A U.S. nonprofit organization has called on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to pause satellite megaconstellation launches until their environmental impact can be assessed.
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Astronauts on ISS practice moon base cement-mixing tech in microgravity
NASA and its partners in the Artemis program want to find sustainable ways of building astronaut bases on the moon. An ISS experiment is investigating how.
SpaceX plans to launch 2 sharp-eyed Earth-imaging satellites to orbit today
SpaceX plans to launch two Earth-imaging satellites today (Aug. 15), continuing to build out the WorldView Legion constellation for Maxar.
New Study Shows Mars Could be Terraformed Using Resources that are Already There
The idea of terraforming Mars, making its atmosphere and environment more Earth-like for human settlement, goes back decades. During that time, many proposed methods have been considered and put aside as “too expensive” or requiring technology well in advance of what we have today. Nevertheless, the idea has persisted and is often considered a part of long-term plans for establishing a human presence on Mars. Given the many plans to establish human outposts on the Moon and then use that infrastructure to send missions to Mars, opportunities for terraforming may be closer than we think.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 2nd pair of Maxar’s WorldView Legion satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
The next two WorldView Legion satellites, which will be the company’s first spacecraft in MIO, are seen here at Maxar Space Systems’ manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California, shortly before shipment to the launch site. Image: Maxar
SpaceX is preparing to launch a pair of Maxar Space Systems’ WorldView Legion satellites to a mid-inclination orbit Thursday morning. The 30 cm-class imaging satellites will ride to space atop a Falcon 9 rocket launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Wildfires in Greece have burned land twice the size of Manhattan, satellite images reveal
Satellite images have revealed the true extent of damage left in the wake of Greece's worst wildfire this year.
Darth Jar Jar? This 'Lego Star Wars: Rebuild The Galaxy' trailer imagines an odd, twisted universe (video)
TIE-wing fighters and Ewok bounty hunters abound in Disney Plus's joyful mashup miniseries in this new trailer for "Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy."
Will Boeing's Starliner astronauts ride a SpaceX Dragon home in 2025? NASA could decide next week
Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams await a decision from NASA on whether they will fly home aboard Boeing's spacecraft or SpaceX's Crew Dragon.
SpaceX's Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president. Here's what it could mean for US space policy (op-ed)
SpaceX's Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president. Here's what it could mean for US space policy (op-ed)
Researchers Developed a Test Bed For Separating Valuable Material on the Moon
Many times, it’s better to flesh out technologies fully on Earth’s surface before they’re used in space. That is doubly true if that technology is part of the critical infrastructure keeping astronauts alive on the Moon. Since that infrastructure will undoubtedly use in-situ resources – known as in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) – developing test beds here on Earth for those ISRU processes is critical to derisking the technologies before they’re used on a mission. That’s the plan with a test bed designed by researchers at the German Aerospace Center in Bremen – they designed it to improve how well we gather water and oxygen from lunar regolith. Unfortunately, as their work described in a recent paper demonstrates, it will be a challenge to do so.
What Time is it on the Moon? Lunar GPS Needs to Know
GPS is ubiquitous on Earth. It guides everything from precision surveying to aircraft navigation. To realize our vision of lunar exploration with a sustained human presence, we’ll need the same precision on the Moon.
To decode mysteries of Mars, scientists are turning to machine learning
Machine learning could help scientists quickly sift through data about the Red Planet, and perhaps other aspects of our cosmos someday, too.
SpaceX refutes reports that its Starship launch pad system polluted Texas waters
SpaceX has strongly refuted a media report claiming the company violated environmental regulations by releasing pollutants related to Starship launches in South Texas.
July 2024 sets new records for global heat and climate disasters
July is in the books as yet another record-setting month of extreme heat and weather.
James Webb Space Telescope strikes again, delivers new shining galaxy image
The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the galaxy Messier 106, which sits in the Canes Venatici constellation.
Live coverage: NASA officials discuss latest on Boeing Crew Fight Test
NASA officials continue to review data on the Starliner spacecraft as they determine how best to conclude the mission and return both the spacecraft as well as its crew back to Earth.
How do you measure wind on Mars? These scientists have a plan
Measuring wind on Mars with great sensitivity is important if we don't want accidents with vehicles, and maybe even astronauts, on the Red Planet.
NASA may use lasers to livestream from the moon one day
Getting a live play-by-play of astronauts on the moon could be possible through laser communications during future Artemis missions.
Colossal X-class solar flare erupts from 'rule-breaking' sunspot and Earth is in the firing line (video)
Watch a colossal X-class solar flare erupt from the sun's highly magnetized 'rule-breaking' sunspot.
Status Report and Expectations for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
Is Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS falling apart? How bright will it likely get? We try to answer those questions and more.
Researchers want to build 'streetlights' on the moon — and they'd be taller than the Statue of Liberty
A private company has received funding from the U.S. government to build the first-ever "streetlights" on the moon — towering, Statue of Liberty-sized structures that could withstand the brutal lunar night.
