Space Debris

Four astronauts will soon travel beyond low Earth orbit and fly around the Moon on Artemis II, a mission that will test NASA’s systems and hardware for human exploration of deep space.  Since June 2023, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen have been…

The agreement would enable satellite operators to access an in-orbit data relay service through RBC Signals’ established commercial channels. Credit: RBC Signals TAMPA, Fla. — Apolink has partnered with ground segment provider RBC Signals to resell the startup’s proposed in-orbit relay services, aiming to fill connectivity gaps when satellites are…

Monika Luabeya Katherine Schauer Jan 30, 2026 Deep Space Station 15, one of the 112-foot antennas at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, looks skyward, with the stars of the Milky Way overhead, in September 2025. Goldstone is part of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), which operates…

At first, they might not seem like much of a threat: weather balloons, filled with helium or hydrogen, carrying bundles of cigarettes from Belarus. But as the number of these balloons crossing into NATO airspace has multiplied — including two major incursions this week into Lithuania and Poland that forced…

As more South Africans build lives, careers and wealth beyond the country’s borders, the need for smart, human-centred financial advice has never been greater. Nuanced Advisory in Legal & Accounting (NALA), founded by tax specialist Sesethu Cekeshe, is stepping boldly into that space with the establishment of its new headquarters…

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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 17-19 mission launches from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Jan. 29, 2026. This mission marked the sixth launch of 2026 from the Vandenberg spaceport and test range. Image: U.S Space Force photo by 2nd Lt. Andrew…

Photo Credit: Napster Napster has now unveiled new AI-powered app experiences to “bring AI creations and video companions to mobile devices” amid its broader push into the AI space. Napster—once a peer-to-peer music-sharing platform turned streamer, now a self-proclaimed innovation company “powering the next generation of embodied and agentic AI”—announced…

Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has reached an important milestone advancing nuclear propulsion that could benefit future deep space missions by completing a cold-flow test campaign of the first flight reactor engineering development unit since the 1960s.…

A candidate planet that might be remarkably similar to Earth, HD 137010 b, has one potentially big difference: It could be colder than perpetually frozen Mars. Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up surprises. A new paper reveals…