Watch Live as SpaceX Attempts Starship’s Third Flight Test
The time has come for Starship to embark on its third test flight, during which the megarocket will once again be pushed to its limits and demonstrate advances made since…
Website for U.S. Embassy in Russia Goes Down After Cryptic Warning of Terrorist Threat
The error message at the website for the U.S. embassy in Russia on Thursday after issuing a warning about a potential terror attack.Screenshot: U.S. State Department The U.S. embassy in…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Under Investigation Over Russia’s Use of Starlink
Russian troops in Ukraine have allegedly been using SpaceX’s Starlink terminals to get internet access during the ongoing war that has seen hundreds of thousands of casualties on each side.…
Elon Musk Expands SpaceX Facility in Texas With Controversial Land Swap Deal
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission authorized a land swap deal with SpaceX, granting Elon Musk’s rocket company 43 acres of land that were heavily sought after as part of…
NASA Works to Remotely Fix Perseverance Rover on Mars
The team’s microbeef rice.Image: Yonsei University The dinner plate of the future might include some beefy rice. No, not beef and rice. Beef rice. In a new study, researchers in…
SpaceX to Deorbit 100 Starlink Satellites Due to Detected Flaw
An unspecified defect in early model Starlink satellites has prompted SpaceX to preemptively deorbit the units before they potentially fail and become hazards in low Earth orbit. While the company…
Texas Billionaire’s Push for Land Swap With Elon’s SpaceX Is Total Crap
Details about SpaceX’s proposed land swap deal with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) keep getting uglier. After an overwhelming majority voted against the land exchange, the decision was…
Pentagon Seeks Direct Control Over Elon’s Big Rocket for Select Missions
SpaceX’s Starship is poised to be the most coveted launch vehicle in the world once it’s finally up and running, but the Pentagon is hoping to take things a step…
SpaceX Starlink Competitor Plagued by Ground Problems in Quest for Global Coverage
Eutelsat, a leading satellite operator based in France, is encountering troubling delays in the deployment of its OneWeb satellite constellation that affect its plans to offer global-scale broadband coverage. The…
Satellites Are Getting a Constellation of Traffic Cops
Earth’s orbit will be monitored by a watchful set of robotic eyes, the first commercial constellation of satellites with the ability to keep track of objects in space to avoid…