By Can Emir, Published by Interesting Engineering, 27 November 2023 Explore Virgin Galactic's Mesa facility, a cutting-edge hub poised to revolutionize spacecraft manufacturing, boosting space travel capabilities and economic growth. The aerospace and space travel company Virgin Galactic has announced a major leap in its operations with the establishment of a state-of-the-art
Rendering of the U.S. Space Force's Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellites. Credit: Lockheed Martin By Sandra Erwin, Published by Spacenews, 25 November 2023 The new eight-year contract, worth up to $579 million, is for maintenance and development of ground control systems for military communications satellites WASHINGTON — Kratos Defense & Security
By European Space Agency, Published by Phys.org, 24 November 2023 Down on the ground, death equals stillness—but not in space. Abandoned satellites are prone to tumble in unpredictable ways, and an ESA project with the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern sought to better understand this behavior. ESA's Clean
Northumbria University's Wynne Jones building will be remodelled into the centre By Samantha Jagger & Pamela Tickell, Published by the BBC, 23 November 2023 A university has secured £50m to build a "world-leading" space skills centre. The UK Space Agency gave Newcastle's Northumbria University £10m to create a hub for
The UK plans regular military space launch missions from its Scotland facility, featured here in a Lockheed Martin promotional video. (Lockheed Martin) By Andrew Chuter, Published by Defense News, 22 November 2023 London - The U.K.’s Space Command is in line to boost to it’s space domain awareness capabilities following
A person looks on as SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship is unstacked from the booster as it sits on the launchpad at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 16, 2023, ahead of its second test flight posponed to November 18. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on November 15, 2023 authorized
A rocket lifts off late Tuesday carrying North Korea's first spy satellite in images released by state-run media. By Brad Lendon, Published by CNN, 22 November 2023 Seoul, South KoreaCNN — North Korea on Wednesday said it had put its first spy satellite into orbit and vowed further launches to defend against
SpaceX's Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 18, 2023.Photograph: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Getty Images By Ramin Skibba, Published by Wired, 21 November 2023 A second Starship test flight advanced a bit farther than the first, with the rocket reaching the edge
