Month: October 2024
China’s Deep Blue Aerospace reveals suborbital tourism plans
HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Deep Blue Aerospace targets providing suborbital tourism flights starting in 2027. Deep Blue Aerospace is…
James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st 'failed star' candidates beyond the Milky Way
At this point, astronomers are used to the James Webb Space Telescope pushing the boundaries of astronomy — so it…
A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourish
There is probably no better example of the destructive power of space rocks upon our planet than the asteroid that…
High-Altitude ER-2 Flights Get Down-to-Earth Data
Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency’s highest-flying airborne science platform. With…
Proposed CASTOR Space Telescope Waits on Government
The proposed Canadian led Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and uv Research, commonly referred to by its acronym CASTOR,…
China launches new set of classified Yaogan spy satellites (video)
China has added a new batch of three spacecraft to a classified series of orbiting Yaogan satellites. A Long March…
Destacado de la NASA: Felipe Valdez, un ingeniero inspirador
Read this story in English here. Felipe Valdez es una persona que aprovechó todas las oportunidades posibles en la NASA,…
Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $1.8 billion contract extension for missile warning satellites
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.8 billion contract extension to begin production of two advanced…
Nelson says reports of Musk-Putin conversations “concerning”
Updated 8 p.m. Eastern with SpaceX comment. WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he is concerned about reports that…