Aerospace & Spaceflight Ariane 6 Faces a Bigger Test Than 32 Amazon Satellites David WhitakerMay 4, 2026June 4, 20260 What does Europe’s new heavy launcher really prove when it lifts another batch of internet satellites? Ariane 6 is due…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Falcon 9 Debris May Carve a New Moon Crater in August David WhitakerMay 1, 2026June 4, 20260 We have another upper stage which is going to hit the Moon in the near future; it will happen in…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Artemis 3 Rocket Stage Reaches Florida as NASA Reworks Moon Mission David WhitakerApril 30, 2026June 4, 20260 “This is the backbone of Artemis III,” NASA’s Lori Glaze said regarding the delivery of the core component for the…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Northern Lights May Strengthen Tonight as Faster Solar Wind Reaches Earth David WhitakerApril 30, 2026June 4, 20260 Fast solar winds tend to be a quiet trigger for some of the best nights of northern auroras. This is…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Why SpaceX Now Sees the Moon as the Faster Bet David WhitakerApril 30, 2026June 4, 20260 In the case of Mars, there was always the promise of a city built on another world. Reusable rockets, heavy…
Drones & Unmanned Systems Why Seeing SiFly Drones on Public Flight Maps Matters David WhitakerApril 28, 2026June 4, 20260 One sky was always neat on paper. Showing it to be so is another matter entirely. With its latest integration…
Aerospace & Spaceflight X-Ray Glow Reveals the Solar System’s Hidden Outer Shield David WhitakerApril 27, 2026June 4, 20260 Is there any chance to observe the edge of our solar system? According to a novel soft X-ray map, this…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Hubble at 36 Gets Rare Close-Up From Another Satellite David WhitakerApril 27, 2026June 4, 20260 Even for an instrument that has been serving humanity for several decades, being photographed from orbit is still an uncommon…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Artemis 2’s Moon Flyby Revealed the Far Side Few Humans Ever See David WhitakerApril 23, 2026June 4, 20260 In what ways does astronaut visibility change behind the moon’s dark side? In Artemis 2’s case, it wasn’t the intrigue…