This cryptocurrency billionaire will fly SpaceX's 1st private Starship to Mars, but when?
Space Technology 3 months ago
This cryptocurrency billionaire will fly SpaceX's 1st private Starship to Mars, but when?

SpaceX says it will launch a private flyby mission to Mars that will be led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, but when it will fly is unclear.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 3 months ago
Rocket Lab launches ninth Synspective satellite

Rocket Lab launched another radar imaging satellite for Synspective as the company plans to sell up to $3 billion in stock to fund future initiatives....

Source: SpaceNews

Astronomy Research 3 months ago
This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 22 – 31

Venus and Jupiter — the Evening Star and the False Evening Star — draw closer together in the western twilight and point down to Mercury. The waxing M...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Artemis Program 3 months ago
Rocket Lab wins first GEO satellite production contract from U.S. Space Force

The $90 million contract is to build build and operate two satellites carrying optical payloads The post Rocket Lab wins first GEO satellite productio...

Source: SpaceNews

Instant View: SpaceX files long awaited IPO, creating a fresh AI play
Space Technology 3 months ago
Instant View: SpaceX files long awaited IPO, creating a fresh AI play

Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX filed on Wednesday for its widely awaited initial public offering, which stands to raise the most e...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

Artemis Program 3 months ago
Tornado Draws a Jagged Line in Mississippi

The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left a visible path of damaged vegetation.

Source: NASA

Space Technology 3 months ago
Crypto Investor Works on a Plan to Ride SpaceX's Starship Around Mars

Chinese-born cryptocurrency investor Chun Wang has become the latest deep-pocketed space enthusiast to set his sights on a trip around Mars. But first...

Source: Universe Today

3I/ATLAS Discovery 3 months ago
Both Hemispheres of 3I/ATLAS Observed Simultaneously by JUICE and Europa Clipper

The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) instruments aboard ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft and NASA’s ...

Source: Universe Today

SpaceX's 1st Starship V3 megarocket launch scrubbed at last minute. Sorry, Nicki Minaj
Space Technology 3 months ago
SpaceX's 1st Starship V3 megarocket launch scrubbed at last minute. Sorry, Nicki Minaj

SpaceX's new "V3" Starship megarocket was supposed to fly for the first time ever on Thursday (May 21), but technical issues nixed that...

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 3 months ago
Ground equipment problem scrubs Starship launch attempt

SpaceX called off the first attempt to launch the newest version of its Starship vehicle May 21 because of a problem with ground equipment. The post G...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 3 months ago
Sixth Varda mission successfully returns

Varda Space Industries completed its latest reentry mission May 18 as the company balances supporting pharmaceutical research and hypersonic testing. ...

Source: SpaceNews

SpaceX IPO Filing Shows Musk Building an AI and Space Infrastructure Giant
Space Technology 3 months ago
SpaceX IPO Filing Shows Musk Building an AI and Space Infrastructure Giant

The rocket maker’s IPO filing outlines billions in AI spending, Starship development, and Elon Musk’s effort to combine launch systems, satellite inte...

Source: Decrypt

SpaceX IPO filing: Massive AI spending, future ambitions and Starlink expansion-Will SpaceX’s awaited IPO make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire?
Space Technology 3 months ago
SpaceX IPO filing: Massive AI spending, future ambitions and Starlink expansion-Will SpaceX’s awaited IPO make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire?

SpaceX has filed for its long-awaited public stock offering. The company revealed its finances, board members, and ambitious plans for space explorati...

Source: The Times of India

See the clouds streaming and vanishing around this planet — 690 light years away
Astronomy Research 3 months ago
See the clouds streaming and vanishing around this planet — 690 light years away

James Webb Space Telescope reveals weather patterns from how planet WASP-94 A b filters the light of its parent star.

Source: Nature.com

Bryson DeChambeau thinks the original moon landing video is fake: 'I don't know about the footage'
Artemis Missions 3 months ago
Bryson DeChambeau thinks the original moon landing video is fake: 'I don't know about the footage'

Bryson DeChambeau says he doesn't think the famous moon landing footage is real but trusts Elon Musk's word that the US did go to the moon.

Source: Fox News

Bryson DeChambeau: 'I don't think the (moon landing) footage is real'
Artemis Missions 3 months ago
Bryson DeChambeau: 'I don't think the (moon landing) footage is real'

Bryson DeChambeau said on a podcast that while he believes humans have gone to the moon, he believes the original moon landing footage is fake.

Source: USA Today

SpaceX IPO filing brings Musk's interplanetary ambitions to Wall Street
Space Technology 3 months ago
SpaceX IPO filing brings Musk's interplanetary ambitions to Wall Street

SpaceX is preparing for a potentially historic IPO, blending financial data with ambitious space exploration goals like lunar energy and Mars settleme...

Source: The Times of India

SpaceX, the sprawling company targeting the stars, Mars and an IPO
Space Technology 3 months ago
SpaceX, the sprawling company targeting the stars, Mars and an IPO

SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, is now a dominant force in the commercial space industry, aiming for Mars colonization and Moon missions with its Starsh...

Source: The Times of India

The Hubble Space Telescope’s main mirror was ground to the wrong shape by 2.2 micrometers, about one-fiftieth the width of a human hair, and the error was only caught after launch because the device used to verify the mirror on the ground had itself been
Astronomy Research 3 months ago
The Hubble Space Telescope’s main mirror was ground to the wrong shape by 2.2 micrometers, about one-fiftieth the width of a human hair, and the error was only caught after launch because the device used to verify the mirror on the ground had itself been

Hubble's primary mirror was polished to perfection, just to the wrong shape, because the device built to measure it had a chipped flake of paint ...

Source: Space Daily

New version of Starship rocket ready for critical test flight
Space Technology 3 months ago
New version of Starship rocket ready for critical test flight

The new rocket features a host of upgrades intended to improve safety and performance of the world's most powerful rocket.

Source: CBS News