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August 5, 2026
This approach ensures the entire supply chain has the stability and long-term demand visibility needed to invest in advanced production equipment, the…
The first images are expected within a week, experts say. The South Korean orbiter Danuri had the best chance of capturing something in near real time, since it had…
The BlueBird 11-13 mission is the third time SpaceX will fly satellites to orbit supporting AST SpaceMobile’s direct-to-device constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force…
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Today, August 5, 2026 at 21:39, there will be another bright pass of SpaceX's Starlink satellites visible across Italy. Often looking up…
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SpaceX revealed a new Nvidia satellite partnership, then Musk pledged an exclusive Nvidia hardware commitment. The post SpaceX and Nvidia team up on Musk’s orbital AI bet appeared first on TESLARATI .
NASA has published a new update on the Moon Base programme, its plan to build a lunar base at the lunar South Pole. This time the Agency did not announce…
Barely a week after securing its 'largest contract till date, Rocket Lab has been awarded a $397 million contract by the United States Space Force under the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target…
The post APOD: 2026 August 5 – Spokes on Saturn’s B Ring appeared first on NASA Science .
The coastal dune field in Brazil looks like a desert but fills with freshwater lagoons every year. The post The Paradox of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park appeared first on NASA Science .
This work expands on tests conducted at the same facility in 2024 and is part of the development of Starship's Human Landing System (HLS), which NASA intends to use to transport…
The rocket maker's debut as a public company was turbulent—and a massive share unlock could make things far worse. The post SpaceX shares priced at $135 in June’s record-breaking IPO, spiked above…
Rover data from more than 20 years ago has revealed clues to the existence of liquid water on ancient Mars. The NASA Spirit Rover carried a specialized instrument called a Mössbauer Spectrometer…
Voyager Technologies remains upbeat about the prospects for its Starlab commercial space station but is hoping for some tweaks to NASA’s plans to support the station’s development. The post Voyager…
During its first earnings call since going public, SpaceX officials said today the next Starship test flight, IFT-14, will put operational Starlink Version 3 satellites into orbit. If they get […]
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August 4, 2026
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded $615 million in Other Transaction Authority contracts for Space Based Airborne Moving Target Indication (SB-AMTI) to Rocket Lab [RKLB], STR…
SpaceX plans to notch some big milestones on the next test flight of its Starship megarocket, which is tentatively scheduled for late August.
SpaceX plans to start deploying upgraded Starlink satellites into orbit on the next flight of its Starship vehicle, scheduled for as soon as the end of the month. The post SpaceX to begin Starship…
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have successfully freed up power on Voyager 2, extending how long the spacecraft can continue to do science. Nicknamed the “Big Bang,” the effort…
The Eyes team has many significant upgrades underway, but in the month of July we only updated our augmented reality mobile app Spacecraft AR and released it to the Google Play and Apple App stores…
Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call.
The astronaut pipeline that once inspired millions may be quietly shrinking, even as NASA celebrates its most gender-balanced class yet. The post The 2025 astronaut class is NASA’s first with more…
SpaceX plans to launch three of AST SpaceMobile's huge BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites early on Wednesday morning (Aug. 5), and you can watch the action live.
Using continuous imagery from NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an…
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SpaceX has ramped up its purchases of Tesla Megapacks for its xAI data centers.
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If you happen to see “strange lights in a row in the sky,” they're nothing more than SpaceX Starlink satellites. Here's how to spot them with…
SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June.
L3Harris Technologies confirmed a successful deployment for its first perimeter truss reflector onboard the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite. SpaceX launched the satellite in late April, the third…
After a previously targeted launch date in November, NASA has moved up the next International… The post Crew-13 pilot reflects on career, training, and upcoming science ahead of flight to ISS…
Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the…
Telesat signed a $1.9 billion (U.S. dollar) contract with the government of Canada for Arctic military satcom connectivity and will expand the Lightspeed constellation by 69 satellites to fulfill…
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