space

Startup will launch luxury space hotel in 2021 and charge about $800,000 per night

Posted in Science on 8th Apr, 2018
by Alex Muller

By early 2022, they aim to be hosting tourists, astronauts, space research, and manufacturing on board Aurora Station in LEO.

SpaceX reaches the promised land of launching every two weeks

Posted in Business on 5th Apr, 2018
by Alex Muller

Gwynne Shotwell said SpaceX would increase flight rate by 50 percent. It has.

Bees on Mars: Nasa funds swarm of robotic insects for exploring Red Planet

Posted in Hardware on 2nd Apr, 2018
by Alex Muller

A swarm of robotic bees, nimble enough to fly across the surface of Mars and explore the Red Planets nooks and crannies, is being funded.

Mission to demonstrate space junk tech

Posted in Science on 2nd Apr, 2018
by Alex Muller

A UK-led experiment to tackle space junk is set to head into orbit. It takes the form of a small satellite that will practise techniques for tracking debris and capturing it.

SpaceXs Starlink proposal will launch 12 thousand satellites for total worldwide coverage

Posted in Hardware on 1st Apr, 2018
by Alex Muller

Total worldwide broadband coverage with minimal latency.