Xogdor rocket illustration. Credit: Astrobotic By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 17 April 2024 The national security applications for a reusable suborbital rocket ‘haven’t been fully explored’ WASHINGTON — Astrobotic, a company that develops vehicles for space exploration missions, is making a strategic move into the defense sector with its
By Arthur Firstenberg, Published by Cellular Phone Task Force, 16 April 2024 On December 29, 2022, the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) sued the U.S. Federal Communications Commission over its decision to approve SpaceX’s application for up to 30,000 more low-orbit satellites, in addition to the 12,000 already approved and in
By Katherine Fidler, Published in Metro, 16 April 2024 The US is preparing for the future – by practising a military attack in space. The Space Force, the unintentionally comedic wing of the country’s military created by Donald Trump, has announced a first-of-its-kind mission to demonstrate how it might defend
Battery disposal pallet ejected from ISS in 2021.Photo: NASA Edited by Nikhil Pandey, Published by NDTV, 16 April 2024 The mystery was solved on Monday by NASA, which confirmed the object was a piece of space junk from the International Space Station (ISS). A strange event unfolded in Naples, Florida,
The first mission of the Polaris program, Polaris Dawn, will include the first spacewalk on a commercial mission. Credit: Polaris Program By Seth Kurkowski, Published by Space Explored, 14 April 2024 Things are slowly falling into place for the Polaris Program‘s first mission, Polaris Dawn. The mission is nearing milestones that might
By Sara Odeen-Isbister, Published by MSN, 13 April 2024 The British Army is set to test a high-powered radio-frequency weapon that can knock out the enemy’s electrics and disable drones. Experts have compared it to ‘the pinch’, a device that featured in the 2001 hit film, Ocean’s Eleven, about a
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 12 April 2024 A Spanish balloon company plans to begin flying paying space tourists in 2026 LONDON — Stratospheric balloon company HALO Space plans to offer aspiring space travelers the space tourism equivalent of glamping. Instead of tight space suits and stomach-churning G-forces typically
Musk envisions the first colonies to be set up on Mars within 20 years, which will grow into a city of a million people who are there for life: SpaceX By David Szondy, Published by New Atlas, 11 April 2024 Elon Musk is doubling down on his commitment to the
