Are we underestimating the threat of solar storms? A 'once-in-a-thousand-year' disaster is worth considering, scientists say
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Are we underestimating the threat of solar storms? A 'once-in-a-thousand-year' disaster is worth considering, scientists say

A new study suggests the most extreme solar storms to strike Earth could have greater impacts on satellites, power grids and communications than previ...

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Serbia signs the Artemis Accords

Serbia is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining the U.S.-led effort more than two years after signing on to China’s lunar base projec...

Source: SpaceNews

Watch SpaceX’s Starship flight 13 launch tonight
Space Technology 1 month ago
Watch SpaceX’s Starship flight 13 launch tonight

SpaceX is launching the latest version of its Starship megarocket for a test flight that—if all goes to plan—should look a lot like the last one

Source: Scientific American

In March 2025, four rookie astronauts on SpaceX’s Fram2 polar mission carried a portable X-ray machine into orbit, and three of them, after just four hours of preflight training, produced the first diagnostic radiographs ever taken in space, imaging each
Space Technology 1 month ago
In March 2025, four rookie astronauts on SpaceX’s Fram2 polar mission carried a portable X-ray machine into orbit, and three of them, after just four hours of preflight training, produced the first diagnostic radiographs ever taken in space, imaging each

On March 31, 2025, four first-time astronauts flying the first human mission ever to loop directly over Earth’s poles carried a commercial off-the-she...

Source: Space Daily

Autonomous AI agent economy faces infrastructure gaps: Visa, Artemis
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Autonomous AI agent economy faces infrastructure gaps: Visa, Artemis

Autonomous AI agents need infrastructure with quicker settlement and cheaper transaction costs to see more commercial adoption, according to Visa and ...

Source: Cointelegraph

The historic felt-tip pen used for the Apollo 11 lunar mission sold for $857,600.
Artemis Program 1 month ago
The historic felt-tip pen used for the Apollo 11 lunar mission sold for $857,600.

The historic felt-tip pen that saved Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from being stranded on the moon forever during the Apollo 11 lunar mission in 1969...

Source: Gossiplankanews.com

SpaceX to launch giant starship rocket in first flight since IPO
Space Technology 1 month ago
SpaceX to launch giant starship rocket in first flight since IPO

It has faced a rocky development path marred by explosive setbacks, malfunctions and delays. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes....

Source: The Straits Times

Starship’s 13th flight is being sold as a Starlink deployment test, but the engine relight problem it needs to solve is the one quietly rewriting NASA’s Artemis timeline
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Starship’s 13th flight is being sold as a Starlink deployment test, but the engine relight problem it needs to solve is the one quietly rewriting NASA’s Artemis timeline

SpaceX is targeting Thursday for the 13th full-scale test flight of Starship, a mission that will carry Starlink satellites into a suborbital trajecto...

Source: Space Daily

Expedition Sound podcast series
NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Expedition Sound podcast series

Expedition Sound is a podcast series by the European Space Agency (ESA) in which you’re invited to explore the Universe through your ears. Guided by s...

Source: Esa.int

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Rocket stages stacked and ready for liftoff today
Space Technology 1 month ago
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Rocket stages stacked and ready for liftoff today

SpaceX's massive Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, is scheduled to launch its critical test flight no earlier than Thu...

Source: Biztoc.com

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 17 – 26

The crescent Moon visits Venus in twilight. After dark, we're in peak time for "the Orion of Summer" and its Cat's Eyes. But cold-...

Source: Sky & Telescope

This Nikon Z9 Photo From Lunar Orbit Reveals New Secrets About the Sun
Artemis Missions 1 month ago
This Nikon Z9 Photo From Lunar Orbit Reveals New Secrets About the Sun

Nikon made history by being the first to push its cameras into space. After the success of Artemis II, it appears that Nikon's Z9 has made anothe...

Source: Thephoblographer.com

SpaceX's 1st Starship test flight since going public is set to launch
Space Technology 1 month ago
SpaceX's 1st Starship test flight since going public is set to launch

The launch window opens at 6:45 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Source: Abcnews.com

This Renowned Investor Sees 80% Downside in SpaceX Stock. Is He Right?
Space Technology 1 month ago
This Renowned Investor Sees 80% Downside in SpaceX Stock. Is He Right?

Renowned investor George Noble didn't mince words when it came to Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), saying that its initial public o...

Source: Biztoc.com

NC Zoo historic marker honors Astrochinp Ham
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NC Zoo historic marker honors Astrochinp Ham

A new North Carolina highway historical marker near the N.C. Zoo honors Ham, the first chimpanzee in space, and recognizes his pioneering 1961 mission...

Source: WRAL.com

Artemis Program 1 month ago
A Tide-Fueled Trove of Biodiversity in Guinea-Bissau

The expansive mudflats, sandy beaches, and mangrove forests of the Bijagós archipelago support an array of migratory shorebirds and large numbers of s...

Source: NASA

In July 2026, Cambridge economist Alessio Terzi and colleagues published the largest launch-cost dataset ever assembled — 4,400 rockets flown since 1960 — and projected that the price of putting a kilogram into orbit will fall from $3,868 last year to $27
Artemis Program 1 month ago
In July 2026, Cambridge economist Alessio Terzi and colleagues published the largest launch-cost dataset ever assembled — 4,400 rockets flown since 1960 — and projected that the price of putting a kilogram into orbit will fall from $3,868 last year to $27

In July 2026, a research team led by Alessio Terzi, an assistant professor at Cambridge’s Bennett School of Public Policy, and Francesco Nicoli of the...

Source: Space Daily

Elon Musk Discreetly Bought a $1 Billion Gas Turbine Company to Power AI. Here's What it Means for SpaceX Investors
Space Technology 1 month ago
Elon Musk Discreetly Bought a $1 Billion Gas Turbine Company to Power AI. Here's What it Means for SpaceX Investors

Elon Musk’s name is practically synonymous with renewable energy. The tech titan and CEO of both Tesla (TSLA 0.48%) and Space Exploration Technologies...

Source: Biztoc.com

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals a strange atmosphere on a hellish lava planet
Astronomy Research 1 month ago
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals a strange atmosphere on a hellish lava planet

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details about the blistering lava planet 55 Cancri e, where temperatures are high enough t...

Source: Science Daily

ISRO resignations: Govt tightens exit rules for Gaganyaan and other critical projects after 100+ reported departures
Artemis Program 1 month ago
ISRO resignations: Govt tightens exit rules for Gaganyaan and other critical projects after 100+ reported departures

The Department of Space has tightened rules for scientists leaving ISRO. This action follows a significant number of scientists resigning from key pr...

Source: The Times of India