Ovzon participates in major initiative on future mobile communication solutions (Image Credit: Sat News) Ovzon, together with a range of other leading companies, authorities, and organizations, will participate in a major initiative focusing on mobile communication solutions expected to be in use during the 2030s. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) […]
SpaceX’s first of 2025 Starlink Group 6-71 smallsats launched on Monday (Image Credit: Sat News) On Monday, January 6 at 3:43 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit to add to the constellation, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photos […]
SpaceX’s busy week with launch of Starlink’s Group 12-11 smallsats on Wednesday (Image Credit: Sat News) Internet from Space for Humans on EarthCelebrating people using Starlink in interesting ways — epic and everyday. SpaceX is ready for another launch on Wednesday, January 8 at 7:24 am – 11:55 am PST, 3:24 PM […]
Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA’s Moon Program (Image Credit: futurism-com) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is calling for NASA to ditch its Artemis program, arguing that the “Moon is a distraction” and that “we’re going straight to Mars” instead in a recent tweet — and directly contradicting the agency’s long-established plans. In a […]
Scientists predicted this star would explode. It’s bucked expectations. (Image Credit: Mashable) For centuries, stargazers have watched a new star light up in the sky. Just days later, it vanishes. Today we call the star system responsible T Coronae Borealis, “T CrB” for short, or the “Blaze Star.” It fires up around […]
Carter’s UFO hounded him for years. Few knew his expertise in astronomy. (Image Credit: Mashable) After calls with foreign leaders, rap sessions with lawmakers, and long classified briefings with advisers, President Jimmy Carter would often escape to the roof of the White House. There his son Jeffrey had set up a tracking […]
In the continuing saga of billionaires and big rockets comes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with his latest space vehicle, New Glenn. The rocket, which stands taller than the Statue of Liberty, is named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first person to orbit Earth in 1962. Though much shorter than SpaceX‘s towering Starship, it is […]
NASA’s spacecraft has reported back after making a plunge into the sun. The Parker Solar Probe has transmitted a beacon tone, indicating it’s operational and in good health, NASA confirmed just after midnight on Friday, Dec. 27. Tweet may have been deleted The probe broke several records on Christmas Eve as it arrived just 3.8 […]
Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun’s atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe, equipped with a robust heat shield, made the closest-ever approach to our dynamic star, coming some 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from the stellar surface. That’s seven times closer than any other probe. […]
NASA’s Juno spacecraft zipped just 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above the volcanic world Io in 2024. The extraterrestrial vistas, including a view of the most powerful volcano known to humanity, didn’t disappoint. “It’s absolutely stunning, stunning imagery,” Ashley Davies, a planetary scientist at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told Mashable. Other space missions have captured […]
