Space to grow: American leadership in space commerce
Growing up, I felt like I could access the universe by just crossing the street. Steps from my childhood home in Cleveland, Ohio stood the Warner and Swasey Observatory, an…
The Los Angeles Fires Got Extremely Close to NASA’s JPL Facility
The wildfires raging around Los Angeles have made plenty of headlines lately, though they are slowly starting to get under control. NASA was a part of that effort, tracking the…
ABS rethinks business models to navigate shifting satellite market
Agility Beyond Space (ABS) is keen to embrace new business models and strategic partnerships as the rapidly evolving satellite market shifts beneath the Dubai-based geostationary operator’s feet. The post ABS…
Dark Matter Can’t Be Too Heavy
Dark matter may have to go on a diet, according to new research. By now we have a vast abundance of evidence for the existence of dark matter. That’s because…
Space Itself May Have Created Galaxies
According to new research, the earliest seeds of structures may have been laid down by gravitational waves sloshing around in the infant universe. Cosmologists strongly suspect that the extremely early…
A Flexible, Adaptable Space Metamaterial
Researchers have discovered how to make a new kind of metamaterial reconfigure itself without tangling itself up in knots, opening up the possibility of a broad array of space applications.…
SpaceX Catches Booster But Loses Ship in Starship Test Flight
SpaceX’s seventh flight test of its massive Starship launch system brought good news as well as not-so-great news. The good news? The Super Heavy booster successfully flew itself back to…
Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos)
The upper stage of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket exploded over the Atlantic Ocean during the vehicle’s Flight 7 test today (Jan. 16), and lots of people saw the sky show.
Space Force procurement official removed amid investigation
The Department of the Air Force confirmed that Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, has been placed on investigative administrative leave The post Space Force procurement official removed…
Starship upper stage lost on seventh test flight
SpaceX’s seventh Starship/Super Heavy test flight ended prematurely Jan. 16 when the Starship upper stage was apparently lost while ascending into space. The post Starship upper stage lost on seventh…