Starship flies off the launch pad during IFT-3. (Source: Elon Musk /Twitter (X)) By Keith Cooper, Published by Space.com, 10 July 2024 Elon Musk's SpaceX hopes to launch up to 44 flights of Starship each year. SpaceX's plans to launch its Starship–Super Heavy two-stage rocket 44 times per year from
DARC technical demonstrator in White Sands, New Mexico By Aled Scourfield, Published by the BBC, 27 June 2024 Campaigners against plans to build space radar dishes overlooking the UK's only coastal national park have challenged local general election candidates to say whether they support the plan or not. The Ministry
(Image: NASA/Neil A. Armstrong) By Becky Ferreira, Published by Wired, 26 June 2024 If humans are to return to the moon, space agencies and governments need to figure out the legal, ethical, and practical dimensions of extraterrestrial waste management. Everybody poops, including astronauts. In fact, the first picture Neil Armstrong
The International Space Station jettisons a 2.9-ton pallet carrying used batteries on March 11, 2021. This photo was posted on Twitter by NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins. (Image credit: NASA/Mike Hopkins via Twitter) By Josh Dinner, Published by Space.com, 24 June 2024 The falling space junk crashed through two floors of their
By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 18 June 2024 Human missions to Mars could be at risk after new research revealed that long-duration space travel can impact the structure of astronauts’ kidneys. Samples from more than 40 space missions involving humans and mice revealed that kidneys are remodelled by the conditions
(Image credit: SpaceX via X) By Victor Tangermann, Published by Futurism, 15 June 2024 Mgaconstellations could be a disaster for the environment Burning Up SpaceX's growing Starlink megaconstellation could be hindering the Earth's atmosphere from healing itself. In a new study, researchers from the University of Southern California estimated the harmful
By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 12 June 2024 Human missions to Mars could be at risk after new research revealed that long-duration space travel can impact the structure of astronauts’ kidneys. Samples from more than 40 space missions involving humans and mice revealed that kidneys are remodelled by the conditions
Satellite Dishes (Defense One) By Michael Kan, Published by PC Magazine, 31 May 2024 Scientists fear cellular satellites from SpaceX and AST SpaceMobile will interfere with and even damage their radio astronomy equipment. SpaceX and AST SpaceMobile are working to bring satellite connectivity to smartphones, but scientists say the technology risks disrupting
