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SpaceX will launch Ireland's 1st-ever satellite this month

EIRSAT-1, a student-led gamma-ray astronomy cubesat, is due to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at the end of November.

Space · Nov 9, 2023

Watch SpaceX launch its 29th cargo mission to the International Space Station tonight

SpaceX will launch its next robotic cargo mission to the International Space Station tonight (Nov. 9), and you can watch the action live.

Space · Nov 8, 2023

Over the past six years, governments proposed launching over one million satellites, but where will they all go?

In September 2021, Rwanda announced that it was planning to launch over 300,000 satellites. Three months later, a Canadian company, having previously launched two dozen CubeSats, said it would launch an additional 100,000. Then, a French company did likewise. And SpaceX, which has already launched around 5,000 satellites, now has…

The Conversation · Nov 7, 2023

Europe wants a private cargo spacecraft by 2028

The European Space Agency is looking to change the way it approaches space exploration and foster a commercial cargo return capability within five years.

Space · Nov 7, 2023

SpaceX fishes Falcon 9 payload fairing out the sea at sunrise (photo)

A gorgeous new photo shows a recovery ship fishing the payload fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket out of the sea after a Starlink satellite launch.

Space · Nov 7, 2023

SpaceX to launch its 80th orbital mission of the year tonight

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 23 Starlink internet satellites from Florida late tonight (Nov. 7).

Space · Nov 7, 2023

Did Barack Obama Help Create Biden’s AI Plan?

President Joe Biden recently announced a new executive order targeting the sector of artificial intelligence

Zenger · Nov 6, 2023

South Korea plans to launch its 1st military spy satellite on Nov. 30

South Korea says it plans to launch its first domestically built spy satellite at the end of this month as part of its efforts to better monitor rival North Korea

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2023

NASA's SWOT satellite maps nearly of all Earth's water (video)

Data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite was used to map surface heights of the planet's oceans and freshwater lakes and rivers.

Space · Nov 5, 2023

Unpacking Elon Musk’s convoluted U.S.-Mexico border visit

In late September, Elon Musk, the tech billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX, set the internet ablaze with his visit to the Texas-Mexico border to provide what he called an “unfiltered” perspective on the border crisis as thousands of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, crossed the Rio Grande River.

The Conversation · Nov 5, 2023