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And yet, defiantly, these alien seas remain liquid. A Mirror-Wrapped Ocean Scientists suspect that a handful of moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn—and maybe even some spinning around Uranus and Neptune—harbor oceans. Hefty Ganymede and crater-scarred Callisto produce weak, Europa-like magnetic signals. Saturn’s haze-covered Titan, too, very probably has a liquid-water subsurface ocean. These “are the … Read more
A Martian moons mission, a plethora of private lunar landers, probes to Venus and Jupiter, and reusable heavy-lift rocket tests are among the many highlights we’ll be watching in the coming 12 months, in what looks to be an extraordinary year in spaceflight. Here’s your 2024 calendar. Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… … Read more
SpaceX is set to make a second attempt at launching its Starship rocket to space on Saturday, with the company looking to push the development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones. It has a 20-minute window, from 8 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. ET, in which to launch Starship from its Starbase facility near Boca … Read more
In an effort to secure precious access to low Earth orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed an agreement with Airbus and Voyager Space for the use of their commercial space station which is currently under development as a replacement for the International Space Station (ISS). Taking out the Trash (in Space) The agreement explores … Read more
An H2-A rocket carrying a small lunar surface probe and other objects lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima prefecture on September 7, 2023. Str | JIJI Press | Afp | Getty Images Japan has failed twice to make its mark on the moon in the last 12 months, but optimism … Read more
A new way to view the Sun A new way to view the Sun Scientists adapted a camera on the Solar Orbiter probe to investigate seldom-seen areas of the Sun’s atmosphere. By modifying the Solar Orbiter’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) with a clever hack, they managed to block the overpowering light from the Sun, highlighting … Read more
An uncaptioned image posted on the company’s website appears to show Starshield technology in orbit. SpaceX The Pentagon has awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX its first confirmed contract for the Starshield network it’s developing, a military-specific version of the company’s Starlink satellite internet system, the defense agency said Wednesday. A Space Force spokesperson confirmed that SpaceX … Read more
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket with the corporate’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on prime is seen after sundown at Launch Complicated 39A forward of the launch of the Crew-7 mission. Joel Kowsky / NASA SpaceX launched 4 individuals to the Worldwide House Station from Florida as Elon Musk’s firm begins its eleventh human spaceflight mission so far. Referred to … Read more
The moon’s floor is seen under the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on August 20, 2023 because it orbited in preparation for touchdown. ISRO India staked new declare as a nationwide superpower in area on Wednesday, touchdown its Chandrayaan-3 mission safely on the moon’s unexplored south pole. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft launched final month and touched down on the … Read more