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Axiom Space’s fourth private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), AX-4, wrapped up successfully last Monday, with the safe return to Earth of its four-person crew after 18 days in orbit. The team included Axiom mission commander and veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson—on her fifth ISS flight—and three representatives from national space agencies: Shubhanshu Shukla from India, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from …

As humanity sets its sights on Mars and other deep-space destinations, questions around human reproduction beyond Earth are emerging. Could a baby be conceived, carried to term, and delivered safely in space? A recent scientific analysis reveals the deeply complex and largely unpredictable risks surrounding space pregnancy and childbirth. Life Before Birth is Already A Fragile Journey Even on Earth, …

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Kumani Bank, Caspian Sea [39.5666672, 49.5898615] What’s in the photos? The emergence and rapid disappearance of a volcanic “ghost island” Which satellites took the photos? Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 When were the photos taken? Nov. 18, 2022; Feb. 14, 2023; and Dec. 25, 2024 A striking series of satellite photos shows the brief lifespan …

Hundreds of people lined up outside of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on Monday morning (July 28), waiting for the doors to open and the curtains to drop on five newly renovated galleries devoted to aviation and space exploration history. The museum’s flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. was on track to have more than …

Dead Space creator and Callisto Protocol director Glen Schofield has said that he may have directed his last game as he struggles to fund his next project. Schofield – who founded Striking Distance in 2019 to create a new game in the PUBG universe, which evolved over time into The Callisto Protocol – has suggested he may be done directing …

Firefly Aerospace seeks $5.5 billion valuation in IPO as US space race heats up  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

SpaceX has launched over 9,000 satellites into orbit, and the vast majority of them are still in operation today. As a result of that massive constellation, the Elon Musk-led firm controls over 60 percent of all active satellites currently in orbit. And the company’s actively working to launch tens of thousands more, in an effort to bring Starlink broadband satellite internet …

Scientists analyze 76 million radio telescope images, find Starlink satellite interference ‘where no signals are supposed to be present’  Space Musk is messing with the Cosmic Dawn. Will alien hunters save the day for all mankind?  theregister.com SpaceX satellites are overpowering the deep universe, according to radio astronomers  6PR Radio chaos from smartphones threatens observation of the Universe  Universe Space Tech Interference To Astronomy …

As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red planet would give more than enough time for someone to become pregnant and even give birth. But could a pregnancy be conceived and carried safely in space? And what would happen to a baby born far from …

The mission’s goals include tests of “high-bandwidth inter-satellite laser communications technologies.” “OTV-8’s laser communications demonstration will mark an important step in the US Space Force’s ability to leverage commercial space networks as part of proliferated, diversified, and redundant space architectures,” said US Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman in a statement. “In so doing, it will strengthen the resilience, …