NASA shares thrilling sneak peek at humanity’s imminent return to the moon

The excitement is building as NASA works toward launching its first crewed lunar flight in more than five decades. The Artemis II mission, which will take four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon, could lift off as early as February 6. NASA h…

Blue Origin’s Starlink rival TeraWave promises 6-terabit satellite internet
Blue Origin’s Starlink rival TeraWave promises 6-terabit satellite internet

SpaceX has the most internet-beaming satellites in its constellation, but the competition is coming, and now Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, has announced the TeraWave network. It says TeraWave will offer bandwidth of up to 6Tb available anywhere on Earth, for both upload and download. The only wrinkle? Even after satellite deployments are scheduled […]

Blue Origin’s satellite internet network TeraWave will move data at 6Tbps

The network will be designed for enterprise, data center, and government customers and could offer an alternative to SpaceX’s Starlink service.

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Mars has never looked so serene in this gorgeous image from a NASA rover

Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet and discover if it had an environment capable of supporting microbial life. Over the years, the rover has also been beaming back striking images of its s…

Elon Musk says Tesla’s restarted Dojo3 will be for ‘space-based AI compute’

Tesla aims to restart work on Dojo3, its previously abandoned third-generation AI chip. Only this time, Dojo3 won’t be aimed at training self-driving models on Earth. Instead, Musk says it will be dedicated to “space-based AI compute.”

SpaceX didn’t properly inspect crane before collapse at Starbase, OSHA says

The federal safety agency has hit SpaceX with a $115,850 fine after finding seven “serious” violations during its investigation.

NASA’s mega moon rocket has arrived at the launchpad. What’s next?

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft reached the Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday following a 4-mile, 12-hour crawl from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The rocket is being prepped for the Artemis…

Who gets to inherit the stars? A space ethicist on what we’re not talking about

While it’s easy to romanticize space as an escape to a pristine frontier where people will float weightlessly among the stars, it’s worth remembering there are no oceans or mountains or chirpy birds in space. It’s “not nice up there,” said Rubenstein. …

Indian SpaceX rival EtherealX hits 5x valuation as it readies engine tests

EtherealX is ramping engine tests and building a 150-acre rocket campus in India as it targets a 2027 launch mission.