The far side of the moon and distant Earth imaged by the Chang'e-5 T1 mission service module in 2014. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences By Andrew Jones, Published b Space News, 28 March 2024 HELSINKI — Tracking data appears to show China is attempting to salvage spacecraft initially intended for the moon
ABL Space System's RS1 rocket launches on its debut mission from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska on Jan. 10, 2023. RS1 suffered an anomaly and failed to reach orbit. (Image credit: ABL Space Systems via Twitter) By Davis Hovey, Published by KMXT, 27 March 2024 A retired U.S. Air
Geostationary orbits, where a satellite stays above a single point along the Earth’s equator, are very valuable. But there is only enough room for 1,800 satellites in this orbit, and many of these slots are already taken or spoken for. (MikeRun/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA) Posted by SatTrackCam, Leiden, 27 March
Illustration of robotic servicing mission to attach a new sensor to a U.S. military satellite. Credit: Katalyst Space Technologies By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 27 March 2024 A robotic servicing vehicle will rendezvous with a military satellite and attach an imaging payload WASHINGTON — In a mission targeted
Image: Mars Daily stock illustration By Sarah Knapton, Published by The Telegraph, 27 March 2024 Prof Lord Martin Rees suggests it is easier to solve climate change on Earth than escape to another planet Elon Musk is harbouring a “dangerous illusion” that a colony can be established on Mars, the Astronomer Royal
By Nick Paton Walsh, Alex Marquardt, Florence Davey-Attlee and Kosta Gak Published by CNN, 26 March 2024 CNN — Ukrainian front-line troops say they are experiencing connection problems with the vital Starlink internet service, owned by Elon Musk and used to run Kyiv’s fleet of attack drones, while also reporting an
NASA has awarded funds to Austin, Texas-based ICON, to develop construction technologies that could help build landing pads, habitats, and roads on the Moon using local lunar resources. (Image credit: ICON/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group) By Ian Sample, Published by The Guardian, 25 March 2024 Fears raised that prime lunar locations for
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity underneath its carrier plane during a free flight over New Mexico on April 26, 2023. (Image credit: Virgin Galactic) By Passant Rabie, Published by Gizmodo, 25 March 2024 The aerospace company is accusing Virgin Galactic of unlawfully using Boeing's proprietary information for a mothership design. There’s
