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NASA Has Launched a Satellite Mission Into the Magnetosphere

Posted in Hardware on 13th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

The Atlas V rocket carries with it four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft that will spend two years studying the magnetic fields between the Earth and the Sun.

SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying two satellites

Posted in Hardware on 2nd Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

The rockets are designed to be recoverable, but they have had trouble landing the craft successfully.

Rocket flown through northern lights to help unlock space weather mysteries

Posted in Science on 20th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

The northern lights are an electromagnetic phenomena that can adversely affect power grids and communications systems.

SpaceX launches DSCOVR 'space weather' satellite

Posted in Science on 12th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

The landing of the rocket's first stage on the drone ship did not go ahead due to stormy seas.

Might a resource 'Gold Rush' on the Moon Trigger the Next Epic Space Race?

Posted in Business on 12th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

Shackleton Energy Company says it aims to mine lunar water. Why? To stock low-Earth orbit gas stations with Moon-made rocket fuel.