China and the United Arab Emirates have also had a successful 12 months on the red…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
SpaceX Tourists Will Make Attempt at Spacewalk During Flight
Jared Isaacman, who flew in the company’s capsule last year, is chartering a repeat voyage that…
China Not SpaceX May Be Source of Rocket Crashing Into Moon
The developer of astronomy software who said that Elon Musk’s company would cause a new crater…
James Webb Telescope Sends Home a Selfie and 18 Images of Starlight
The spacecraft recorded a series of images of a target star that will be used to…
What Elon Musk Did and Didn’t Say About SpaceX’s Starship Rocket
The founder of the private space company rehashed his broad vision of colonizing Mars, but he…
Why Astra's Small Rocket Launch for NASA Is a Big Deal
The mission’s failure to reach orbit highlighted the challenges of breaking into the space business, especially…
What Is Starship? SpaceX Builds Its Next-Generation Rocket
The giant, gleaming spacecraft is being designed to carry NASA astronauts to the moon, as well…
Geomagnetic Storm Destroys 40 New SpaceX Satellites in Orbit
The geomagnetic incident resulted in the Starlink transmitters drifting back into Earth’s atmosphere, where they will…
The First Quadruple Asteroid: Astronomers Spot a Space Rock With 3 Moons
Astronomers had already spotted two other rocks orbiting the asteroid known as 130 Elektra, and think…
Astronomers Find a New Trojan Asteroid Sharing Earth’s Orbit
The Trojan asteroid 2020 XL5, which follows the same path around the sun as our planet,…