Image credit: Hackaday By Maya Posch, Published by Hackaday, 7 February 2024 Imagine taking a significant amount of metals and other materials out of the Earth’s crust and scattering it into the atmosphere from space. This is effectively what we have been doing ever since the beginning of the Space
(Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld) Published by spaceweather.com, 3 February 2024 Something unprecedented is happening in Earth orbit. In only a few short years, the satellite population has skyrocketed, more than doubling since 2020. In the past year alone, more satellites have been launched than during the first thirty years of the
SpaceX showed off a completed Starship/Super Heavy vehicle in February. Credit: SpaceX By Passant Rabie, Published by Gizmodo, 19 January 2024 The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission could trade part of a state park to SpaceX, but critics say the move would put vulnerable species at risk. In April 2023,
Astrobotic's private Peregrine moon lander suffered an anomaly after separating from its Vulcan Centaur rocket on Jan. 8, 2024. (Image credit: ULA) By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 19 January 2024 'There's a lot that worked, and that is something I'm very proud of.' Astrobotic remains upbeat about its Peregrine lunar
International Space Station (from Society for Science) By Eric Lagatta, Published by USA Today, 16 January 2024 After two decades, NASA is laying the groundwork for plans to safely deorbit and land the International Space Station, the largest of its kind ever built, by 2030. The International Space Station has been continuously
By Shannon Hall, Published by The New York Times, 9 January 2024 FILLING UP A NEW FRONTIER The high-altitude chase started over Cape Canaveral on Feb. 17, 2023, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched. Thomas Parent, a NASA research pilot, was flying a WB-57 jet when the rocket ascended
By Kit Roberts, Published by Unilad, 6 January 2024 A rocket will be launched into space carrying the remains of a number of famous people. The expedition aims to create a 'permanent memorial' in space, with some of the remains being dropped on the Moon while the rest are taken
By Chris Morris, Published by Yahoo News, 5 January, 2024 Elon Musk might have his eyes on Mars, but as he focuses on the Red Planet, two private aerospace companies are planning to return the U.S. to the moon for the first time since 1972. Pittsburgh’s Astrobotic Technology will send
