Starship during its fatal tumble on April 20, 2023.Photo: Eric Gay (AP) By George Dvorsky, Published by Gizmodo, 8 September 2023 Elon Musk’s aerospace company must address these corrective actions to the regulator’s satisfaction should it wish to acquire its next Starship launch license. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially closed its
“We saw what Greta Thunberg did for the climate change debate,” Rebecca Everden, space director in the U.K. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, said in June at the Secure World Foundation’s Summit for Space Sustainability in New York. “We need a Greta for space sustainability. If somebody out there
By Frank Landymore, Published by The Byte, 26 August 2023 "The explosion was so extensive it sent concrete chunks flying into the surf." Local Carnage When SpaceX's Starship exploded midair just minutes into its first orbital flight attempt in April, the real impact was felt on the ground before it
By Frank Landymore, Published by The Byte, 23 August 2023 Nothing to sneeze at! Gassed Up Things are getting kind of gassy at Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space tourism firm. Case in point, Bloomberg reports that a Blue Origin facility in West Texas is regularly emitting so much methane during
By Josh Dinner, Publised by Space.com, 23 August 2023 The Pentagon's R&D department wants to study energy and communications infrastructure on the moon. DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is seeking rapid development of technologies to support the foundation for an integrated lunar infrastructure. The 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability
By Dimitris Kouimtsdis, Published by Daily Star, 11 August 2023 The Falcon 9 launched on Monday (August 7) in order to deliver 15 Starlink satellites and in the process punched a hole in the planet's ionosphere, leaving a red aurora-like glow in the sky Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket ripped a
The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space is involved in a legal action against the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to pressure them to create rules/guidelines for the launching of satellites in space. Lower Earth orbit (LEO) is becoming dangerously crowded and NASA scientists are concerned about growing
By Ian Sample, Published by The Guardian, 27 July 2023 European Space Agency to attempt unprecedented manoeuvre despite craft not being designed for controlled re-entry A defunct European satellite is expected to make an unprecedented return to Earth on Friday when mission controllers guide the spacecraft into a fiery dive
