SpaceX to Attempt Daring Orbital Refueling Test of Starship
By early next year, SpaceX may be ready to have two of its Starships rendezvous in orbit for an ambitious refueling test that ...
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Earth Receives a Laser Communication Sent from Nearly Half a Billion Kilometers Away
The recent success of NASA's laser communication test represents a paradigm shift in space technology. Traditionally, space ...
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'God of chaos' asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds
When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...
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A SpaceX capsule just came back to Earth. Here’s why Boeing Starliner’s astronauts weren’t on it
NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will wait until 2025 to return to Earth aboard their newly assigned spacecraft, SpaceX ...
Testing heat shields for different atmospheres
Testing is one of the unsung steps in the engineering process. Talk to any product development engineer, and they will tell ...
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SpaceX targets Starship’s 1st orbital refueling test in March 2025
After its historic booster landing, SpaceX is preparing for another daring test. Elon Musk’s SpaceX may attempt an orbital ...
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World’s first wooden satellite, LignoSat, launched into space for a sustainability test
LignoSat, the world’s first wooden satellite, was successfully launched into space on Tuesday, 5th November 2024, setting a ...
Expedition 72 Astronauts Resume Duties As SpaceX Crew-8 Descends to Earth
Four members of SpaceX Crew-8 have concluded their seven-and-a-half-month stint in space, preparing for a splashdown off ...
Recalling Laika, the first living creature to orbit the earth in Sputnik 2
November 3 marks 67 years since the Soviet Union sent Laika the dog to orbit the Earth on its Sputnik 2 mission. We recall ...
New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing
Summer heat has significant effects in the mountainous regions of the western United States. Melted snow washes from snowy ...
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Japan Launches World’s First Wooden Satellite LignoSat To Test Timber’s Potential In Space
Japan has launched LignoSat, the world’s first wooden satellite, to explore timber's potential in sustainable space ...
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Senate Candidate: Jon Tester, Democrat
Incumbent Democrat Jon Tester, Republican Tim Sheehy, Libertarian Sid Daoud and Green Party candidate Robert Barb are on the ballot this fall to represent Montana in the U.S. Senate. MTN caught up ...