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SpaceX’s Starship booster was ‘1 second away’ from aborting epic launch-tower catch (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX’s historic rocket catch earlier this month was even more dramatic than it looked. That catch occurred on Oct. 13, during the fifth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket. Starship’s huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, came back to […]
Once You Notice This Weird Thing About James Webb Space Telescope Images, You Won’t Be Able to Unsee It (Image Credit: futurism-com) Weird, but cool. Pointy Perfection Ever notice something about those images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope — other than the fact that they look absolutely incredible, that is? If they felt […]
Jeff Bezos Reportedly Has Secretive “Personal Reasons” for Wanting to Escape to Mars (Image Credit: futurism-com) “There’s no democracy in space.” Deep Lore At some point, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos reportedly made a cryptic admission to a power broker — and that strange comment is taking on new significance in light of another recent […]
Space Force Component Eyes More Exercises in Indo-Pacific (Image Credit: airandspaceforces) Oct. 22, 2024 | By Greg Hadley Share Article Two years after standing up, U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific is bolstering partnerships and expanding exercises across the Indo-Pacific theater, said Brig. Gen. Anthony J. Mastalir, the Space Force’s first component commander. The command is replacing […]
Space Force Adds 6 New Satellites to Its MEO Missile Warning Constellation (Image Credit: airandspaceforces) Oct. 23, 2024 | By Greg Hadley Share Article Space Systems Command is adding six more satellites to its medium-Earth orbit missile warning/missile tracking constellation, awarding a $386 million contract to Millennium Space Systems. The order doubles to 12 spacecraft […]
SDA Sets Approved Vendor Pool to Compete for Experimental Satellites (Image Credit: airandspaceforces) Oct. 23, 2024 | By Greg Hadley Share Article The Space Development Agency has created a pool of non-traditional defense space vendors to compete for experimental and demonstration satellite contracts in low-Earth orbit, director Derek M. Tournear announced Oct. 23. The Hybrid […]
Data Integrity, Not Cyber Attacks, Are What Most Worry Space Command’s Cyber Boss (Image Credit: airandspaceforces) Oct. 24, 2024 | By Shaun Waterman Share Article What keeps the digital warriors charged with fighting America’s wars in space awake at night isn’t cyber attacks per se, but more nebulous threats to the integrity of their data, […]
Artemis 2 astronauts train for emergencies with Orion spacecraft ahead of 2025 moon launch (photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) In case of emergency on Earth, open the spacecraft door. The four Artemis 2 astronauts recently practiced a key contingency operation as they continue to prepare for their moon mission: opening the side hatch of their Orion […]
30 years of polar climate data converted into menacing, 6-minute song (Image Credit: Space.com) A Japanese scientist has taken inspiration from the climate crisis to compose music that sounds as ominous as current forecasts of ecological breakdown. Hiroto Nagai, a geoenvironmental scientist and associate professor at Rissho University in Tokyo, compiled publicly available climate data […]
Watch comet ATLAS burn up as it flies into the sun (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) is no more. On Monday (Oct. 28), the comet evaporated as it was heading toward perihelion, the closest point to the sun in its orbit. There were earlier hopes that the comet, officially designated […]
