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NASA lays out how SpaceX will refuel Starships in low-Earth orbit
Some time next year, NASA believes SpaceX will be ready to link two Starships in orbit for an ambitious refueling demonstration, a technical feat that will put the Moon within reach.
Space laser transmission strikes Earth from 140 million miles away: NASA
Earth just received a laser transmission from a world (and perhaps universe) record-breaking 140 million miles away -- which could have major implications for the future of space travel.
NASA Space Laser Beams Home Data at 267Mbps From 140 Million Miles Away
The agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) equipped Psyche with a brand-new kind of laser communication array, and this instrument just aced an important milestone test. NASA reports that Psyche's laser communicator has successfully beamed home data from a whopping 140 million miles away,
Data From the Void: NASA Receives Laser Communications From 140+ Million Miles Away
NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment also interfaced with the Psyche spacecraft’s communication system for the first time, transmitting engineering data to Earth. Riding aboard NASA’s Psyche spacecraft,
Earth just received a laser message from 140M miles away, NASA says
The laser was transmitted to Earth by NASA's Psyche spacecraft, which is currently 140 million miles away - 1.5 times the distance between Earth and the Sun.
Another message from deep space! NASA spacecraft beams laser from 140mn miles away
The radio communication was beamed from NASA's Psyche spacecraft, which is currently moving towards the main asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars
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Space insurers make record-breaking loss as orbit gets cramped
Unsustainable' losses neared $1B in 2023 The space above the Earth is getting increasingly crowded as launches become more frequent and satellites are squeezed closer together.… Space insurers paid ...
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Low-Earth Orbit Faces a Spiraling Debris Threat
Millions of human-made objects travel at high speeds in low-Earth orbit, polluting space and increasing the chance of ...
Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
The delicate space mission, undertaken by the Japanese satellite technology company Astroscale, used its ADRAS-J satellite to ...
WATCH: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida
SpaceX is aiming for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force ...
SpaceX sends 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Tuesday evening from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral ...
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Space-Made Fibers and Novel Biotech Among Research Returning to Earth After Successful Space Station Mission
Encapsulate leveraged the microgravity environment of the space station to validate an automated tumor-on-a-chip system that ...
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Portal’s Supernova Spacecraft is a ‘Bus’ for In-Orbit Satellites
Portal Space Systems has unveiled a spacecraft that uses a unique propulsion technology to ferry satellites from low Earth ...
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NASA has a plan to clean up space junk—but is going green enough?
It cites the rapidly growing satellite population and the increasingly congested space that is low Earth orbit, as well as all those hazardous bits of space junk, large and small. The report ...
NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit
Multiple sources have confirmed that NASA is studying alternatives to the planned Artemis III landing of two astronauts on ...
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Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025
LONDON — Japan is on track to beam solar power from space to Earth next year, two years after a similar feat was achieved by ...
Rocket Lab launches NASA's solar sail technology into orbit
Rocket Lab's Electron launched NASA's new composite solar sail into space where it will undergo weeks of testing, using sunlight to propel it through the solar system.
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SpaceX's Starship could help this start-up beam clean energy from space. Here's how (video)
SpaceX's Starship will make space-based solar power cheaper than nuclear, gas and coal-based electricity generation, start-up ...