FAA Sued by Environmentalists Over SpaceX’s Rocket Launch License for Texas

FAA Sued by Environmentalists Over SpaceX’s Rocket Launch License for Texas

Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk‘s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in South Texas without requiring greater environmental study. The federal court lawsuit comes 11 days after SpaceX made good on a newly granted…

SpaceX Starship Explodes Minutes After Liftoff; Elon Musk Says ‘Learned a Lot’

SpaceX Starship Explodes Minutes After Liftoff; Elon Musk Says ‘Learned a Lot’

SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft exploded minutes after liftoff in an uncrewed test flight from South Texas on Thursday, cutting short a key step in Elon Musk’s development of a rocket vessel to eventually take humans to the moon and Mars. The flight test was the first for Starship mounted atop…

SpaceX’s Launch for Private Mission to ISS to Be Joined by Saudi Astronauts

SpaceX’s Launch for Private Mission to ISS to Be Joined by Saudi Astronauts

Two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the first Saudi woman, will blast off from Florida on May 8 on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space and NASA officials said Thursday. Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first Saudi woman to voyage into…

Galaxies Spotted by Webb Space Telescope Rewrite Prior Understanding of Universe

Galaxies Spotted by Webb Space Telescope Rewrite Prior Understanding of Universe

Observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are upending the understanding of the early universe, indicating the presence of large and mature but remarkably compact galaxies teeming with stars far sooner than scientists had considered possible. Astronomers said data obtained by the telescope reveals what appear to be six big…

Solar storm speeding toward Earth could affect GPS signals
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Solar storm speeding toward Earth could affect GPS signals

A massive explosion was spotted on the sun on Wednesday, and now astronomers are keeping a close eye on how that may impact us here on Earth in the coming days. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued G1-Minor and G2-Moderate Geomagnetic Storm Watches that will run from Feb. 16-18 due to the continuing effects of the Coronal Mass Ejections (CME)….

NASA Rolls Out SLS Rocket to Launch Pad in Florida 10 Days Before Artemis I Launch

NASA Rolls Out SLS Rocket to Launch Pad in Florida 10 Days Before Artemis I Launch

NASA rolled out its largest-ever rocket, Space Launch System (SLS), to a launch pad in Florida on Friday and will try again 10 days from now to blast off on a much-delayed uncrewed mission Artemis I to the Moon. After two launch attempts were scrubbed this summer because of technical problems,…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX May Launch Starship Rocket System by Early December: NASA

Elon Musk’s SpaceX May Launch Starship Rocket System by Early December: NASA

SpaceX is targeting early December to launch its giant Starship rocket system into orbit for the first time, a pivotal demonstration flight as it aims to fly NASA astronauts to the moon in the next few years, a US official said on Monday. Billionaire Elon Musk‘s SpaceX has sought for…