Space Technology 2 months ago
NGSO trade association launches without industry giant SpaceX

Amazon and several other non-geostationary satellite operators have formed a trade association to represent their fast-growing market, with SpaceX not...

Source: SpaceNews

Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX launches secretive Starfall reentry demo mission

SpaceX launched the first test flight of its Starfall reentry capsule June 23, but the mission remained as secretive as the program itself. The post S...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Playing the Moon Game 

Apollo astronauts previewed their roles as lunar field geologists in Alaska’s Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.

Source: NASA

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4927–4933: Let’s Drive to That Smooth Area

By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Thursday, June 18, 2026 In the area Curiosi...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
Hot Jupiter Endures Star-Powered Barbecue

You’re the grillmaster at the annual family 4th of July BBQ and you’re sweating bullets standing over the grill in the sweltering summer heat. You’re ...

Source: Universe Today

NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
Launch Preview: Pegasus XL to launch amongst Falcon 9 and Chinese missions

This week’s launch manifest includes six orbital launches worldwide, including the first Pegasus XL launch… The post Launch Previe...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Space Technology 2 months ago
NASA, Boeing committed to Starliner-1 launch despite unclear timeline

The uncrewed flight of the spacecraft is still going through testing and analysis before NASA green lights a return to flight mission.

Source: Spaceflight Now

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Boeing wins $2 billion Space Force contract for communications satellites

WASHINGTON — Boeing won a contract worth up to $2 billion to build two next-generation military communications satellites for the U.S. Space Force, pr...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
NASA’s inspector general warns launch sites nearing capacity

A report by NASA’s inspector general is the latest to highlight the problems that the increasing number of launches is posing to spaceports. The post ...

Source: SpaceNews

Interstellar comet likely far older than Solar System: astronomers
Interstellar Objects 2 months ago
Interstellar comet likely far older than Solar System: astronomers

An interstellar comet that blazed past the Sun last year could be nearly three times older than our Solar System. The post Interstellar comet likely f...

Source: Digital Journal

Space Technology 2 months ago
‘A Lot of Leeway’: SpaceX’s High-Grade Debt Brings Out Skeptics

When Moody’s Ratings first evaluated Nvidia Corp. almost a decade ago, it settled on a Baa1 investment-grade rating, taking comfort in its relatively ...

Source: Financial Post

SpaceX Orbital Travel and Orbital Hotels Need Starfall – Getting Back Safe and Cheap is Exciting
Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX Orbital Travel and Orbital Hotels Need Starfall – Getting Back Safe and Cheap is Exciting

People are not super-excited about the SpaceX Starfall test tomorrow. This is a hockey puck shaped space vehicle that will be released from a Falcon 9...

Source: Next Big Future

SpaceX is set to fly its first Starfall capsule Tuesday, a reentry vehicle built to bring up to 1,000 kilograms of cargo back from orbit
Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX is set to fly its first Starfall capsule Tuesday, a reentry vehicle built to bring up to 1,000 kilograms of cargo back from orbit

The demo flight from Cape Canaveral is the first test of a wide, flat capsule SpaceX has barely described in public. Almost everything known about it ...

Source: Space Daily

New Nature research suggests interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be a 12-billion-year-old relic from another planetary system, with carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen isotope ratios unlike those seen in Solar System comets — a chemical fingerprint from a world-for
3I/ATLAS Discovery 2 months ago
New Nature research suggests interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be a 12-billion-year-old relic from another planetary system, with carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen isotope ratios unlike those seen in Solar System comets — a chemical fingerprint from a world-for

An interstellar comet that passed through the Solar System last year did not come from here, and new measurements of what it is made of suggest it did...

Source: Space Daily

Did SpaceX Stock Just Peak? Here's What History Says
Space Technology 2 months ago
Did SpaceX Stock Just Peak? Here's What History Says

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) went public on June 12, and investors have now had more than a week to digest the biggest public offerin...

Source: Biztoc.com

Interstellar Objects 2 months ago
Interstellar comet that zoomed past Earth could be oldest and coldest object ever seen in solar system, astronomers say - CBS News

Interstellar comet that zoomed past Earth could be oldest and coldest object ever seen in solar system, astronomers sayCBS News Interstellar comet may...

Source: Slashdot.org

SpaceX's Starfall capsule could make military supply drops from space
Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX's Starfall capsule could make military supply drops from space

SpaceX is preparing to test Starfall, its new orbital cargo capsule that could one day be used for automated orbital labs or as depots to store milita...

Source: New Atlas

Is SpaceX Outrageously Overvalued or a Long-Term Investment With Unmatched Potential?
Space Technology 2 months ago
Is SpaceX Outrageously Overvalued or a Long-Term Investment With Unmatched Potential?

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), also known as SpaceX, is currently being valued for three major opportunities. These are Starlink'...

Source: Biztoc.com

SpaceX Plunges 5%, Falling Below Amazon's Market Cap. Which Growth Stock Is the Better Buy Now?
Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX Plunges 5%, Falling Below Amazon's Market Cap. Which Growth Stock Is the Better Buy Now?

After its record-shattering initial public offering (IPO) last week, Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) stock is worth $2.4 trillion. It br...

Source: Biztoc.com

Astrobotic spent 19 years building lunar landers without a venture-capital war chest, and the reason it just agreed to sell for $162 million has less to do with Peregrine’s failed flight than with the NASA Moon Base clock Voyager is betting it can outrun
NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
Astrobotic spent 19 years building lunar landers without a venture-capital war chest, and the reason it just agreed to sell for $162 million has less to do with Peregrine’s failed flight than with the NASA Moon Base clock Voyager is betting it can outrun

Astrobotic launched its first lunar lander on January 8, 2024, at 2:18 a.m. Eastern, atop the maiden flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket....

Source: Space Daily