The two prototype spacecraft will test systems to be used in a planned megaconstellation to provide…
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New York Times Space & Cosmos
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Land on Mars in 3 to 4 Years
The prediction is the latest in a series of ambitious timelines for reaching the red planet…
Dish Is First Company to Be Fined By F.C.C. Over Space Junk Rule
Dish, the television provider, failed to move its dead satellite into a higher orbit, where it…
A New Satellite Outshines Some of the Brightest Stars in the Sky
Astronomers warn that BlueWalker3, a test spacecraft with a large array of antennas, could be the…
James Webb Telescope Discovers Orion Nebula Enigmas That ‘Shouldn’t Exist’
In new, high-resolution imagery of the star-forming region, scientists spotted worlds that defied explanation, naming them…
Maybe in Your Lifetime, People Will Live on the Moon and Then Mars
Through partnerships and 3-D printing, NASA is plotting how to build houses on the moon by…
Video: How Saturn’s Moons Formed in a Massive Moon Collision
Researchers completed a complex simulation that supports the idea that the giant planet’s jewelry emerged hundreds…
NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio Returns From Record Space Trip
The trip to space was only supposed to last six months for Frank Rubio, but technical…
Astronaut Returns Home After an Unplanned Full Year in Space
The trip to space was only supposed to last six months for Frank Rubio, but technical…
Nothing’s the Matter With Antimatter, New Experiment Confirms
Consider it good news, physicists say: “The opposite result would have had big implications.” …