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Tag: Space
Tuesday Telescope: Webb and Hubble team up to reveal spectacular star clusters
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little […]
China jumps ahead in the race to achieve a new kind of reuse in space
The SJ-21 and SJ-25 satellites “merged” on July 2 and have remained together since then. This image from a telescope […]
Rocket Report: Japan’s workhorse booster takes a bow; you can invest in SpaceX now
“We will be able to industrialize Zephyr production up to 50 units per year.” Europe’s first reusable rocket main stage […]
Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object
There is a growing buzz in the astronomy community about a new object with a hyperbolic trajectory that is moving […]
Pentagon may put SpaceX at the center of a sensor-to-shooter targeting network
Under this plan, SpaceX’s satellites would play a big role in the Space Force’s kill chain. The Trump administration plans […]
White House works to ground NASA science missions before Congress can act
“We would be turning off some fabulous missions that are doing extremely well.” NASA’s Juno spacecraft skimmed the upper wisps […]
Tuesday Telescope: A howling wolf in the night sky
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little […]
Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian
In 2011, the NASA Office of the Inspector General investigated the process that NASA went through and found “no evidence […]
The second launch of New Glenn will aim for Mars
Notably, the company plans to launch each new rocket as soon as it is ready to fly to gather data […]