Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They enable modern weather forecasting, help…
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Agenda 2063 is the African Union’s long-term framework for socio-economic development, regional integration and the preservation of history and culture. The…
Want to go to space? It could cost you. This month, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will make the first fully-private,…
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving…
On Feb. 19, 2022, an Antares rocket took off with the Cygnus cargo capsule to resupply the orbiting International Space Station (ISS)…
On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth.…
Satellites are becoming increasingly important in our lives, as they help us meet a demand for more data, exchanged at…
But building a moon base and actually living on the moon will require careful planning. First, we need to identify and map available lunar resources, including hydrogen and water ice. Such compounds are crucial if we are to create breathable air and rocket fuel, whether for an observatory or a launchpad to go to the outer planets in our solar system.
First SpaceX, and now Amazon plans to send 3,236 satellites into low earth orbit in a bid to beam internet to humans on the ground.