By Matthew Field, Published by the Telegraph, 25 April 2023 'Ash' and other debris rained down on nearby town where windows shattered Elon Musk’s Starship rocket has been grounded by US authorities amid claims a dust plume from the launch spread for miles and covered local wildlife. The Federal Aviation
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 25 April 2023 SPACE SYMPOSIUM — The National Reconnaissance Office and the Space Force now plan to launch the first satellites in their highly classified joint SILENTBARKER program to improve monitoring of the heavens this summer, according to NRO Director Chris Scolese. The
By Miryam Naddaf, Published by nature, 25 April 2023 The Japanese-built ispace lander, carrying a rover from the United Arab Emirates, could be the first private venture to land on the lunar surface. Update: ispace attempted the landing on 25 April, but lost contact with M1 during the last few
SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket self-destructs after its launch from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023 in a still image from video. - Spacex | Reuters By Lora Kolodny, Published by CNBC, 24
By Parth Satam, Published by The Eurasian Times, 24 April 2023 Russia’s Tobol electronic warfare (EW) system targeted the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal to break the “synchronization” of the Starlink satellite internet service with its ground terminals, according to a Ukrainian journalist. Leaked documents from the Pentagon had recently
By Maksim Panasovskyi, Published by gagadget.com, 21 April 2023 Rocket Lab recently announced the development of a new rocket for hypersonic suborbital launches. It is called the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE). The rocket will be used to test the DART AE hypersonic aircraft. Here's What We Know Last
By Victor Tangermann, Published by The Byte, 20 April 2023 That looked painful Cleared the Pad For a hot minute, it looked like SpaceX had done the seemingly impossible. The space company's gigantic Starship prototype spacecraft and Super Heavy booster officially cleared the launch pad this morning at the company's
A graphical representation of Russia’s nuclear-powered space tug, Zeus By Parth Satam, Published by The Eurasian Times, 20 April 2023 Russian space agency Roscosmos is considering using the Zevs (Zeus) nuclear tug for cleaning up orbits flooded with space debris. The agency’s CEO, Yuri Borisov, made the announcement at the
