Trump nominates Schiess as next Space Force chief
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Amazon Leo passes 300 satellites with Atlas and Ariane launches
A pair of launches this week pushed the number of Amazon Leo satellites deployed to more than 300, but the company is still far short of a looming FCC milestone.…
Russia’s new homegrown Soyuz 5 rocket aces debut launch
Russia launched its Soyuz 5 medium-lift rocket for the first time ever on Thursday (April 30), and things apparently went well.
Artemis 3 has been pushed to late 2027. Can NASA still land astronauts on the moon in 2028?
Artemis 3 slips to late 2027 as Starship and Blue Moon lag, delaying NASA’s lunar return timeline and jeopardizing a 2028 moon landing.
NASA Invites Media to Ireland Artemis Accords Signing
Credit: NASA Ireland will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Monday, May 4, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Ambassador…
What is the Most Common Type of Planet in the Galaxy?
Astronomers now believe there is at least one planet for every star in the Milky Way but new research has revealed a deeply unsettling twist in that picture. The most…
How do you study something you can never step outside of?
An international team of astrophysicists has just released one of the largest cosmological datasets ever assembled. A mouthwatering 2.5 petabytes of simulated universe, freely available to researchers anywhere in the…
What does it take to call home from the Moon?
When NASA’s Artemis II crew swung around the Moon in April, the world watched in extraordinary detail and a breakthrough laser communications system was the reason why. Bolted to the…
US Space Force wants space-based missile interceptors for Golden Dome ready by 2028
The United States Space Force has created a new program to develop space-based missile interceptors, with the goal of being able to demonstrate their capability by 2028.
Is Venus volcanically active? Big Hawaiian eruption in 2022 could help scientists find out
Evidence suggests that Venus is still volcanically active, and new data about a big eruption in Hawaii a few years ago could help scientists find out for sure.