by dankeelan | Aug 29, 2024 | Space
SpaceX is about to launch four private astronauts farther than any human has flown since the end of the Apollo era. The crew will be on a mission to perform history’s first commercial spacewalk. The mission, Polaris Dawn, will liftoff early Tuesday (Aug. 27),...
by dankeelan | Aug 29, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Space
For humans throughout history, the sky has evoked thoughts of a vast emptiness, of a great vacant dome punctuated during the day by the sun, and at night by numerous tiny spots of light (and periodically by the moon). As we have ventured into space, both physically,...
by dankeelan | Jul 25, 2024 | Energy, Featured, Solar, Space
Space-based solar power may not remain a mere sci-fi dream for much longer. Florida startup Star Catcher Industries just scored $12.25 million in seed funding to develop its planned constellation of power-beaming satellites in low Earth...
by dankeelan | Jul 17, 2024 | Robots, Space
Various forms of hopping robots have crept into development for use in different space exploration missions. We’ve reported on their use on asteroids and even our own moon. But a study funded by NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) in 2018 planned...
by dankeelan | Jun 28, 2024 | Aeronautics, Climate, Featured, Space
We’ve reached a point when scientists can easily gauge levels of greenhouse gases or other air pollutants just by measuring their concentrations in the atmosphere. However, with these measurements alone, it is not necessarily obvious where the...
by dankeelan | Jun 27, 2024 | Space, Telecommunications
SpaceX just announced a new version of its Starlink satellite internet antenna that’s small enough to fit in a backpack. The Starlink Mini is a portable kit designed to provide access to the company’s satellite internet service for users on the go....
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