đ Has the battle for space begun?
Bezos isnât the only tycoon trying to get off this planet.
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Starship SN10 Cryogenic Proof Test
SpaceX is set to test the Starship SN10 prototype on Monday at the Boca Chica launch facility. The exact details for the round of testing have not been confirmed, but it will likely be a cryogenic proof test.
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Orbital Construction: DARPA Pursues Plan for Robust Manufacturing in Space
As commercial space companies increase the cadence of successful rocket launches, access to space is becoming more routine for both government and commercial interests. But even with regular launches, modern rockets impose mass and volume limits on the payloads they deliver to orbit. This size constraint hinders developing and deploying large-scale, dynamic space systems that can adapt to changes in their environment or mission.
Hope prepares to enter orbit around Mars
As the UAEâs Hope spacecraft arrives at Mars, those involved have a mix of confidence and concern about the chances of successfully entering orbit.
WASHINGTON â As the United Arab Emiratesâ Hope spacecraft arrives at Mars, those involved with the mission have a mix of confidence and concern about the chances of successfully entering orbit.
The Emirates Mars Mission, or Hope, spacecraft will arrive at Mars Feb. 9, entering orbit at about 10:41 a.m. Eastern. The spacecraft will fire its main thrusters for 27 minutes to slow it down enough for the planetâs gravity to capture the spacecraft into orbit.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Elon Musk Is The Most Important Person Alive Today
It summarizes the whole thing well.
ââAs important as Steve Jobs was, hereâs the difference: Elon Musk is trying to invent a future, not by providing the next app,â says renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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âWhat Elon Musk is doing is not simply giving us the next app that will be awesome on our smartphone,â deGrasse Tyson says. âNo, he is thinking about society, culture, how we interact, what forces need to be in play to take civilization into the next century.â
Between Muskâs work at Tesla developing electric cars and his SpaceX plans to put humans on Mars by 2024 (and, eventually, to colonize the planet), the billionaire tech executive is attempting to revolutionize both human transportation and space exploration, deGrasse Tyson says.
SpaceX to launch NASA astrophysics mission
SpaceX won a NASA contract Feb. 4 to launch a small astrophysics mission, continuing its string of similar agency contracts over the last two years.
WASHINGTON â SpaceX won a NASA contract Feb. 4 to launch a small astrophysics spacecraft, continuing the companyâs string of similar agency contracts over the last two years.
NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX for the launch of the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) spacecraft on a Falcon 9 in June 2024. The value of the launch contract is $98.8 million, which includes the launch itself and other âmission-related costs,â the agency said.
