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Former SpaceX founding member is starting a new small rockets company
Posted in Science on 27th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
While SpaceX is looking forward to launching its biggest, baddest rocket yet later this year, other companies are scaling down.
Sentinels in constant watch on the polar glaciers
Posted in Science on 24th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
The EU's Sentinel satellite system has begun monitoring six polar glaciers in near real-time.
Japanese satellite Hitomi: Lost in space?
Posted in Science on 30th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Dozens of Japanese scientists and engineers are scrambling to save a satellite, and more than a quarter of a billion dollars of investment, tumbling out of control in space.
DARPA's satellite repair robot makes house calls
Posted in Hardware on 28th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
DARPA has a vision of a mobile robotic servicing system designed to rendezvous with and repair ailing telecommunications satellites.
China to launch Tiangong 2 laboratory this year and complete the space station by 2020
Posted in Hardware on 24th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
China plans for 20 space missions this year including the testing of its most sophisticated rocket and the launch of a space habitat.