Elon Musk is accelerating the development of Starship, SpaceX’s giant next-generation rocket, after the spacecraft reached Earth orbit for the first time. The company has received authorisation from the US federal administration
Elon Musk is accelerating the development of Starship, SpaceX’s giant next-generation rocket, after the spacecraft reached Earth orbit for the first time. The company has received authorisation from the US federal administration
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Four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday after completing the fastest journey by a US spacecraft to the station. The crew, commanded by NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, reached the
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China has taken another step towards reusable rockets, with two successful booster recovery tests bringing its state-owned and commercial launch sectors closer to a capability long dominated by SpaceX. The developments could
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Google is taking its first major step towards putting artificial intelligence computing infrastructure in orbit, launching a prototype satellite carrying four of its custom Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs. The mission, part
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China plans to complete a geological map covering the entire surface of Mars by the end of 2028, as Beijing prepares for its next major Martian mission and expands its capabilities in
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SpaceX is preparing to launch its giant Starship rocket early Monday in an attempt to send the spacecraft into orbit for the first time, marking a major test of a system central
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The United States’ admission marks more than a disclosure of previously opaque capabilities. It places the reality of orbital weapons more openly at the centre of the strategic competition among the world’s
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On a cloudless night in August, a lawn chair offered a simple vantage point for watching the sky. It was the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, when as many as 100
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Ever since childhood, I’ve wanted to be abducted by Aliens ~ Neil DeGrasse Tyson I recently read the book “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” (Simon Schuster:
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India’s space programme is entering a new phase, but a difficult question is emerging alongside its ambitions: can the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) be expected to concentrate on the country’s most
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China’s commercial space industry is no longer simply trying to put satellites into orbit. It is beginning to sell what comes after launch: complete systems, operational support, training and practical applications. A
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Forty-five years ago, Mel Brooks imagined a comic future in which ultra-Orthodox Jewish astronauts protected the Jewish people from gentiles. At the end of his 1981 film History of the World, Part
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by Eric Chris A. Rutkowski’s Canada’s UFO Secrets: Disclosing Government Files on What Is Happening in Our Skies is most interesting when it stops behaving like a UFO book. Its real subject
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The United States’ ambitious Golden Dome missile-defence initiative is approaching a critical point, with its senior military leader expressing confidence in the programme’s ability to deliver its planned capabilities within a stated
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A discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has left a newly formed crater on the Moon after crashing into the lunar surface, with South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter providing
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