...the who's who,
and the what's what 
of the space industry

Space Careers

news Space News

Search News Archive

Title

Article text

Keyword

Write a comment
Video: 00:04:38

The effects of the climate crisis are felt more acutely in the Arctic than anywhere else on the planet. The weather in the Arctic is not only severe, but it changes extremely quickly. More frequent data are urgently needed to improve weather forecasts for this susceptible polar region.

Enter ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite: a brand new prototype mission to show exactly how this can be achieved. The satellite will provide precise, short-term weather forecasts for the Arctic region. It is equipped with a 19-channel cross-track scanning microwave radiometer which will provide high-resolution humidity and temperature soundings of the

Write a comment
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Aug 12, 2024
The EU's top digital official wrote to Elon Musk Monday to remind him of his legal duty to stop "harmful content" from spreading on X, hours before the tech billionaire interviews Donald Trump live on the platform. "With great audience comes greater responsibility," the bloc's internal market commissioner Thierry Breton posted on X, along with the letter laying out Musk's obligations to comb
Write a comment
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2024
SpaceX successfully launched a new round of 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Monday morning after a previous launch opportunity was scrubbed on Sunday. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 6:38 a.m. EDT and SpaceX confirmed the satellite payload was deployed about an hour later. "Rise and shine with Falcon 9," SpaceX wrote on social media. The launch from the Ke
Write a comment
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2024
SpaceX scrubbed its planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida Sunday just 46 seconds before it was scheduled to blast off, the company announced. "Vehicle and payload are in good health and teams are resetting for a launch attempt on Monday, August 12," SpaceX said in a post on X. The launch was scheduled to carry the next in a
Write a comment
Faint auroras may be visible in Northern Hemisphere skies after weekend solar storms
The northern lights, or the aurora borealis, appear in the sky over Rat Lake in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories on Thursday, Aug.8, 2024. Credit: Bill Braden /The Canadian Press via AP

Solar storms persisting from the weekend may produce faint colorful auroras across the Northern Hemisphere, with little disruption to power and communications, space forecasters said Monday.

The sun has shot out at least five strong solar flares since Saturday containing clouds of high-energy plasma that can interfere with power grids and scramble GPS signals, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But no major communication problems have been reported so far, said NOAA spokesperson Erica Grow Cei.

Unusually strong in May produced jaw-dropping aurora displays across the Northern Hemisphere.

Write a comment
Cape Canaveral
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain

A Friday scrub of a launch attempt meant for a short while SpaceX was aiming to send up two of its rockets from the Space Coast within three hours of one another on Saturday morning.

The company stood down from the second launch attempt, though, and won't try to fly until at least Sunday. But the first one lifted off without a hitch.

A Falcon 9 carrying 21 of the company's Starlink internet satellites took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 at 8:50 a.m.

SpaceX had scrubbed the Friday attempt for this mission because of recovery weather conditions downrange in the Atlantic.

The first-stage booster made its 21st trip to space having previously launched the Crew-3 and Crew-4 human spaceflight missions, among others. It made another recovery landing downrange in the Atlantic on the droneship Just Read the Instructions.

It's one of three boosters in SpaceX's fleet with at least 20 launches on the books. Another booster based at Cape Canaveral is the fleet leader, having already flown 22 times.

This marks the 56th launch among all providers on the Space Coast for 2024, with SpaceX responsible for all but four.

Write a comment
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 10, 2024
SpaceX launched 21 Starlink satellites into orbit from a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday morning in clear skies from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, one day after the mission was scrubbed because of poor booster recovery conditions. The 230-foot rocket lifted off at 8:50 a.m. from pad 40. It was Space X's 52nd launch this year from Florida. Eight minutes later, the booster landed on
Write a comment
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2024
EdgeRunner AI, a startup focused on developing Generative AI for the edge, has received commendation from the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) for its innovative offline AI platform, Battle Buddy. Designed to enhance military support, this system operates seamlessly with devices such as laptops and smartphones in fully air-gapped environments. It aims to bridge knowledge gaps among n
Page 121 of 1831