By Monica Witt and Jena RoweNASA Press Release, 16 April 2021 NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the
By Leonard David, Published by Scientific American, 14 April 2021 A Space Age “tragedy of the commons” is unfolding right under our nose—or, really, right over our head—and no consensus yet exists on how to stop it. For more than a half-century, humans have been hurling objects into low-Earth orbit
By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 7 April 2021 WASHINGTON — SpaceX continued the rollout of its Starlink broadband constellation with another launch of 60 satellites April 7, edging closer to providing continuous global service. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 30 March 2021 WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched its fourth Starship prototype in less than four months March 30, only to have the vehicle apparently crash once again. The Starship SN11 vehicle lifted off at approximately 9 a.m. Eastern from the company’s Boca Chica, Texas,
Published by the Royal Astronomical Society, 29 March 2021 Scientists reported new research results today suggesting that artificial objects in orbit around the Earth are brightening night skies on our planet significantly more than previously understood. The research, accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters,
by Rishikesh Kumar, published by Space Daily, 23 March 2021 New Delhi (Sputnik) - The ISRO has been keen on roping in the domestic private sector to finance the rocket manufacturing and satellite launch business so that it can itself focus on research and the heavy satellite launch market. Hoping
by Mariella Moon, published by yahoo!finance, 19 March 2021 SpaceX already has over 1,000 Starlink satellites in orbit, but that's just a tiny fraction of the full constellation the company plans to deploy. While it originally asked the FCC for permission to launch 12,000 satellites, it could have as many
by Nivell Rayda, Published by Channel News Asia, 18 March 2021 JAKARTA: Indonesia’s National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) said the benefits of the country's first spaceport in Biak, Papua, are greater than the downsides, while locals are divided over the project. The planned rocket launch site will be located
