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Watch sun unleash major X-flare in epic solar eruption (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) The sun has been rather quiet of late but has since roared back to life with a major X-class solar flare eruption, the most powerful class of solar flare. The intense solar flare originated from sunspot region AR3869 and unfolded over the […]
Saturn gets its 1st confirmed Trojan asteroid — but it might be stolen (Image Credit: Space.com) Saturn has finally joined its fellow solar system giant planets as the parent of trailing asteroids called “Trojans.” But the gas giant, mostly known for its spectacular rings, may have cheated a little to fit in with its contemporaries, […]
SpaceX to launch next-gen US spy satellites today on 100th Falcon 9 flight of the year (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket is about to hit the century mark for the year. A Falcon 9 is set to launch a batch of next-gen spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) today […]
Breakthrough coming? Iceland could get solar power from space in 2030 (Image Credit: Space.com) British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world’s first demonstration of this novel renewable energy source. The space solar power project, announced on Monday (Oct. 21), is a partnership between […]
SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (Oct. 23).A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today. SpaceX had been targeting Tuesday (Oct. 22) but called that try off due to weather concerns. The Falcon 9’s first stage […]
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, October 24 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-167 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 10:13 a.m. PT. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Friday, October 25 at 9:59 a.m. PT. The launch cost is […]
Five Asteroids Will Zoom Past Earth on Thursday (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A quintet of asteroids will all come close to Earth on October 24, but no need to hit the panic button. None are civilization killers, only one can be accurately called a potential hazard, and according to their calculated trajectories, they will all zoom […]
SpaceX’s Crew-8 quartet of astronauts departed the space station at last today (Oct. 23), following more than two weeks of weather-related delays. The Dragon spacecraft for SpaceX Crew-8, called Endeavour, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) today at 5:05 p.m. EDT (2105 GMT), as the two spacecraft were flying 260 miles (418 kilometers) above […]
SpaceX is deep into planning for its newest Starship launch. Super Heavy, the first stage of the rocket that hefts Starship into space, was moved to a Starbase pad for testing ahead of the planned sixth flight of the next generation space system, SpaceX officials stated on Tuesday (Oct. 22). (Starbase is the location in […]
Space Development Agency selects 19 companies for low-Earth orbit demonstration program (Image Credit: Space News) WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency selected 19 companies from the space industry to participate in its Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (HALO) program, an effort to accelerate the development of satellite technologies. Under the program, the selected […]
