5+ hour, 32+ min ago  (282+ words) The Atlas V rocket launch lifted off from Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 29 at 7: 53 p. m. EDT. The mission carried 29 Amazon Leo satellites intended for Amazon's expanding broadband constellation. All satellites were successfully delivered into orbit during…...

6+ hour, 21+ min ago  (787+ words) Moon bases are rapidly shifting from science fiction to real-world engineering projects, driven by advances in moon base technology and growing interest in space colonization. Governments and private companies are now actively planning lunar habitats that could support human life…...

20+ hour, 1+ min ago  (424+ words) All three events happened between May 23 and May 28. Together, they describe a single strategic principle that runs through every commercial decision Musk is making ahead of the IPO roadshow scheduled to begin June 8: preserve optionality at every level of the…...

23+ hour, 28+ min ago  (335+ words) "All personnel are accounted for and safe," Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos wrote on social media within hours. "It's too early to know the root cause but we're already working to find it. Very rough day, but we'll rebuild whatever…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1200+ words) A Dyson sphere is one of the most ambitious ideas in astrophysics: a hypothetical megastructure that surrounds a star to capture a large fraction of its energy output. In science fiction it is often imagined as a solid shell, but…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (307+ words) This was not a minor engineering footnote. It was a challenge to the physical plausibility of the entire concept. A megastructure requiring continuous active station-keeping is one that demands an unbroken technological civilization to maintain it indefinitely " a condition that…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (268+ words) The Sun Yat-sen team tested two classes of impactors across a range of orbital inclinations and disk surface densities. The results diverged in a significant way. The new simulations strengthen this interpretation by showing that the full statistical distribution of…...

2+ day, 6+ min ago  (506+ words) Starship Flight 12, which lifted off from Starbase in South Texas on May 22 at approximately 7: 35 p. m. ET, was the debut mission of the upgraded Version 3 configuration. Roughly one minute and 42 seconds into the ascent, one of the 33 Raptor V3 engines on Super Heavy…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (367+ words) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to announce the astronauts that will be part of the Artemis 3 mission. The announcement is scheduled to take place on June 9. However, the mission itself has been delayed and will not…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1284+ words) Mars colonization has shifted from science fiction to a long-term planning exercise for governments and private companies, driven by decades of Mars missions that have mapped the planet in remarkable detail. These robotic pathfinders are helping agencies understand Mars' surface,…...