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by Jason Rainbow — August 26, 2021 SpaceX's Starship SN8 vehicle lifting off on its December 2020 test flight. Credit: SpaceX COLORADO SPRINGS — Amazon is urging the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss SpaceX’s amended plans for its second-generation Starlink constellation, saying they are too broad and speculative. SpaceX proposed…

Home News Spaceflight A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Cargo Dragon CRS-22 mission for the International Space Station is seen at Launch Complex 39A ahead of its June 2, 2021 launch. A similar Dragon cargo ship will launch on the CRS-23 mission on Aug. 28, 2021. (Image credit: SpaceX)…

apex_7.jpg NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei harvests plants growing in petri plates inside the Veggie facility for the APEX-7 (Advanced Plant Experiment-07) space botany study. Credits: NASA NASA will host a media teleconference Monday, Aug. 23, at 1 p.m. EDT to discuss science investigations launching…

SpaceX needs to complete the following to launch the Super Heavy Starship Orbital Flight * complete the launch tower * the Starship SN20 heatshield must be complete and each tile verified * Both the SN20 and the BN4 prototypes must complete ground tests * the fueling tank farm must be…

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon capsule atop is raised to the vertical position on June 2, 2021, at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in preparation for the company’s 22nd Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA to the International Space Station. NASA and…

NASA will host a media teleconference Monday, Aug. 23, at 1 p.m. EDT to discuss science investigations launching on the next SpaceX commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station.Read More

Side view of the crater Moltke taken from Apollo 10. Credit: Public Domain Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is suing the US government over its decision to award a massive Moon exploration contract to its competitor SpaceX, it said in a statement Monday. The company has…

by Jeff Foust — August 16, 2021 Blue Origin is taking NASA to court about the agency's selection of SpaceX for a single Human Landing System award after the GAO denied a bid protest in July. Credit: Blue Origin WASHINGTON — Blue Origin has filed suit against NASA in federal…

Home News Spaceflight The Inspiration4 crew: Hayley Arcenaux (top left), Chris Sembroski (top right), Sian Proctor (bottom left) and Jared Isaacman (bottom right). (Image credit: Inspiration4/John Kraus) In just one month, SpaceX will make history with Inspiration4 — the world's first all-civilian spaceflight — the mission's crew couldn't be more…

These vendors initially opposed the scheme, called Open RAN, because they believed that if implemented, it would damage—if not destroy—their existing business model. But faced with the collective power of the operators clamoring for a new way to build wireless networks, these vendors have been left with few options, none…