space
SPACEX ABORTS STARTSHIP FLIGTH 13 AFTER ENGINES FAIL TO IGNITE
An automatic abort kicked in when some Raptor engines on the Super Heavy booster didn't light; two engines will be replaced before the next try.
space
FFC APPROVES SPACE MIRROR: REAL ISSUE IS THE OTHER MILLION SATELLITES
Reflect Orbital gets a license to test sunlight reflection, while SpaceX files for 40 times as many satellites as have ever been launched.
space
ISPACE BUYS 500KG OF PAYLOAD SPACE ON LUNAR LANDER STARSHIP
The Japanese firm will develop a rover to deliver customer payloads up to a few kilometers across the lunar surface, targeting a 2030 launch.
space
ASTRONOMERS SAY 1.7MN SATELLITES WOULD DESTROY GROUND BASED ASTRONOMY
A new ESO study calculates that proposed megaconstellations would make large telescope images unusable for hours each night.
space
JWST SPIES A WARM HAZY JUPITER ORBITING A DEAD STAR
Astronomers have measured the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a white dwarf for the first time, and it is surprisingly warm and full of methane.
space
ROCKET LAB BUYS IRIDIUM FOR 8BN
Rocket Lab is acquiring Iridium for $54 per share, instantly gaining an 80-satellite network and valuable spectrum.
space
BOTSWANA SIGNS ARTEMIS ACCORDS, BRINGING THE COUNT TO 68
Botswana became the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at NASA HQ, with the total now at 68 countries.
space
NASA'S DAPHNE MISSION TO STUDY SPACE WEATHER IMPACT ON EARTH
The twin-satellite mission, selected under a $250 million program, will launch as soon as 2029.
space
NASA'S ERNEST ROVER COVERS 16 MILES IN DESERT DESERT, 10X FASTER
The prototype four-wheel rover logged 37 hours of drive time in the Colorado Desert, a speed benchmark for future lunar missions.
space
SPACEX OPENS AT $150, SPACE GETS CRUSHED
The Elon Musk-led company raised $75 billion in the largest IPO on record, but Redwire, Rocket Lab, and Virgin Galactic all took double-digit hits.
space
SPACEX IPO MIGHT BE A WAKE UP CALL FOR EU SPACE SECTOR
The offering could pour $75B into the company and prove the formula for space success: public money plus private risk.
space
MUSK IS A TRILLIONARE NOW, BUT HE STILL LIVES IN A 50K HOUSE
The record $75 billion IPO valued SpaceX at $1.77 trillion, and a 20% first-day pop made Musk history's first trillionaire.
space
SPACEX LISTS AT $1.8TN, MUSK BECOMES FIRST TRILLIONAIRE
SpaceX has raised $75bn from financial firms ahead of its listing on Friday, the biggest stock market debut in history.
space
NASA'S ASTROPIX GAMMA-RAY SENSOR TO FLY ON 2027 ROBOT ARM MISSION
A new silicon-pixel detector will measure gamma rays in an energy range where current NASA telescopes are less sensitive, and it gets there via a…
space
JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE MAY HAVE SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE LITTLE RED DOTS
A deep JWST spectrum of one oddball object suggests — rapidly feeding supermassive black holes shrouded in dense gas — are behind the bizarre red…
space
NASA PICKS CREW FOR ARTEMIS III
The space agency unveiled four astronauts Tuesday for a 2027 mission that will not land on the Moon but will dock with two separate lunar…
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