NASA built new tires for Mars. They’re nothing like your tires. (Image Credit: Mashable) The next Mars rovers may traverse the Red Planet with futuristic tires. NASA‘s Glenn Research Center released imagery and footage from testing of a novel tire, called a shape memory alloy spring tire, that would be capable of […]
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A tiny galaxy ceased making stars for billions of years. Then it rebooted. (Image Credit: Mashable) Most small galaxies that stopped making new stars in the early universe never resumed operations. Something caused their celestial factories to shutter. But researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA and […]
Researchers have obtained an incredibly beautiful image of the Andromeda galaxy.
Scientists capture absolutely stunning image of the Andromeda galaxy (Image Credit: Mashable) The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 trillion stars. Now, astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture hundreds of detailed images of our vast galactic neighbor, creating the largest-ever photomosaic of the […]
Barclays Bank is positive on AST SpaceMobile L-band meaningful addition
Analysts at Barclays have joined a growing number of researchers favoring AST SpaceMobile (AST). A report from the bank explains to investors the background to AST’s recent agreement with Ligado Networks, and says the additional L-band spectrum acquired by AST to be meaningful. The bank says that while the agreement, permitting access by AST to […]
SpaceX successfully caught the Starship booster but lost the spacecraft during its seventh flight test.
SpaceX catches Starship booster but loses ship in seventh flight test (Image Credit: Mashable) SpaceX launched a new Starship rocket on Thursday, this time with an upgraded spacecraft and 10 mock satellites to practice a cargo delivery in space. But things didn’t go as planned. Though the company successfully caught the booster with giant mechanical arms […]
Jeff Bezos’ giant rocket just launched to space. Watch the footage. (Image Credit: Mashable) Jeff Bezos‘ new rocket, taller than the Statue of Liberty, has blasted into space. The giant 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket, named for legendary U.S. astronaut John Glenn, achieved a successful maiden launch after launching from Cape Canaveral Space […]
NASA image reveals how near a destructive fire approached a key NASA facility.
NASA image shows how close ruinous fire came to major NASA center (Image Credit: Mashable) Extreme wildfire is a driverless car. And it veered close to a major NASA center. After erupting in wooded hills outside of Los Angeles’ community of Altadena, the Eaton Fire — one of the damaging conflagrations impacting […]
SpaceX’s Starlink Group 11-8 small satellites are set to launch on Saturday.
SpaceX’s Starlink Group 11-8 smallsats to launch on Saturday (Image Credit: Sat News) This is a batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation. Photo courtesy of Explore Lompoc SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch Starlink Group 11-8 smallsats to low Earth orbit on Saturday from Vandenberg AFB at 7:57 AM – 12:28 PM […]
The seventh flight test of SpaceX’s Starship is now scheduled for Thursday.
SpaceX’s Starship flight test seven now on Thursday (Image Credit: Sat News) The seventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch Thursday, January 16. The 60-minute launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. CT. SpaceX was scheduled to launch Starship from Boca Chica, Texas, at around 5 p.m. EST, but announced […]
Watch SpaceX exquisitely set free a pair of moon landers in space (Image Credit: Mashable) On its 100th launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted two lunar landers into space early Wednesday morning. The pair are two separate spacecraft from two different customers — one […]