 24 April 2023 01:20
Even as SpaceX said its Starship "flight termination system" worked as designed, Thursday's spectacular launch failure in Texas also revealed another potential issue with the program locally: explosive debris.
The SpaceX rocket launch explosion rained debris over a wide area, shaking homes and covering nearby Port Isabel with brown grime for miles.
Rob Nixon of San Benito, who wa Northrop Grumman's S.S. Sally Ride departs International Space Station
Monday, 24 April 2023 01:20
Northrop Grumman's autonomous Cygnus spaceship will leave the International Space Station on Friday morning carrying away more than 8,000 pounds of trash from the orbiting laboratory,
The S.S. Sally Ride, named after the first U.S. female astronaut, departed from the Unity module of the International Space Station at about 7:20 a.m. EDT.
It burned n up in a planned re-entry into Virgin Orbit completes LauncherOne investigation as Chapter 11 bankruptcy continues
Monday, 24 April 2023 00:34
Virgin Orbit says it is moving ahead with plans to return its LauncherOne rocket to flight later this year even though there is no certainty the company will emerge from bankruptcy.
Astra wins $11.5 million contract to launch military experimental payloads
Saturday, 22 April 2023 22:17
Astra Space won a task order worth $11.5 million to launch experimental payloads for the Defense Department’s Space Test Program.
U.S. military buying SES mPower satcom services under new NATO agreement
Saturday, 22 April 2023 19:09
The U.S. Space Force in its 2024 budget allocated $59 million to buy satellite communications services from SES’ new broadband constellation in medium Earth orbit known as O3b mPower.
U.S. Space Force will be the first customer for BlueHalo’s mobile ground station
Saturday, 22 April 2023 11:18
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Swedish astronaut to fly to ISS on Axiom mission
Friday, 21 April 2023 21:42
A Swedish astronaut may fly to the International Space Station on a commercial mission within the next year under an agreement signed this week.
Inmarsat still trying to restore satellite phone services in Asia Pacific
Friday, 21 April 2023 20:45
Inmarsat has restored maritime and aviation safety capabilities on its I-4 F1 satellite over Asia Pacific but is still trying to recover services for L-band phones that have been down for nearly a week.
Government calls for greater responsibility by satellite operators
Friday, 21 April 2023 16:23
Government officials say satellite operators need to take greater responsibility for safe operations of their spacecraft in increasingly congested orbits.
LeoLabs highlights on-orbit maneuvers
Friday, 21 April 2023 13:49
A LeoLabs maneuver-detection dashboard displayed at the 38th Space Symposium tracked the location of about 30 Chinese, Iranian and Russian spacecraft in low-Earth orbit.
Week in images: 17-21 April 2023
Friday, 21 April 2023 12:10
Week in images: 17-21 April 2023
Discover our week through the lens
Nelson supports continuing restrictions on NASA cooperation with China
Friday, 21 April 2023 11:20
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he supports continuing current restrictions on the agency’s ability to work with China in spaceflight as he warns of a “space race” between the countries.
Lockheed Martin cubesats validate essential maneuvers for on-orbit servicing
Friday, 21 April 2023 10:08
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has announced that its In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LM LINUSS) accomplished a successful on-orbit demonstration, proving how small satellites can serve an essential role in sustaining critical space architectures. They do this by regularly upgrading existing constellations with new capabilities and extending spacecraft design lifecycles.
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