India Shows off the Spacesuit its Astronauts Will be Using in 2022
At the recent Bengaluru Space Expo in India, the ISRO unveiled the spacesuit that it's astronauts will wear during the countries first crewed mission to space. The post India Shows off the Spacesuit...
View ArticleUsing Balloons to Launch Rockets
LEO Aerospace is developing a "Rockoon" system that will provide commercial launch services for microsatellites, as well as a platforms for conducting everything from scientific research to emergency...
View ArticleAn Upcoming ESA Mission is Going to Remove one Piece of Space Junk From Orbit
A specialized spacecraft will be sent to orbit by the ESA in 2025 to remove a piece of space debris, which will pave the way for future cleanup missions. The post An Upcoming ESA Mission is Going to...
View ArticleA Television Satellite Might be About to Explode
A DirecTV satellite suffered a battery failure and now has to be de-orbited. Otherwise, it could cause a collision and explosion. The post A Television Satellite Might be About to Explode appeared...
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A new Method to Capture High-Resolution Images of Space Debris
“You can’t hit what you can’t see” is a common phrase in sports and was originally derived to describe baseball pitcher Walter Johnson’s fastball. But the same goes for things with a more serious...
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A Solution to Space Junk: Satellites Made of Mushrooms?
According to the latest numbers from the ESA’s Space Debris Office (SDO), there are roughly 6,900 artificial satellites in orbit. The situation is going to become exponentially crowded in the coming...
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There’s Now a Gas Station… In Space!
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), over 4,000 operational satellites are currently in orbit around Earth. According to some estimates, this number is expected to reach as high as...
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The Future Could Bring Pinpoint Deliveries From Orbit
Since the dawn of the Space Age, considerable progress has been made with launch vehicles. From single stage to multistage rockets and spaceplanes to reusable launch vehicles, we have become very good...
View ArticleWhat Would a Sustainable Space Environment Look Like?
October 4th, 2022, will be an auspicious day as humanity celebrates the 65th anniversary of the beginning of the Space Age. It all began in 1957 with the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik-1, the...
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The Space Station is Getting Gigabit Internet
Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts and cosmonauts from many nations are performing vital research that will allow humans to live and work in space. For more than 20 years, the...
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