Space Debris

Isar Aerospace's first Spectrum rocket on the pad at Andøya Spaceport ahead of a launch scheduled for as soon as March 20. Credit: Isar Aerospace WASHINGTON — Isar Aerospace is ready to perform its first orbital launch attempt as soon as March 20 after receiving a license from Norwegian regulators.…

A Rocket Lab Electron lifted off March 17 on the fifth and final launch of satellite for French company Kinéis. Credit: Rocket Lab webcast WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab has completed the deployment of a constellation of Internet-of-Things satellites for French company Kinéis with a launch March 17. An Electron rocket…

Depending on where you stand at the lunar South Pole, you may experience temperatures of 130°F (54°C) during sunlit periods, or as low as -334°F (-203°C) in a permanently shadowed region. Keeping crews comfortable and tools and vehicles operational in such extreme temperatures is a key challenge for engineers at…

NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Johnson Space Center offers Texas high school students a unique gateway to the world of space exploration through the High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program. This initiative gives juniors hands-on experience, working on projects that range from designing spacecraft to planning Mars missions.  Nearly…

Eight days. That’s how long Boeing Starliner’s mission — its first flight test with crew aboard — was supposed to last. But this mission has been singular in almost every way, and astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have instead spent the past nine and a half months aboard the…

Kitchener-Waterloo A former University of Waterloo, Ont., student who pleaded guilty to stabbing several people in a gender-studies class in 2023 was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison. The judge said Geovanny Villalba-Aleman's actions were a "particularly grave hate crime," while the instructor wounded in the attack said "work to cultivate inclusive…

Books & the Arts / March 17, 2025 Sunbelt Ringstrasse Atlanta’s Beltline and the effort to re-create pedestrian cities. The Beltline and Georgia’s experiment in pedestrian spaces. A restaurant on Atlanta’s BeltLine trail.(John Greim / Getty) To me, Atlanta has long been the invisible city. Like anyone who flies with…

Updated 7 p.m. Eastern with earlier departure plans for Crew-9. WASHINGTON — A Crew Dragon spacecraft with four people on board docked with the International Space Station March 16, setting up the departure of an existing station crew in the coming days. The Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance docked with the…

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