Things You Need To Know Before Using An Orbital Polisher On Your Car
If you're thinking about grabbing that orbital polisher to put a nice finish on your ride, we have some tips and suggestions for you to do it right. If you'r.....»»
Lasers Could Clear Space Junk From Orbit
Adaptive optics proposal would allow tracking and steering of small but still damaging orbital debris Ever since humans started launching rockets into space, the amount of junk flying around Earth has been growing, to the point where debris has.....»»
Rocket Report: Starship orbital flight details, Ariane 5 may delay Webb launch
Also, Boeing's Starliner spacecraft gets a new launch date. Enlarge / Starship SN15 takes to the skies in early April. (credit: SpaceX) Welcome to Edition 3.44 of the Rocket Report! I took just three days off from work last week, and when I re.....»»
SpaceX reveals plan for Starship’s first orbital test flight
A week after SpaceX nailed the first safe landing of its next-gen Starship rocket, the company has revealed plans for the booster’s first orbital test flight......»»
Alba Orbital’s mission to image the Earth every 15 minutes brings in $3.4M seed round
Orbital imagery is in demand, and if you think having daily images of everywhere on Earth is going to be enough in a few years, you need a lesson in ambition. Alba Orbital is here to provide it with its intention to provide Earth observation at inter.....»»
Boeing names date for second Starliner capsule test flight
Boeing is keen to get its Starliner capsule into space again, and has recently named a date for its second orbital test flight......»»
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne is returning to space in June
Orbital launch company Virgin Orbit has scheduled its next mission to space. Virgin Orbit will be returning its LauncherOne rocket to orbit in June to deliver payloads for the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program, SatRevolution, and the Roya.....»»
You can bid for a seat on Blue Origin’s first human spaceflight on July 20
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is offering up one seat on the inaugural flight of its sub-orbital rocket New Shepard, set to take place July 20 – but instead of a fixed price ticket sale, the seat will go to the highest bidder. It’ll work like this: f.....»»
Blue Origin is about to launch ticket sales for its space tourism adventure
It's been a long time coming, but Blue Origin looks set to finally launch ticket sales for its sub-orbital space tourism adventure......»»
Blue Origin will start selling tickets for New Shepard space tourism flights on May 5
Blue Origin seems very close to flying paying customers on its New Shepard sub-orbital rocket, having conducted a dress rehearsal of astronaut loading and unloading on its latest mission. Today, it also revealed that it will be selling the first tick.....»»
SpaceX Successfully Launches Astronauts With a Re-Used Dragon Spacecraft for the First Time
SpaceX has another successful human space launch to its credit, after a good takeoff and orbital delivery of its Crew Dragon spacecraft on Friday morning. From a report: The Dragon took off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 5.....»»
SpaceX successfully launches astronauts with a re-used Dragon spacecraft for the first time
SpaceX has another successful human space launch to its credit, after a good takeoff and orbital delivery of its Crew Dragon spacecraft on Friday morning. The Dragon took off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 5:49 AM EDT (2:4.....»»
A new method to generate and control orbital angular momentum beams
Artificial spin ices (ASIs) are magnetic metamaterials with exotic properties that are dependent on their geometries. Over the past few years, many physicists have studied these materials, as their unique properties could be advantageous for a number.....»»
Video: Orbital debris threatens satellites
The launch of Sputnik, humankind's first satellite, in 1957 marked the dawn of a new era for the people of Earth......»»
Russia says to launch own space station in 2025
Russia's space agency said Tuesday it hoped to launch its own orbital station in 2025 as Moscow considers withdrawing from the International Space Station programme to go it alone......»»
Boeing Starliner spacecraft test flight is delayed yet again
Boeing has revealed that it is now targeting August 2021 for the second orbital test flight of its Starliner spacecraft......»»
Parker Solar Probe sees Venus orbital dust ring in first complete view
NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission has given scientists the first complete look at Venus' orbital dust ring, a collection of microscopic dust particles that circulates around the Sun along Venus' orbit. Though earlier missions have made some observati.....»»
Space Junk Removal Is Not Going Smoothly
Despite promising technology demonstrations, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for the growing problem of taking out the orbital trash -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Researchers study collective behavior of nanosatellites
Scientists from the Skoltech Space Center (SSC) have developed nanosatellite interaction algorithms for scientific measurements using a tetrahedral orbital formation of CubeSats that exchange data and apply interpolation algorithms to create local ma.....»»
Rocket Report: Russia developing a space plane, Europe frets about SpaceX
"Development of a multi-use civilian complex with an orbital plane is in full swing." Enlarge / Hot fire test of integrated second stage for ABL Space System's RS1 rocket in the fall of 2020. (credit: ABL Space Systems) Welcome to Edition 3.38.....»»
YouTuber Patrick (H) Willems has thoughts on movies—lots of thoughts
In this edition of "Personal History," we talk with Willems about his YouTube comments. Produced by Adam Lance Garcia and edited by Parker Dixon. Click here for transcript. (video link) Around the Orbital HQ, maybe we need to pick a weeken.....»»