Sep 19, 2024 | Featured, Internet of Things, Satellites, Space
The company’s Electron rocket was scheduled to launch five “Internet of Things” satellites for the French company Kinéis today at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) from New Zealand. The countdown clock reached zero, and Electron appeared to fire up its...
Sep 12, 2024 | Featured, Space
Polaris Dawn just made history again. SpaceX’s private crew of four astronauts performed the world’s first commercial spacewalk while soaring high above Earth on Thursday (Sept. 12) during the third day of a five-day trip to Earth orbit. ...
Sep 5, 2024 | Drones, Featured, Space
More pieces are coming together for the first-ever flight of Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket. That mission, scheduled to lift off on Oct. 13, will send NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes toward Mars from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in...
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,...
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...
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