SpaceX Reportedly Wins $8 Billion for Golden Dome Satellites and Launches
More than $8 billion is the number that defines SpaceX’s reported position in Golden Dome. The company reportedly secured contracts…
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SpaceX Pushes Starlink Past 11,000 Satellites, but Not All Are Operational
More than 11,000 Starlink satellites are now physically orbiting Earth. SpaceX crossed that threshold after a Falcon 9 deployed 24…
USS George Washington Arrives for Lincoln Relief After 270 Days, Leaving Pacific Gap
Relieving one aircraft carrier after an exceptionally long deployment requires the Navy to create a gap somewhere else. USS George…
Apophis Will Safely Pass 20,000 Miles Above Earth for Gravity Study
About 20,000 miles will separate asteroid 99942 Apophis from Earth’s surface on April 13, 2029. That is closer than many…
USS Benfold Power Failure Left 300 Sailors Without Essential Services for Days
A generator-related engineering casualty aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold cut electrical power and essential services for about 300 sailors…
NASA Calls Off Swift Rescue After LINK Control Problems Persist
Katalyst Space Technologies regained partial control of its spinning LINK spacecraft, but not enough to complete the job that mattered…
Army Will End 600-Soldier Drone Battalion Role Without Naming Replacement
The U.S. Army is ending the specialized drone-assault role assigned to a roughly 600-soldier battalion in Europe only months after…
USS Kennedy Completes Trials as Ford-Class Deliveries Stretch to 2034
One U.S. shipyard launched 50 Casablanca-class escort carriers in roughly 14 months during World War II. Today, one specialized shipyard…
James Webb Finds Star-Like Object 100 Billion Times Brighter Than Any Star
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected an early-universe object that looks partly like a star but reportedly emitted 100…
Air Force Seeks Six DJI Drones for Nuclear-Base Security Training
The U.S. Air Force is seeking six refurbished, Chinese-made DJI quadcopters for realistic security training at F.E. Warren Air Force…
NASA Starling Navigates Without GPS Using Existing Star-Tracker Cameras
A star tracker normally answers a spacecraft’s attitude question: Which way am I pointing? NASA’s Starling mission has now used…
U.S. Has Under 830 Patriot and 280 THAAD Missiles, Rebuild Takes Years
Money can authorize more missiles, but it cannot make propulsion systems, specialized components and trained production workers appear immediately. That…
LandSpace Lands ZhuQue-3 Booster After Failure, Delivers Satellite to Orbit
China’s LandSpace delivered the Honghu 03 satellite to orbit and brought the ZhuQue-3 Y2 first stage down on land on…
NASA Saves 10 Watts on Voyager 2, Potentially Extending Mission Into 2031
Ten watts may buy Voyager 2 roughly two more years in interstellar space. NASA engineers have reduced the probe’s electrical…
Starlink Activates Free Wildfire Texting in Spain, Not Calls or Internet
Starlink has activated free satellite texting for eligible Movistar and MasOrange customers after wildfires damaged terrestrial communications in parts of…
S301 Reaches 25,000 Kilometers Per Second, Could Reveal Black Hole’s Spin
At roughly 25,000 kilometers per second, S301 is the fastest star reported in the Milky Way. That peak velocity more…
Clemson’s 1,700-Cell Solar EV Shows Modeled Surplus, Not Road-Test Proof
Deep Orange 17 starts with an unusual systems decision: Its solar bodywork is part of the propulsion-energy strategy, not merely…
Canadian Judge Keeps Volga-Dnepr An-124 Grounded as Parking Bill Tops $1 Million
A sanctioned Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov An-124 remains grounded at Toronto Pearson Airport after a Canadian federal judge refused to lift…
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