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Reaction wheel failures on Katalyst's Link satellite have complicated the NASA mission to boost the Swift satellite's orbit, but engineers are working on a fix and the mission is considered a success so far.
Astronauts returning from six-month ISS missions report a persistent 'observer sensation'—feeling detached from their own lives as if watching from outside—weeks after landing, a perceptual aftereffect of neurological adaptation to microgravity.
Experts warn that SpaceX's current heat shield technology for Starship may not be sufficient for rapid reuse, requiring extensive inspection and refurbishment after each flight.
Astronomers using JWST have directly observed a cosmic recycling cycle where gas heated by a black hole's jets cools into filaments that fall back, feeding the black hole. This confirms why supermassive black holes never run out of fuel.
NASA live broadcasts the farewell and hatch closing of Soyuz MS-28 as astronauts depart the International Space Station.
Elon Musk tweeted 'It’s time' in response to a statement about life having a real chance to become multiplanetary for the first time in 4.5 billion years, hinting at progress toward Mars colonization.
Elon Musk announces that episodes of the Starship documentary are available on SpaceX.com, highlighting the complexity of launch infrastructure.
Starlink v3 satellites launched by Starship will deorbit after about 20 minutes, burning up in the atmosphere.
A Northrop Grumman robotic servicing satellite with two flexible arms launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9, aiming to perform satellite servicing in geosynchronous orbit over the next decade. The mission highlights growing competition in on-orbit servicing between the US and China.
NASA shares an image showing a ring of dark matter around a galaxy cluster, illustrating the gravitational effects of invisible dark matter.
The DX Core 4 is a unified framework for measuring developer productivity that combines DORA, SPACE, and DevEx into four dimensions: speed, effectiveness, quality, and business impact. It is designed to provide actionable insights for engineering leaders at any organization size.
SpaceX is broadcasting the thirteenth flight test of its Starship spacecraft live on X.
NASA astronaut Chris Williams concludes his eight-month ISS mission, contributing to cancer treatment research, semiconductor crystal growth, and Earth observation experiments.
Nvidia's Jetson GPUs will be deployed on a Lunar Outpost rover destined for the moon, likely becoming the first GPU on the lunar surface to enable advanced autonomous navigation.
SpaceX shares a photo of a fully stacked Starship at sunset at Starbase.
NASA astronaut Chris Williams returns to Earth after 241 days on the ISS; coverage details provided.
Russia's Amur-LNG reusable rocket project, intended as a Falcon 9 competitor, faces continued delays; Roscosmos official Dmitry Baranov reports they are working on a first-stage demonstrator.
India's Vikram-1 rocket by Skyroot Aerospace is set for its debut flight on July 18, aiming to become the first commercial Indian rocket to reach orbit. Also covered: Japan's JAXA conducts a reusable rocket landing test, and a new suborbital test range opens in Australia.
An investigation by European news outlets reveals a joint China-Russia plan to develop space weapons capable of countering SpaceX's Starlink satellite network, highlighting deepening military cooperation between the two nations.
NASA announces a live Twitch stream from the clean room where Dragonfly, the rotorcraft destined for Saturn's moon Titan, is being built. The event takes place on July 16 at 2pm ET.