NASA Stennis Takes Key Step in Expanding its Range Operations Work
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Skydweller Aero solar-powered, autonomous aircraft flies above the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-1/B-2) at NASA’s Stennis Space Center…
‘Man of Steel’ Henry Cavill to star in new live-action ‘Voltron’ movie
Amazon MGM Studios’ new live-action “Voltron” movie lands Henry Cavill as its leading man.
Winning hearts and minds to further the global space economy
A recent opinion piece in SpaceNews, How countries can increase their participation in the global space economy, highlighted six areas — leadership and collaboration, funding and revenue, regulatory frameworks, technology…
NASA Quiet Space Fan Research to Benefit Commercial Space Stations
NASA researchers developed a Quiet Space Fan to reduce the noise inside crewed spacecraft, sharing the results with industry for potential use on future commercial space stations. Controlling noise inside…
How moon-landing teams are learning from each other to make the next lunar leap
Moon landing attempts are becoming so frequent that the players involved — private companies and government agencies alike — are learning from each other’s efforts.
Telesat contracts Intellian for Lightspeed LEO gateways
Telesat has ordered 127 gateway antennas from South Korea’s Intellian for its upcoming Lightspeed low Earth orbit broadband network, the Canadian geostationary satellite operator announced Oct. 23. The post Telesat…
China rolls out rocket for Shenzhou-19 astronaut launch (video)
China rolled out the rocket and crew capsule for the Shenzhou-19 mission, the nation’s next astronaut launch to the Tiangong space station.
James Webb Space Telescope sees lonely supermassive black hole-powered quasars in the early universe
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered lonely quasars in the early universe, with “empty larders” that defy theories surrounding their growth to monster sizes.
SpaceX’s Starlink internet flies on a Boeing 777 jet for the 1st time
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites provided internet service on a Boeing 777 jet for the first time today (Oct. 22), during a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to London.
New Research Reveals Provides Insight into Mysterious Features on Airless Worlds
Between 2011 and 2018, NASA’s Dawn mission conducted extended observations of Ceres and Vesta, the largest bodies in the Main Asteroid Belt. The mission’s purpose was to address questions about…
