Satellites may have been ‘less than 10 metres’ apart when they narrowly missed each other, new analysis shows
SPACEX is reportedly building a fleet of spy satellites, with defence giant Northrop Grumman, as part of a secret deal with a US intelligence agency. It follows comments made by a top Space Force c
Part of a battery pack discharged by the International Space Station hits Florida home, damaging the roof and flooring.
By Amy Gunia, CNN (CNN) — India is one of the world’s top spacefaring nations. It is the first Asian country to reach Mars orbit, and the fourth on the planet to take a spacecraft to the moon, landing closer to the south pole, known for its cratered terrain, than anyone else has. But its
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The propulsion technology the human characters conceive in the Netflix version of Liu Cixin’s novel The Three Body Problem clearly has roots in the ideas we’ve been kicking around lately. I should clarify that I’m talking about the American version of the novel, which Netflix titles ‘3 Body Problem,’ and not the Chinese 30-part series, which is also becoming available. In the last two posts, I’ve gone through various runway concepts, in which a spacecraft is driven forward by nuclear explosions...
It’s a bird It’s a plane It’s a screw from the International Space Station taking out your garage
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London-based Blue Skies Space has raised £2m in a funding round to support the launch of its new data analytics satellite. The company specialises in gathering scientific data through space technology. Blue Skies Space is currently working towards the launch of Mauve a satellite equipped with sensors to measure ultraviolet wavelength in stars. Monitoring this activity […]
Berlin-based Ecosia, best known as the tree-planting search engine, has teamed up with French startup Kanop to monitor its reforestation efforts from space. With around 20 million users, Ecosia is the world’s largest not-for-profit search engine. It is also one of the biggest tree-planters in the world. The company claims to have planted 200 million trees since its inception in 2009. To date, Ecosia has monitored its tree-planting efforts using ground-based observations. But with the help...
"It was a tremendous sound. And it almost hit my son. He was two rooms over and heard it all," Otero recalled.
"It was a tremendous sound. And it almost hit my son. He was two rooms over and heard it all," Otero recalled.