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August 5, 2026
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Elon Musk has declared that SpaceX has effectively solved one of Starship’s most persistent engineering challenges: the reliability of its heat shield tiles. During the company’s first-ever Earnings…
Pedro Duque: "At 8:30 the diamond ring will appear and we'll see tiny bright dots". The former astronaut, aeronautical engineer, former minister of…
NASA is advancing toward Artemis III’s crewed demonstration mission with accelerated, measurable progress across all fronts, outpacing Artemis II integration timelines as teams ready the Orion…
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You might think of rockets as powerful vehicles that blast astronaut crews and robotic missions into space. But what if they could be used to send cargo from one side of Earth to the other in a…
Scientists at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona report they detected a plume from the impact August 5 from that errant SpaceX rocket stage. “We can safely say that we measured a response…
The Canadian Space Agency opens $2.4 million CUBICS 2026 opportunity for university CubeSat projects
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has opted again to fund the CubeSats Initiative in Canada for STEM (CUBICS) program, this time allocating a $2.4 million to support university-led satellite missions.
Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual supernova.
On August 5, 2026, market data tracking the satellite Direct-to-Device (D2D) sector highlighted a significant expansion in satellite connectivity beyond initial smartphone rollouts. Modern…
The first observations from NASA's PUNCH mission (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) show it could greatly improve solar storm forecasts directed toward the…
Description This composite of seven images from the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows Earth, visible as a small bright dot moving from upper left to lower right…
Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, disappearing behind…
On August 5, 2026, custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) developer EnSilica announced its membership in the 5G-aNTeNna consortium. The European technical initiative focuses on…
The Space-Based Air Moving Targeting Indicator awards, announced Aug. 4, went to Rocket Lab, Systems & Technology Research, and a third firm whose name the service withheld “due to operational…
With a new Moon in play, skywatchers anticipate a fine Perseid performance this year. The post A Perfectly Timed Perseid Meteor Shower appeared first on Sky & Telescope .
Scientists observing the Sun with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have caught a wave-like shape that's never been seen on the Sun's visible surface. The post Inouye Solar Telescope Sees the Sun…
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Remarkable images of the sun show vortices on its surface that have never been seen before because they are so small
Another wave of constellations has staked claims for communications satellites in non-geostationary orbit (NGSO), but what hope do newcomers have alongside the industry’s entrenched, vertically…
Scientists have finally seen a long-predicted motion on the sun, and it may help explain explosive solar activity.
The company added 1.7 million net subscribers in the second quarter of 2026, while cumulative revenue for the half-year reached $7,548 million (about…
On August 12, 2026, a partial solar eclipse will be visible across Italy. Discover the free simulator that lets you observe it at its best. Finally…
Planting boots on Mars is hard enough. But getting “breathing room” on the Red Planet without inhaling toxic dust is yet another issue. Given the outlook that future human crews will strut their…
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have managed to free up power on Voyager 2, extending the time the spacecraft can continue carrying out…
During next Wednesday's total solar eclipse, DLR will study the response of the ionosphere, a layer of the upper atmosphere critical for navigation and communication. The…
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted surprising honeycomb-like shapes in the Red Planet soil while exploring a large valley.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is offering European researchers and companies the rare and exciting opportunity to test their innovative software directly in space aboard the…
The European Space Agency is offering European researchers and companies a rare and exciting opportunity to run their innovative software directly in deep space aboard ESA’s Hera mission, millions…
On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. Here's why it mattered.
The International Space Station hosts hundreds of science experiments at a time. Some experiments can take hours to perform, and researchers need to account for astronauts’ limited time. Fully…
Shares slide in pre-market trading even as group says its quarterly revenues nearly doubled.
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