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Research suggests if trend continues, view of Orion’s belt will disappear due to glow from artificial lighting“There is no light in earth or heaven / But the cold light of stars,” wrote the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.But for myriad writers and art…
SpaceX launched the sixth GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force on a Falcon 9 mission early Wednesday morning. The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built satellite is part of the military’s work to modernize the fleet of GPS satellites. GPS III SV06 provides…
More than four years after the Department of the Air Force decided to recompete the sustainment of the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane radar, the U.S. Space Force last week issued a new solicitation. The contractor chosen under the ne…
U.S. Space Force (USSF) said that a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lofted the Boeing [BA] Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (CBAS)-2 and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE)-3A communications satellites into orbit on Jan. 15 fro…
Watch a rare launch of SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket livestreamed on SpaceX’s YouTube channel.
“Nearly five years have passed since the massive Falcon Heavy rocket made its successful debut launch in February 2018,” writes Ars Technica.
“Si…
Investors are pursuing legal action against Virgin Galactic, claiming the company’s two spacecraft were not designed for regular space travelIn a desert basin in New Mexico, Richard Branson hopes history will be made later this year with the launch of …
The head of U.S. Space Force said this week that the war in Ukraine has emphasized the “criticality of space in modern warfare” and said that commercial systems will continue to play a significant role in conflicts as U.S. forces seek speed…
Becky Ferreira writes via Motherboard: You may not realize it in your day-to-day life, but we are all enveloped by a giant “superbubble” that was blown into space by the explosive deaths of a dozen-odd stars. Known as the Local Bubble, this structure e…
The U.S. Space Force this week issued a solicitation to sustain the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane radar. The chosen contractor will aid the program office at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo. for life-cycle management of Cobra Dane, …
Although many are attributed to drones or balloons, others point to the spying capabilities of rival nationsThe US government is examining 510 UFO reports, more than triple the number in its 2021 file. While many were caused by drones or balloons, hund…