‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid to zoom by Earth —Here’s what NASA says
The asteroid is around 500 feet and will come within 2 million miles of Earth, which is about eight times further than the moon.
The asteroid is around 500 feet and will come within 2 million miles of Earth, which is about eight times further than the moon.
Billionaire Kam Ghaffarian’s startup wants to build a space station to replace the ISS. But missteps, dire financials and delays have sent it spiraling out of trajectory.
The South Australian government’s ‘Kanyini’ satellite is now in orbit, having launched on a SpaceX mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Although the asteroids will make close approaches, NASA believes they don’t pose any potential danger.
It’ll be the first manned flight for Bezos’ company since a 2022 malfunction grounded Blue Origin’s New Shepard rockets.
Varda Space Industries successfully manufactured a sample of HIV medication on board its spacecraft and returned it safely to Earth.
Bridgit Mendler, an actress and singer best known for her roles in Disney Channel’s “Good Luck Charlie” and “Lemonade Mouth,” is adding a CEO title to her resume with her satellite data startup Northwood Space.
Japan’s “Moon Sniper” rover on Monday regained power and has woken up on the Moon, a surprise turnaround for the country’s historic space mission after its successful “pinpoint” landing on the lunar surface more than a week was marred by technical challenges and forced into hibernation.
Space Machines Company launched in 2019 with a mission to clean up space junk and service the some-7,000 satellites orbiting in the sky. After two-and-a-half-years in design-mode, its orbital servicing vehicle, Optimus, is ready for take-off, on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch in March 2024.
The Italian luxury fashion house is teaming up with commercial space company, Axiom House, to design NASA lunar spacesuits for its Artemis III mission. The new partnership will see Prada’s engineers work alongside the Axiom Space systems team during the design process to develop solutions for materials and design features to protect astronauts from the […]