The far side of the Moon as seen by China's Chang'e 5-T1 missionChinese National Space Agency/Chinese Academy of Sciences The origin of a set of craters on the far side of the Moon has been clarified by a recent study from the University of Arizona, establishing that the probable cause was a discarded rocket booster...
On the left (SpaceX falcon 9 ). On the right (liquid oxygen). Credit: Derya Ozdemir As the COVID-19 cases increase across the globe as a result of the Delta variant, liquid oxygen (LOX), which hospitals employ to treat patients, remains in short supply. LOX is getting hard to find as demand increases, and COVID-19 patients...
3D printing creates the EVA suit helmet using polycarbonate materials. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has unveiled its latest Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suits, which could debut in low-Earth orbit by the end of summer. These new suits represent an evolution from the current Dragon mission spacesuits, limited to pressurized environments. Unlike their predecessors, the EVA suits enable...
SpaceX has used an unmodified smartphone to post to the X platform via Direct to Cell satellite technologyDepositphotos SpaceX and T-Mobile launched Direct to Cell Starlink satellites in January, aiming for universal coverage. This collaboration began with the Coverage Above and Beyond initiative in August 2022, aiming to provide phone connectivity everywhere by enabling LTE/5G...
Credit: CNBC Starlink, the satellite internet venture owned by SpaceX, has silently introduced its Direct Cell service on its official website, heralding a breakthrough in connectivity for LTE phones under open skies. This innovative service requires no modifications to existing phone hardware, firmware, or special applications. Future Expansion of Services According to the website, Starlink has a...
Artist impression of the Euclid mission in space. The spacecraft is white and gold and consists of three main elements: a flat sunshield, a large cylinder where the light from space will enter, and a 'boxy' bottom containing the instruments. The spacecraft is shown half in the shadow, because the sunshield will always be...
SpaceX's Starship. Credit: SpaceX Unless you have been extremely busy, you must have heard of SpaceX's Starship fully assembled test flight. Despite the fact that the test did not go as planned, there are good lessons to take from it. It is important to notice that such an event is still a landmark for humanity,...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule, with a multinational crew of four astronauts, lifts off from Launch Complex 39-A Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., beginning a five-month mission to the International Space Station. Credit: AP Photo/John Raoux) For the first time in two decades,...
Musk envisions the first colonies to be set up on Mars within 20 years, which will grow into a city of a million people who are there for lifeSpaceX Elon Musk reiterated his dedication to Mars colonization during a presentation at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. He discussed the progress of the company's...
What does the journey back to Earth from space entail? Varda's space-manufactured medication has now experienced it firsthand.Image credit: giocalde/Shutterstock. Varda Space Industries, a company from California, did something amazing recently. They brought back samples of a medicine they made while in space. It wasn't easy. The capsule carrying the samples had some problems and was...
