A radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia J. Seymour/Green Bank Observatory Radio telescopes observing the cosmos face growing challenges because of electromagnetic interference from thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit. Now, experiments involving SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have shown how to virtually eliminate one form of this problem. As these kind … Read more
During a news conference on Wednesday, NASA officials for the first time publicly discussed divisions within the agency about whether the Starliner spacecraft is really reliable enough to return two veteran astronauts—Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams—back to Earth from the International Space Station. The space agency also confirmed key elements exclusively reported by Ars over … Read more
Topline Elon Musk’s SpaceX is poised to launch its massive Starship rocket for the fourth time on Thursday, in hopes to perfect a reusable rocket that will make space cheaper to access, exploit and even visit. A person looks on as SpaceX’s huge Super Heavy-Starship is unstacked from the booster as it sits on … … Read more