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Early Saturday Morning SpaceX Starlink Launch Lights Up North Carolina Sky 

Early Saturday Morning SpaceX Starlink Launch Lights Up North Carolina Sky 

Early risers across North Carolina were treated to an unexpected celestial show on Saturday morning as a SpaceX Starlink launch...

SpaceX Achieves 500th Launch as Starlink Nears 8,900 Satellites

SpaceX Achieves 500th Launch as Starlink Nears 8,900 Satellites

Despite previous arduous experiences, SpaceX has climbed another big step in its ambitious Starlink program by successfully launching 26 internet...

Musk Says SpaceX Will Hit $15.5B in 2025

Musk Says SpaceX Will Hit $15.5B in 2025

SpaceX is on pace to break records again as Elon Musk estimates the company’s 2025 revenue at $15.5 billion. That...

Space Forge Raises Record £22.6M Series A for In-Space Manufacturing

Space Forge Raises Record £22.6M Series A for In-Space Manufacturing

Welsh space technology company Space Forge has closed a £22.6 million Series A funding round, making it the largest Series...

FAA Approves Next Starship Test as SpaceX Expands Safety Zones

FAA Approves Next Starship Test as SpaceX Expands Safety Zones

It's not a typical day one gets to redraw the map for rocket testing, but then again, it's not a...

Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned home after 53 years

Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned home after 53 years

In a dramatic conclusion to a four-decade-long space journey, the Soviet-era Kosmos 482 spacecraft has re-entered Earth's atmosphere after 53...

US Space Force Grants $60 Million Spacecraft Carrier Contract to Gravatics

US Space Force Grants $60 Million Spacecraft Carrier Contract to Gravatics

As the notions of militarization and commercialization of space have overtaken the contemporary space discourse, the $60 million agreement between...

Lockheed Martin and Firefly Aerospace Set to Launch FLTA006 Mission 

Lockheed Martin and Firefly Aerospace Set to Launch FLTA006 Mission 

Firefly Aerospace is set to make history with the FLTA006 "Message in a Booster” mission launch, a part of the...

Zero-G Cup Innovator and Oldest US-Serving Astronaut Don Pettit has Returned to Earth 

Zero-G Cup Innovator and Oldest US-Serving Astronaut Don Pettit has Returned to Earth 

The oldest serving astronaut from America, Don Pettit, is back on Earth after completing his fourth mission. The celebrated astrophotographer,...

Starlink’s Expansion in India Could Propel a Gateway to Emerging Markets

Starlink’s Expansion in India Could Propel a Gateway to Emerging Markets

With SpaceX's Starlink professionals working toward regulatory approval in India, analysts predict that this victory will not only redefine the parameters for...

Apple Arcade Expands in April with Six Exciting New Games and Major Updates

Apple Arcade Expands in April with Six Exciting New Games and Major Updates

Gamers, get ready! Apple Arcade is bringing six brand-new games this April, and they’re bigger and better than ever! Whether...

SpaceX’s 8th Starship Test Flight Exploded After Multiple Engine Failures

SpaceX’s 8th Starship Test Flight Exploded After Multiple Engine Failures

A back-to-back failure occurred as the 8th test flight of SpaceX’s starship ran into critical problems and eventually blasted after...

Musk Starlink Battles Chinese Rivals in Fierce Satellite Internet Race

Musk Starlink Battles Chinese Rivals in Fierce Satellite Internet Race

The industry finds itself in a new space-age contest between companies to provide internet to every corner of the Earth...

OurSky and PlaneWave Merge to Launch Observable Space: Shaping the Future of Telescopes

OurSky and PlaneWave Merge to Launch Observable Space: Shaping the Future of Telescopes

2025 came with lots of exciting collaborations. On Feb 4, 2025, Los Angeles startup OurSky announced a merger with PlaneWave...

Is space internet possible?

Is space internet possible?

 Back in 1998, two companies tried to connect voice and data services around the world.  The purpose was to make...

Why Google decided to give everyone 15GB

Why Google decided to give everyone 15GB

When Google debuted its Gmail e-mail service in 2004, the Internet community thought it was a joke. Not just because...

Spaceship Two flies high (though not as high as it could)

Spaceship Two flies high (though not as high as it could)

Virgin Galactic, a space tourism company within Virgin Group, launched a spaceship into sub-orbit on Monday. They've been trying to...

Wringing out a washcloth in space is the coolest thing you’ll see all day

Wringing out a washcloth in space is the coolest thing you’ll see all day

Some would call it a slow news day. We call it an epic day for space, for Canada, and for...

7 sci-fi TV shows that desperately need a reboot

7 sci-fi TV shows that desperately need a reboot

Television show reboots rarely go well. Even when the source material was stronger than the what the old television techniques...

8-bit Donkey Kong art brings modern pop culture to the barrel-throwing gaming icon

8-bit Donkey Kong art brings modern pop culture to the barrel-throwing gaming icon

When the discussion of archaic, iconic games hits any group of young geeks or old nerds, the topic often turns...