Shareholders approve Rocket Lab SPAC deal
SANTA FE, N.M. — Shareholders of a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) voted Aug. 20 to merge with Rocket Lab, giving the small...
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Millennium Space de-orbited a satellite equipped with a Tethers Unlimited device
COLORADO SPRINGS — Boeing subsidiary Millennium Space Systems announced Aug. 23 it successfully demonstrated the use of a deployable tether to de-orbit...
NASA's Mars helicopter spots Perseverance Rover from above in an epic view
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter captured this image of the Perseverance rover during its 11th flight on the Red Planet, on Aug. 5, 2021. (Image...
Nasa's spacesuits won’t be ready by 2024 moon landing
WASHINGTON — Spacesuits that NASA astronauts will need to walk on the moon won’t be ready in time to meet a 2024...
Dragonfly mission to Titan announces big science goals
Among our solar system's many moons, Saturn's Titan stands out—it's the only moon with a substantial atmosphere and liquid on the surface....
Starliner investigation continues
WASHINGTON — Boeing is continuing its investigation into the thruster issue that delayed the launch of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle...
Stephen Hawking Was Right, Black Holes Simply Can't Shrink
This cool analysis doesn't just show an example of Hawking's theorem that underpins one of the central laws affecting black holes; it...
Music masterpiece 'Clair de Lune' beamed to space station in NFT 1st
Last week, the companies Nanoracks LLC and Artemis Music Entertainment teamed up to beam a recording of composer Claude Debussy's piano masterpiece...