Space

Virgin Galactic’s first post-tragedy spacecraft is coming in February

Virgin Galactic has been laying low in the twelve months following its horrible space plane accident, which resulted in one pilot...
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Russia wants to put astronauts on the moon again

The space race may have ended with America’s victory decades ago, but that doesn’t mean Russia has lost interest in space...
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Japan is bringing GPS satellite accuracy to the next level

The fact that modern GPS satellites are accurate to within about 11-12 feet is already really impressive, but that margin of error is...
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Samsung wants to blanket the world with space-based Internet access

It looks like you can add Samsung to the ever-growing list of companies that want to create their own network of...
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A Russian billionaire is spending $100 million to search for aliens

The search for alien life got a massive boost a few days ago when Russian billionaire and prominent venture capitalist Yuri Milner announced...
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SpaceX’s cargo rocket explodes before reaching the ISS

Launching rockets into space isn’t easy, and failures are always to be expected. This is something that SpaceX knows well, but...
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Would you help crowdfund the first-ever porno shot in space?

It’s strange to think that, in decades past, there was a competition between the world’s two superpowers to see which one...
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SpaceX is one step closer to bringing Internet access to the entire world

Just a day after it was reported that Facebook and Google were abandoning their respective Internet-beaming satellite projects, SpaceX has requested permission...
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Facebook and Google won’t launch Internet-satellites after all

Remember a few months ago when it was reported that both Facebook and Google were working on low-earth orbit satellites that...
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SpaceX is now certified for American military space missions

United Launch Alliance, which is a joint venture between America’s two largest defense contractors, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has long held...
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The future of spacecraft can be seen in NASA’s ion engine

After more than seven years of travelling across the solar system, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has finally reached the last part of...
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NASA just tested the rocket that will be taking humans to Mars

Utah was the site of the first test of the world’s largest solid rocket booster today, a test which proved successful. NASA...
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Spaceflight Industries raises $19.2 million to bring ride-sharing to space

With how ridiculously popular ride-sharing services like Uber, companies in several other fields have been looking to achieve a similar level...
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This satellite’s sole purpose is to monitor the drought in the Western US

Four years into the drought that’s plaguing the Western US and it doesn’t look like it’ll be stopping anytime soon. Things...
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SpaceX has reached an agreement with the US Air Force over its lawsuit

It wasn’t too long ago that SpaceX sued the US Air Force for not giving the company a chance to bid...
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Google could be investing a substantial sum of money into SpaceX

Many companies have become increasingly interested in space these past few years, especially Google. However, few companies have managed to match...
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