For around six million users, SpaceX's Starlink internet service, provided by almost 8,000 satellites, suddenly went down for two and a half hours globally, affecting civilian and government users yesterday.
Makenzie Lystrup, Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in the state of Maryland, shared on July 21st that she was resigning from the space agency. In her letter of resignation,
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had five launches occurring worldwide, the majority for internet mega-constellations. News from the week saw four astronauts returning to Earth, a new Acting Administrator
A Falcon 9 launched from Space Launch Complex 40, in Florida, at 06:30 am UTC on July 16th, heading for low Earth orbit carrying a batch of Kuiper satellites for Amazon. In
Firefly Aerospace announced on July 11th that it is filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of shares of its common stock.
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week saw just one launch taking place. News from the week saw moves to restore more NASA funding, optical communication tests in deep space, a
Donald Trump returned to the White House back in January, promising lofty goals for the country's space agency, including sending astronauts to the Moon and Mars. In the six months since
The government of the United Kingdom announced on July 3rd that it is allocating 75.6 million British Pounds (around 102 million United States Dollars) for the country's first space debris
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week saw five launches globally, with one suborbital mission. News from the week included NASA and the U.S. Space Force receiving additional funding, as
A newly found interstellar comet, called 3I/ATLAS, is currently whipping through the solar system at a speed of around 58 kilometers per second (130,000 miles per hour). 3I/ATLAS is believed
NASA leadership, consisting of Janet Petro, Acting NASA Administrator, Brian Hughes, NASA Chief of Staff, Vanessa Wyche, Acting NASA Associate Administrator, Casey Swails, Deputy Associate Administrator, held an agency-wide 'Town Hall'
