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A new private spacecraft aims to help the U.S. military get key supplies where they’re needed, and fast. On Wednesday (Oct. 1), the California-based company Inversion unveiled Arc, a vehicle designed to serve as an orbital storehouse and superfast delivery system for mission-critical gear, getting it anywhere on Earth in less than an hour. “With massive cross-range to cover great …

Helen DrewPolitics London BBC The pupils at a Croydon girls’ school have built a satellite A south London school is on track to become the first all-girls school in the world to send a satellite into space. The independent Croydon High School has designed and built a working satellite which they aim to launch into low-Earth orbit in the next …

Below the Sky/Shutterstock Starlink,a division of SpaceX, provides satellite internet around the world. It is ideal for those who live in rural areas as connection speeds are often improved over what local companies offer. It’s also useful for travelers who want to take their internet with them on the road. Instead of …

President Donald Trump believed the government shutdown would deliver Republicans a swift and decisive political victory. But with the stalemate now likely to spill into a second week, that calculation is looking increasingly shaky. The opening stage of the high-profile funding fight has emboldened Democratic lawmakers and left voters split over who to blame for the impasse, raising quiet concerns …

China, on the other hand, frequently abandons upper stages in orbit. China launched 21 of the 26 hazardous new rocket bodies over the last 21 months, each averaging more than 4 metric tons (8,800 pounds). Two more came from US launchers, one from Russia, one from India, and one from Iran. This trend is likely to continue as China steps …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Hidden asteroids near Venus could pose a potential threat to Earth. 🔍 Coorbital asteroids have eccentricities making them difficult to track accurately. 🌀 Their chaotic orbits make long-term predictions unpredictable beyond 150 years. 🚀 Scientists propose using a telescope near Venus for improved monitoring of these celestial bodies. Recent studies have cast light on a potential …

Space can be a dangerous place, with massive rocks hurling through the solar system at fast speeds, some of which may be headed in our direction. NASA and other agencies keep a close watch on the skies, on the lookout for potentially hazardous asteroids that threaten Earth. As it turns out, however, a unique group of potentially problematic asteroids may …

Driving rapid innovation in the American space industry, NASA has awarded Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff, Arizona, a contract to raise a spacecraft’s orbit. Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft will rendezvous with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and raise it to a higher altitude, demonstrating a key capability for the future of space exploration and extending the Swift mission’s science lifetime. …

NASA on Tuesday said it was on track to send astronauts to orbit the Moon in early 2026, as the United States races China to return to the lunar surface. Multiple setbacks have delayed the manned mission, dubbed Artemis 2, which is now scheduled for April 2026 at the latest and could come as soon as February. “We intend to …

A Japanese spacecraft that once carried over 13,000 Hatsune Miku fan messages and drawings into space has officially ended its mission after 15 years. Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on September 18 that it has terminated operations of the Venus Climate Orbiter, also known as Akatsuki. The probe had been out of contact since April 2024 after an incident …