SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink launches in 2 days, lands booster at sea (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
‘I didn’t look too good because I didn’t feel too good’: NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)
Seventy-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit looked pretty peaked shortly after returning to Earth from the ISS this month. And he was pretty peaked — he’d just thrown up on the…
NASA Moon Observing Instrument to Get Another Shot at Lunar Ops
The Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) for NASA’s Volatile Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission is prepared for packing inside a laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility at…
How Are We Made of Star Stuff? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 58
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) How are we made of star stuff? Well, the important thing to understand about this question is that it’s…
NASA 3D Wind Measuring Laser Aims to Improve Forecasts from Air, Space
5 Min Read NASA 3D Wind Measuring Laser Aims to Improve Forecasts from Air, Space 3D wind measurements from NASA’s Aerosol Wind Profiler instrument flying on board a specially mounted…
Spire Global closes stalled $241 million maritime sale
Satellite operator Spire Global has closed the $241 million sale of its commercial maritime tracking business to Belgian analytics provider Kpler, ending a legal dispute over the stalled transaction. The…
Seeing the Cygnus Loop in a New Way
X-ray: NASA/SAO/CXC; Optical: John Stone (Astrobin); Image Processing: NASA/SAO/CXC/L. Frattre, N. Wolk The Cygnus Loop, also known as the Veil Nebula, is a supernova remnant – the remains of the…
Head of FAA’s commercial space office takes buyout
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration’s commercial space transportation office is leaving the agency through a deferred resignation program. The post Head of FAA’s commercial space office takes buyout…
Data architecture is paramount for Golden Dome success — and the Department of Defense is not ready
President Trump recognizes the grave threats posed by adversary ballistic and hypersonic missiles and has issued mandates for the Department of Defense to deploy a “Golden Dome” defense shield for…
Armed services committees propose $150 billion funding boost for defense
The proposal includes $25 billion for the “Golden Dome” next-generation missile defense initiative, with about $15 billion allocated to satellites, sensors, space-base interceptors and launch infrastructure. The post Armed services…