Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is launching Starlink Aviation, a new service that will make its satellite internet network available on planes. "With Starlink, passengers will be able to access high-speed, low-latency internet from the moment they walk on their plane," the company tweeted on October 18. Starlink Aviation In June 2022, the FCC gave SpaceX authorization to begin...
SpaceX's massive Starship rocket remains to pass key tests on its road to sending the Mars-bound launch system up to orbit for the 1st time. The private space firm fired 7 Raptor engines on its Starship Super Heavy prototype, called Booster seven, on Monday, September nineteen. As Space.com points out, it´s the highest number of...
An astronaut aboard the space shuttle Atlantis captured this image of the Hubble Space Telescope on May 19, 2009. Credits: NASA NASA and SpaceX authorized an unfunded Space Act Agreement Thursday, Sept. 22nd, to study the feasibility of a SpaceX and Polaris Program concept to boost the agency's Hubble Space Telescope into a greater orbit...
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA A retired microscope and samples from research studies on colloids and cellular signaling are among the load returning from the International Space Station aboard the 24th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. The Dragon craft, which reached the station on December 22, 2021,...
A still of an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) from a video recorded by US Navy fighter jets in 2015United States Navy The skies aren’t just for UFO enthusiasts anymore—serious investigations are underway. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has released its latest report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), offering intriguing statistics and stories from May...
The Super Heavy about to be capturedSpaceX The world watched in awe as SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster made a historic achievement with the first-ever tower capture landing following the Starship 5 mission launch. However, few realized just how close the event came to disaster—within just one second. This capture of Super Heavy, the massive first stage...
(JIJI PRESS/AFP/Japan OUT) Wooden Satellite Launched into Space Its Japanese creators announced on Tuesday that they launched the first-ever wooden satellite into space aboard a SpaceX rocket. This satellite is part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Scientists at Kyoto University developed the satellite, designing it to burn up entirely upon re-entering Earth’s...
Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis discuss the future of AI, among other things, at an FII Institute event in RiyadhFuture Investment Initiative Institute In a discussion with XPRIZE Founder Peter Diamandis, Musk outlined his views on the growing influence of AI, as well as the timeline for SpaceX's initial unmanned and crewed missions to Mars,...
The Super Magdrive gives us ACME vibesMagdrive The most prevalent metal known to humanity is iron. It can be found everywhere, not just on Earth but also in space. Astro engineers have recently discovered how to utilize iron—and nearly any metal, for that matter—as plasma rocket fuel. It's well-established that certain metals can ignite explosively. Lithium...
Credit: Pixabay Fortunately, NASA is advancing plans to implement a standardized time zone on the Moon. The proposed Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) would help schedule missions and explorations, making future efforts to establish a permanent base on the lunar surface somewhat easier. While the concept has been previously discussed, NASA has announced plans to collaborate with...
