SpaceX to build floating spaceports
SpaceX is looking to build floating spaceports to use for both hypersonic Earth travel and missions to Moon and Mars. A job advert this week revealed the US private space...
Have you got what it takes to become an astronaut in the new era of human spaceflight?
Millions of people watched breathlessly as astronauts for the first time successfully travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) in a privately funded spacecraft, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew...
Astronomers worry as private companies push ahead with satellite launches
Since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, the lower orbit around the Earth has become an increasingly congested environment with more than 2,200 satellite launches to date. Those satellites...
Space junk: Astronomers worry as private companies push ahead with satellite launches
Since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, the lower orbit around the Earth has become an increasingly congested environment with more than 2,200 satellite launches to date. Those satellites...
The Sun: study shows it’s less active than sibling stars – here’s what that could mean
All stars emit varying amounts of light over time – and the Sun is no exception. Such changes in starlight can help us understand how habitable any planets around other...
Spacecraft brings aging satellite back to life
In an (out of?) the world first a spacecraft has returned an ageing satellite back into service.