SpaceX has applied for approval to operate a 100,000-member megaconstellation of next-gen Starlink satellites in Earth orbit. And each of the new spacecraft will weigh about 4,400 pounds.
ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover will investigate possible signs of life in Martian clay.
The U.S. government is looking into launching commercial rockets from sea-based launch sites, but some advocacy groups fear making the ocean a dumping ground.
The country’s plans include spacecraft designed to detect asteroids coming from the direction of the sun, which has long been a space-rock blind spot.
Liftoff occurred at 5:25 a.m. ET on Thursday (July 9).
The Japanese company ispace is expanding its already extensive moon plans to include SpaceX’s Starship megarocket.
NASA’s nuclear-powered mission to Mars is taking shape with the selection of Firefly Aerospace to design and manufacture the protective aeroshell that will shield the Skyfall spacecraft’s descent stage during its plummet through the Martian atmosphere.
The next American flag to be planted on the moon has been placed in the hands of one of the last astronauts to walk on the lunar surface.
A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by adversary nations, a new study suggests.
The American Earth-observation company Vantor is now mapping Earth from space in 3D, and the images are stunning.