SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Ferbaury 27 successfully launched Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission, transporting the Athena lander from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The lunar lander is aiming to reach the moon’s south pole, where it will deploy a drone to hop into a jet-black crater that never sees the sun. Intuitive Machines’ lander is on a…
They say you should do something you love. Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire nominated on December 4th as Donald Trump’s choice to run NASA, is so keen on space that he has spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his own money to go there not once, but twice. But Mr Isaacman did not go…
Calling a firm SpinLaunch in an industry where the first part of that name is a way of life might seem a hostage to fortune. But, though the company is no slouch at PR, “spin” here refers to how its cargoes will be dispatched from Earth’s surface—by an armature rotating inside a vacuum chamber (pictured…
If there is a leader in the aerospace industry, SpaceX is it. The company’s Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon spacecrafts are the current go-to vehicles to deliver astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station. NASA contracts awarded to SpaceX through 2030 alone are worth nearly US$5 billion and include research and development for the Artemis mission to return astronauts to…
Like a Shakespearean play, their history of mutual confrontation is laced with moral dilemmas, whispered conspiracies and unhidden ambitions of global influence. When OpenAI was founded in 2015, its vision was nothing short of utopian: to create artificial intelligence that would benefit all of humanity. Musk, one of its co-founders, stood as a towering figure…
You know the drill—pack your bags, move to a hotel, let the professionals work their magic, and return to your freshly renovated paradise. Simple. Now, let’s apply that same logic to Earth. Maybe what works for a three-bedroom apartment in downtown Mumbai will work perfectly for an entire planet. But hold on. Why do we…
In a highly anticipated development, Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams, the commander of the International Space Station (ISS), ventured out for her first spacewalk in over seven months on Thursday. Williams was joined by NASA astronaut Nick Hague for the essential outdoor repair work, marking a significant moment in their extended stay aboard the ISS. Williams,…
SpaceX is gearing up for the seventh flight test of its ambitious Starship programme, which is set to launch on Thursday, 16th January, with a 60-minute launch window opening at 4:00 p.m. CT (10:00 p.m. GMT). As per the space giant, this test promises to deliver significant advancements in the development of the next-generation spacecraft,…
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were scheduled to return to Earth in February this year — after the launch of the SpaceX Crew 10 mission. Williams and Wilmore had blasted off into space on June 5, 2024, on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. But NASA decided to ditch the faulty Starliner and bring two astronauts…
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is set for its maiden orbital voyage with New Glenn rocket. Will this threaten the dominance of Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the orbital launch market ? The Glenn rocket launch initially scheduled for Sunday, 12 January, was pushed back a day due to “unfavourable” sea conditions, Blue Origin said in a…
