Archive for the 'Space' Category
Starlink Releases Small Amount of Technical Information During Reddit Ask Me Anything
June 8th, 2020Via: GeekWire: SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation is still deep into testing mode, but it’s already generating 5 trillion bytes of data on a daily basis and getting software updates on a weekly basis. Those are a couple of the nuggets coming from a weekend Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session featuring SpaceX’s software team. The main […]
Mysterious Pattern Of ‘Cosmic Radio Bursts’ From A Distant Galaxy Repeats Every 157 Days, Say Scientists
June 8th, 2020Via: Forbes: Although several thousand FRBs are thought to be coming in from deep space every day, and from every direction, there are two that are particularly interesting—FRB 121102 and FRB 180916.J10158+56. These two keep repeating. … The astronomers think that the pattern they observed suggests that these powerful bursts are linked to: * the […]
President Donald Trump Makes Reference to “… Greatest Weapons Ever Imagined” in SpaceX Speech
June 1st, 2020Via: Black Vault:
NASA Resumes Human Spaceflight from U.S. Soil with Historic SpaceX Launch
May 30th, 2020Via: Reuters: SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years.
SpaceX Crew Demo-2: First Astronaut Launch from U.S. Since 2011
May 27th, 2020Live updates, NASA Commercial Crew. SpaceX livefeed:
X-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Power Beam Experiment
May 10th, 2020Via: The Drive: The X-37B’s upcoming mission is known as both Orbital Test Vehicle-6 (OTV-6) and U.S. Space Force-7 (USSF-7). It will carry out missions that will assess the effects of cosmic radiation and other “space effects” on plant seeds and various material samples. According to a Space Force press release, which went out on […]
Trump Administration Drafting ‘Artemis Accords’ Pact for Moon Mining
May 7th, 2020Via: Reuters: The Trump administration is drafting a legal blueprint for mining on the moon under a new U.S.-sponsored international agreement called the Artemis Accords, people familiar with the proposed pact told Reuters. … The Trump administration and other spacefaring countries see the moon as a key strategic asset in outer space. The moon also […]
NASA Awards Nearly $1 Billion to SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics for Moon Missions
May 2nd, 2020Via: CBS: SpaceX and teams led by Dynetics and Blue Origin won NASA contracts Thursday totaling nearly $1 billion to develop lunar landers that could carry astronauts back to the moon as early as 2024 and support sustained, long-term operations by 2028 under the space agency’s Artemis program. “With these contract awards, America is moving […]
Starlink 6, Two Days After Launch
April 30th, 2020Via: Sebastian Voltmer: Shooting the satellite batches: Starlink 6 two days after launch! from Sebastian Voltmer on Vimeo.
A Robotic Spacecraft Caught an Old Satellite and Extended Its Life
April 17th, 2020Via: CNBC: Intelsat’s IS-901 satellite is nearly 20 years old, and well beyond its expected lifespan, but a small spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman succeeded in docking with the satellite and giving it another five years of service, the companies announced on Friday. The feat is a space industry first, as extending the life of […]
