U.S. intelligence agency selects 13 companies for satellite data contract
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket blasts off in first launch, reaches orbit
Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket for the first time early Thursday, a livestream of the blastoff showed.
The rocket, whose inaugural mission had been delayed by several years, blasted of at 2:03 am (0703 GMT) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in the US state of Florida, the webcast showed.
The mission is seen a India achieves 'historic' space docking mission
India docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country's dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission, the space agency said.
The satellites, weighing 220 kilograms (485 pounds) each, blasted off in December on a single rocket from India's Sriharikota launch site. Later they separated.
The two satellites were manoeuvred back together on Thursday in a "precisi Starship-7 set for Thursday afternoon launch
Elon Musk's SpaceX on Wednesday pushed back its latest orbital flight test of Starship, the colossal prototype rocket the company hopes will help humans colonize Mars.
"Due to weather, we're now targeting Thursday, January 16 for Starship's seventh flight test," the company said on X.
A 60-minute launch window from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, will open at 4:00 pm Central EarthCARE goes live with data now available to all
With ESA’s EarthCARE satellite and four measuring instruments all working extremely well and fully commissioned, the mission’s ‘first level’ data stream is now freely available.
By combining data from all four instruments, scientists ultimately aim to address a critical Earth science question: how do clouds and aerosols affect the heating and cooling of our atmosphere?
New Glenn reaches orbit on first launch
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket achieved orbit on its long-awaited first launch Jan.
Mars plays hide and seek with Wolf Moon
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Mars plays hide and seek with Wolf Moon Malargüe: A satellite dish best served cold
A capacity increase by almost 80%! In late July 2024, the Malargüe deep-space communication station completed an important upgrade of its antenna feed that will allow missions to send much more data back to Earth.
India completes on-orbit docking test in step towards major space plans
Space Foundation and Starburst to Host Second Annual Space Symposium Innovate Pitch Competition
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jan. 15, 2025 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 as a gateway to unite the global space community, today announced that its Space […]
