Final mission to space station revolutionized orbital labor management It's been 50 years since the final Skylab crew launched and docked with America's first space station for an eventful 84 days in space.…
Lees meerJet-setting to a greener future? Japan Airlines is looking into the feasibility of using hydrogen-electric engines to power aircraft in future, and is working with three engineering outfits to study issues such as safety and maintainability.…
Lees meerDead spin is a dangerous orbital dance that can be stopped with magnets and friction, apparently Airbus has developed a completely mechanical solution to help make space junk easier to capture – using magnets, the Earth's magnetic field and a bit of…
Lees meerFAA grants license to fly*, though not fry local wildlife Updated The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has listed SpaceX on its air traffic control advisory for an upcoming attempt to launch the monster Starship / Super Heavy combo from the…
Lees meerIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's equipment drifting away Updated A tool bag is orbiting Earth. No, this isn't an elaborate Elon Musk joke.…
Lees meerFAA likely to grant license to fly, though not fry local wildlife The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) appears to have listed SpaceX on its air traffic control advisory for an upcoming attempt to launch the monster Starship / Super Heavy com…
Lees meerJust what virtual reality needs – an update that brings a bit of texture torture Scientists have developed a robotic sensing system they say can distinguish between multiple types of fabric, including corduroy, in work they hope may bring a detailed…
Lees meerFAA grants license to fly, though not fry local wildlife The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given SpaceX clearance to try launching the monster Starship / Super Heavy combo from the company's Boca Chica facility.…
Lees meerIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's equipment drifting away A tool bag is orbiting Earth. No, this isn't an elaborate Elon Musk joke.…
Lees meerFormer Air Force officer - also involved in first crewed rendezvous in space - dies aged 95 Obit Frank Borman, the NASA astronaut in charge of the first crewed expedition to the Moon, has died at the age of 95.…
Lees meerMusky launch outfit teases possible Friday fling for its colossal Starship Taiwan's contract manufacturer to the stars, Foxconn, has flown its first pair of satellites.…
Lees meerAlexa, am I wasted? Wondering if that wee tipple was a bit too much? Someday soon your sloshed speech may spill your secrets to your resident digital assistant as easily as you stumble through a tongue-twister.…
Lees meerScientists shocked to find Dinkinesh is orbited by two touching asteroids Dinkinesh, the first asteroid encountered by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is being orbited by a smaller binary pair, and is the first object of its kind to be found by astronomers.…
Lees meerScientists shocked to find Dinkinesh is orbited by two touching asteroids Dinkinesh, the first asteroid encountered by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is being orbited by a smaller binary pair, and is the first object of its kind to be found by astronomers.…
Lees meerSomeone hit the zero key one too many times? Not that anyone's complaining Alien seekers at the SETI Institute have received an organizationally life-altering $200 million (£164 million) bequest from late Qualcomm cofounder Franklin Antonio, the ins…
Lees meerExperiments include subjecting seeds to radiation and expanding flight envelope Rather than launch from a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V or SpaceX Falcon 9 as it has done in the past, the seventh takeoff of the US Space Force's reusable X-37B …
Lees meerSecret tech will have to be shipped to the US for launch thanks to delays The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking to SpaceX for its next set of Galileo satellites.…
Lees meerMeasures could help future probe mission, plus understanding of why boiling hot atmos so different to Earth's Venus is the most similar planet to the Earth in size and position, but its atmosphere is very different. To help shed light on why, a grou…
Lees meerAfter a rocky start, here's looking at Euclid Pics The European Space Agency has released the first images snapped by Euclid, its latest telescope which has been designed to help build the largest 3D map of galaxies yet.…
Lees meerAfter a rocky start, here's looking at Euclid Pics The European Space Agency has released the first images snapped by Euclid, its latest telescope which has been designed to help build the largest 3D map of galaxies yet.…
Lees meer'Ejecta halo' detected by orbiter reminds that life on Luna will be dirty, gritty, and sneezy India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has published research that reveals its Chandrayaan-3 mission made quite a mess on the Moon.…
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