Containerized GHOST system puts rocket launch infrastructure on the go
Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
Containerized GHOST system puts rocket launch infrastructure on the go

Land-based launch sites for orbital rockets just got the flat-pack treatment as Rocket Lab announced its Global Hypersonic & Orbital Spaceport Tec...

Source: New Atlas

SpaceX vs. Micron: Which High-Growth Titan Is the Better Buy?
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
SpaceX vs. Micron: Which High-Growth Titan Is the Better Buy?

For companies valued at $1 trillion or more, few can match the growth Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX)...

Source: Biztoc.com

CEO Elon Musk Just Announced Great News for SpaceX Stock Investors
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
CEO Elon Musk Just Announced Great News for SpaceX Stock Investors

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) made its name by revolutionizing the space travel industry. The company's work on reusable rockets ...

Source: Biztoc.com

Artemis II pilot thanks NASA for letting him fly Orion by hand: 'I'm still blown away by that trust'
Artemis Missions 3 weeks ago
Artemis II pilot thanks NASA for letting him fly Orion by hand: 'I'm still blown away by that trust'

The Artemis II crew thanked NASA and its contractors in front of a crowd of over 8,000 on on Aug. 3, 2026 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
'Strap yourself in and feel the Gs': NASA announces 'Max Power' aerospace expo - Space

'Strap yourself in and feel the Gs': NASA announces 'Max Power' aerospace expoSpace NASA Announces MAX POWER: America’s Newest Aer...

Source: Slashdot.org

Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
We’ve flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked - Ars Technica

We’ve flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it workedArs Technica Radiation vest tested on NASA moonshot can cut astronauts' ...

Source: Slashdot.org

Space Technology 3 weeks ago
SpaceX Is Building a Starship Empire! [23:37]

SpaceX's Starship Expansion Is Getting Ridiculous, with four more Starship launch pads now being built or upgraded across Starbase and Florida. S...

Source: Freerepublic.com

'This goes beyond showcasing technological soft power': China's new moon map signals bold space ambitions (video)
Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
'This goes beyond showcasing technological soft power': China's new moon map signals bold space ambitions (video)

New chronology, data about the moon's far side and a homegrown cartographic standard signal China's ambitions for how the solar system gets ...

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 3 weeks ago
U.S. defense agencies tap three companies for satellite disposal study

Firefly, D-Orbit and Katalyst will compete to show how commercial operators could capture and remove aging spacecraft The post U.S. defense agencies t...

Source: SpaceNews

Early Tesla Investor Steve Jurvetson Bets on SpaceX Alumni to Solve AI’s Power Problem: ‘The Endgame for Datacenter...'
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
Early Tesla Investor Steve Jurvetson Bets on SpaceX Alumni to Solve AI’s Power Problem: ‘The Endgame for Datacenter...'

Early Tesla Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. investor Steve Jurvetson is backing two former leaders who worked at Elon Musk’s space compa...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

Astronomers Discover a New Kind of Cosmic Object: a Black Hole 'Star'
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
Astronomers Discover a New Kind of Cosmic Object: a Black Hole 'Star'

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope say they may have found a new class of object: a "black hole star," in which a black hole i...

Source: Slashdot.org

Will SpaceX Be the First Company to Hit $1 Trillion in Revenue? Here's What the Math Says
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
Will SpaceX Be the First Company to Hit $1 Trillion in Revenue? Here's What the Math Says

Last year, Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) generated $18.7 billion in revenue. By 2030, founder and CEO Elon Musk believes that figure w...

Source: Biztoc.com

In April 2025, four private astronauts aboard SpaceX’s Fram2 became the first humans ever to circle Earth in a true polar orbit — a route that neither NASA, the Soviet Union nor any other government space programme had flown in the entire history of human
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
In April 2025, four private astronauts aboard SpaceX’s Fram2 became the first humans ever to circle Earth in a true polar orbit — a route that neither NASA, the Soviet Union nor any other government space programme had flown in the entire history of human

Fram2's 90-degree orbit was a genuine human-spaceflight first. NASA came close with a polar shuttle plan at Vandenberg, but no government crew ev...

Source: Space Daily

On Earth, dimethyl sulfide is produced overwhelmingly by life in the oceans and escapes into the atmosphere. JWST has now picked up a tantalising possible signature of the same molecule around K2-18 b, 120 light-years away — but the detection remains disp
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
On Earth, dimethyl sulfide is produced overwhelmingly by life in the oceans and escapes into the atmosphere. JWST has now picked up a tantalising possible signature of the same molecule around K2-18 b, 120 light-years away — but the detection remains disp

Webb's possible DMS signature on K2-18 b survives as a disputed candidate, while 2026 chemistry and retrieval studies show why neither the molecu...

Source: Space Daily

In 1968, two Soviet tortoises circled the Moon and returned alive, completing the journey three months before Apollo 8
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
In 1968, two Soviet tortoises circled the Moon and returned alive, completing the journey three months before Apollo 8

In an extraordinary feat of space exploration, two Central Asian tortoises embarked on a historic journey around the Moon aboard the Soviet Zond 5 spa...

Source: The Times of India

Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
APOD: 2026 August 16 – Milky Way over Yellowstone

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 16 – Milky… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Pi...

Source: NASA

Could a Tesla (TSLA)-Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) Merger Help Elon Musk Unlock his Massive Tesla Pay Package?
Space Exploration 3 weeks ago
Could a Tesla (TSLA)-Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) Merger Help Elon Musk Unlock his Massive Tesla Pay Package?

A potential merger between Elon Musk’s flagship companies, Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX), on August...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

Astronauts’ weight-bearing bones lose around 1 to 1.5 percent of their mineral density every month in microgravity — and with a journey to Mars potentially lasting nine months, their bodies could already be substantially deconditioned before they take a s
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Astronauts’ weight-bearing bones lose around 1 to 1.5 percent of their mineral density every month in microgravity — and with a journey to Mars potentially lasting nine months, their bodies could already be substantially deconditioned before they take a s

NASA's monthly bone-loss range shows the scale of the Mars-transit risk, but individual outcomes depend on duration, exercise, nutrition and whet...

Source: Space Daily

New record! SpaceX launches 2 Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
New record! SpaceX launches 2 Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart

SpaceX launched two of its Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart on Saturday evening (Aug. 15), setting a new spaceflight record.

Source: Space.com

James Webb has found patches of fresh crystalline ice on Europa that should be destroyed by Jupiter’s radiation in less than 15 days — meaning parts of the moon’s frozen surface are being renewed fast enough to keep replacing it, possibly offering clues t
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
James Webb has found patches of fresh crystalline ice on Europa that should be destroyed by Jupiter’s radiation in less than 15 days — meaning parts of the moon’s frozen surface are being renewed fast enough to keep replacing it, possibly offering clues t

Webb detected crystalline water ice where radiation should erase its lattice within about 15 days, exposing a rapid contest between damage and repair....

Source: Space Daily