Space industry
First Ariane 6 rocket launches, as Europe rejoins a market dominated by Musk’s SpaceX
The European Space Agency (ESA) satellite launcher Ariane 6 rocket moves to the launch pad prior its lift off at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on July 9, 2024. Jody Amiet | Afp | Getty Images The powerful European-built Ariane 6 rocket made its long-awaited liftoff on Tuesday, as the region returned […]
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Space station startup Gravitics lands $125 million order from Axiom
A pathfinder for Gravitics’ 4-meter space station module design in use for developing manufacturing and assembly methods. Gravitics Washington-based startup Gravitics has signed a $125 million contract to expand Axiom Space’s planned space station, the latest deal in the burgeoning private market for orbiting habitats. “Working with the station operator that will have hardware on […]
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Boeing delays Starliner return by ‘weeks’ for testing, NASA says astronauts aren’t stranded
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station orbiting above Egypt’s Mediterranean coast on June 13, 2024. NASA NASA and Boeing are further extending the first Starliner crewed flight but are not yet setting a new target date for returning the capsule to Earth, the organizations announced on Friday. Boeing’s Starliner capsule […]
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Europe wishes to mail details centers into space — examine states it is really attainable
A information heart. Erik Isakson | DigitalVision | Getty Illustrations or photos The increase of synthetic intelligence is skyrocketing demand for information facilities to hold rate with the expanding tech sector — and pushing Europe to take a look at area options for electronic storage, in a bid to lessen its have to have for energy-hungry […]
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SpaceX is building a NASA craft to intentionally destroy the International Space Station after retiring
A satellite image shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, June 7, 2024. Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters NASA will have a spacecraft from Elon Musk’s SpaceX guide the International Space Station’s destruction later this decade, the agency announced Wednesday. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded an $843 […]
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China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe returns with first-ever samples from far side of the moon
The Chang’e-6 probe being successfully launched from China’s Wenchang Spaceport in Wenchang, Hainan Province, China, on May 3, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe returned to Earth on Tuesday, bringing back the first-ever samples from the unexplored far side of the moon. The re-entry capsule landed in the northern Chinese […]
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SpaceX unveils backpack-sized ‘Starlink Mini’ satellite internet antenna for $599
Starlink Mini promotional image. SpaceX customer email sent June 19, 2024. SpaceX is rolling out a compact version of its Starlink antennas called “Mini,” which the company is advertising as a mobile option for its satellite internet customers. “Starlink Mini is a compact, portable kit that can easily fit in a backpack, designed to provide […]
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Boeing and NASA delay Starliner astronaut return to June 22, nearly doubling mission length to test spacecraft
A satellite image shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, June 7, 2024. Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters Boeing‘s Starliner capsule “Calypso” will stay at the International Space Station twice as long as the mission originally planned, NASA announced Friday. This developmental nature of the mission, known as Boeing’s […]
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Bezos’ Blue Origin joins SpaceX, ULA in winning bids for $5.6 billion Pentagon rocket program
A mass simulator version of a New Glenn rocket is moved for testing in November 2021. Blue Origin The Pentagon announced the first winning bidders in its rocket launch contract sweepstakes on Thursday, with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin grabbing a spot for the first time. Blue Origin’s winning bid came as part of contracts awarded […]
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Guiding Boeing’s ten years-very long struggle to start astronauts on Starliner
Boeing‘s Starliner is a human-grade house capsule intended to consider astronauts to and from the Global Room Station. Boeing commenced get the job done on the capsule in 2014, when it signed a $4.2 billion agreement with NASA less than the agency’s Professional Crew Program. NASA also picked SpaceX for the task, giving Elon Musk’s […]
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