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Exclusive: French astronaut Sophie Adenot recounts her ‘miracle’ mission from orbiting ISS

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI from the International Space Station, French astronaut Sophie Adenot hailed a "mission accomplished"…

France 24 2d ago

Business United Kingdom

‘It seems crazy’: SpaceX’s orbital data centre bet tests physics and finance

Elon Musk’s company faces formidable challenges in launching millions of satellites into orbit to power AI

Financial Times 2d ago

World India

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Plans ‘Biggest Launch Site On Earth’ For $100 Billion: 10 Things To Know

If the ambitious project goes ahead, Louisiana could go from never hosting an orbital launch to becoming the centre of SpaceX’s next-generation rock…

News18 World 2d ago

Science United States

NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars

Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency’s Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making uniqu…

NASA Science News 3d ago

Science United States

Starstruck: NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth

At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how a…

NASA Science News 4d ago

World China

Meet Dai Zheng, the space veteran betting on China’s reusable rocket revolution

Ten years ago, Dai Zheng made a career-defining gamble: he left his secure, prestigious engineering post in China’s state space programme to join an…

South China Morning Post 4d ago

India India

In 1984, Nasa sent thousands of honeybees into orbit to build honeycomb without gravity

Times of India - India 4d ago

World China

China puts off Chang’e-7 mission to lunar south pole

China’s historic Chang’e-7 mission to drill for ice near the moon’s south pole has been delayed, the country’s human space flight programme au…

South China Morning Post 5d ago

Top Stories India

How do astronauts return from space and survive re-entry? | Explained

A launch vehicle’s ascent battles gravity to gain orbital velocity, while re-entry is a controlled struggle against the atmosphere to systematically…

The Hindu 5d ago

India India

Scientists realised 1,200 Starlink satellites could double as a giant scanner for Earth’s atmosphere

Starlink satellites are now helping scientists map Earth's upper atmosphere. Researchers used orbital data from Starlink to estimate thermosphere dens…

Times of India - India 6d ago

Technology United States

NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope

The LINK probe was supposed to use robotic arms to capture Swift and lift it into a safe orbit. Problems with its control system forced NASA to call o…

Wired 6d ago

Technology United States

Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up

There's about to be a big fight to secure access to space.

TechCrunch 1w ago

Science United States

The View from Above: The Gemini Visual Acuity Experiments

NASA astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. took 29 color photographs of the Earth with a 70mm camera as he orbited our planet during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mis…

NASA Science News 1w ago

Technology United States

SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste

The yeetcycling math resembles asteroid mining in reverse.

Ars Technica 1w ago

Science United States

NASA TechLeap Prize: Orbital Clarity Challenge

The Orbital Clarity Challenge — the sixth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a collaborative effort between NASA’s Heliophysics Division, …

NASA Science News 1w ago