Japan launches GOSAT-GW on 50th and final liftoff of the H-2A rocket (video)
The 50th and final liftoff of Japan’s H-2A rocket launched the GOSAT-GW satellite on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
SpaceX scores $81.6 million Space Force contract to launch weather satellite
Space Force awards third consecutive NSSL Phase 3 task order to SpaceX for 2027 launch The post SpaceX scores $81.6 million Space Force contract to launch weather satellite appeared first…
HAKUTO-R Mission 2’s Crash was Caused by its Laser Range Finder
The Japanese company ispace released the technical details that likely doomed the landing of their Hakuto-R Mission 2 lunar lander earlier this month. According to a press release, their engineers…
How to Make Building Blocks for a Lunar Habitat
The challenge of building habitats on the Moon is considerable, mainly because most additive manufacturing (aka. 3-D printing) techniques are not feasible. By utilizing a 3-D printing method known as…
The Presence of Certain Minerals May Explain Why the Lunar Farside and Nearside are so Different
Why does the Moon have two different faces?. That question frames the lunar dichotomy: The nearside that faces us is different than the lunar farside. Scientists have worked hard to…
Astronomers Explore Different Physics on Simulated Clones of the Milky Way
How do you search for a substance that doesn’t give off any kind of light, but its gravitational influence shapes galaxies? That’s the challenge researchers face as they try to…
Webb Directly Images A Saturn-Sized Star In A Nearby System
One of Webb’s strong points is its ability to directly image planets around another solar system. The telescope has been in operation for long enough now that a flood of…
Look for the ‘Other Dipper’ this summer: How to find Ursa Minor, the Little Bear with a little help from the North Star
Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.
NASA Welcomes Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station
NASA/Nichole Ayers A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 crew docks to the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module on June 26. Axiom Mission 4…
EchoStar delays bankruptcy threat after Trump pushes for FCC resolution
EchoStar has delayed a potential bankruptcy filing to allow more time for talks with regulators reviewing whether the satellite operator is complying with conditions tied to its spectrum licenses. The…