By Emma Thorpe, Published by Orbital Today, 7 April 2022 Since the first orbital launch more than 60 years ago, humanity has made great progress in the development of near-Earth space and deep space, which today include the development of new rocket fuel types — renewable green propellants. Thousands of
By Shira Ovide, Published by the New York Times, 6 April 2022 Maybe you’ve wondered as I have: Is there a point to rocketing rich guys like Jeff Bezos and the “Star Trek” actor William Shatner into space? Wendy Whitman Cobb, an Air Force political scientist for space, says yes.
By Hannah Northey, Published by Greenwire, E&E News, 1 April 2022 In this March 28, 2005, photo, a sign posted outside a water well indicates perchlorate contamination at a site in Rialto, Calif. AP Photo/Ric Francis, File EPA yesterday announced it would maintain a Trump-era position of not regulating toxic
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 26 March 2022 SpaceX showed off a completed Starship/Super Heavy vehicle in February, but that vehicle now appears unlikely to perform the first orbital launch attempt once the FAA awards a license to the company. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has
By Russ Bynum, Published by abcNews, 9 March 2022 A Georgia county’s plan to buy land for launching commercial rockets has been rejected by voters in a referendum forced by opponents concerned about environmental and safety risks SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A Georgia county’s plan to build a rocket launch pad
By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 7 March 2022 It's a form of pollution, after all. With increasing regularity, Earth's oceans are the drop zones for incoming leftovers from space. For decades, Russian Progress resupply spacecraft loaded with tons of waste from the International Space Station (ISS) have been intentionally
By Tom Bateman, Published by euronews.com, 11 February 2022 Last week, SpaceX launched 49 of its Starlink satellites into orbit. This is pretty normal: the company has put almost 2,000 of its broadband-beaming satellites into space so far, with plans for 40,000 more. What's not normal is that it launched
By Donna Lu, Published by the Guardian, 9 February 2022 Elon Musk’s firm says 80% of the satellites it launched last week are expected to burn up instead of reaching orbit SpaceX will lose up to 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites it launched last week as the result of
