After more than three years, SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket has just blown fire for the first time during a ‘static fire’ test. SpaceX’s new mission is quite ambitious, and the prelaunch trials, which included temporarily igniting a rocket’s first-stage ...
Massive networks of satellites are being launched, making it more challenging to acquire a clear glimpse of the universe. These fast-moving, low-orbiting spacecraft create brilliant streaks in telescope photographs. The International Astronomical Union is developing a new center to concentrate ...
The SKA (Square Kilometer Array) Observatory, meaning a multibillion-dollar radio telescope, is moving into its construction phase. There are so many questions left unanswered about the Universe, and the upcoming mega-array is expected to uncover some precious mysteries about the ...
A satellite’s mission is never over. Old satellites can continue their work thanks to robotic spacecraft such as MEV-2 (the Mission Extension Vehicle-2). Will this industry of life-extension services for dying or errant satellites work? According to Northrop Grumman, MEV-2 ...