SpaceX appears to be aiming for a fall 2024 launch for its long-awaited Starlink direct-to-mobile phone service. The company’s plans were mentioned in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). “SpaceX appreciates the Commission’s leadership in adopting a flexible regulatory framework for supplemental coverage from space (‘SCS’) that will enable ubiquitous mobile coverage …
Larger / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lands atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. NASA and Boeing officials are ready for a second attempt to launch the first crewed test flight of the Starliner spacecraft on Saturday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Liftoff of …
NASA announced Friday that it has selected three industry proposals to help develop technologies for future space telescopes and plan for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory mission concept, which could be the first space telescope designed to search for life. outside our solar system. The mission would directly image Earth-like planets around stars like our …
Updated 18:46 31 May 2024 GMT+1Published 16:45 31 May 2024 GMT+1 The asteroid is thought to contain precious metals, including gold, iron and nickel NASA has given an update on its mission to capture an asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion. Last year, the space agency announced it would head for the distant asteroid called 16 Psyche, …
An unexpected tool is giving us new insight into the fine structure of Mars’ outer layers. Using meteorites that long ago broke away from the red planet about 11 million years ago and were hurled into space to eventually land on Earth, scientists have been able to study how volcanism shaped crust and mantle of …
NASA is warning people not to watch the so-called “planet parade.” getty On Monday, June 3, there will be no “parade of the planet” – at least, no one will see it. NASA has taken the unusual step of debuting a widely distributed news item circulating on the Internet and social media about a planetary …
It’s a weird and wonderful cosmic family. That’s Dinky for you Last year, images taken by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed that a small moon orbiting an asteroid called “Dinky” is, in fact, two small moons fused together. The discovery baffled scientists, who had never seen this type of satellite, known as a contact binary, orbiting …