A London-based startup called OneWeb launched the first six satellites into space as part of a multi-billion dollar project to make the Internet available worldwide, the BBC Russian Service writes. According to the plans, in the end it could be ...
Space Forces will be created in addition to Space Command, which will take effect this spring. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to create a new branch of the US military, the Space Forces. A copy of the Space Policy Statement 4 (SPD-4) turned out to be ...
In Russia, Roscosmos is starting a project to send space tourists into Earth orbit, writes Current Time with reference to the Twitter account of the head of the corporation, Dmitry Rogozin. “We are also launching a project to fly around the Earth along a short “Gagarin” route, which will reduce the preparation time for the flight of those interested...
Scientists have recorded strange radio signals of an unknown nature emanating from distant galaxies, writes the BBC. When these signals, known as fast radio bursts (FRBs), reach radio telescopes on Earth, they flash brightly—for thousandths of a second—and disappear. Over the past decade there have been such impulses...
NASA said what will be on the Christmas table on the ISS. On December 25, when astronauts from the US and Canada celebrate Catholic Christmas, the menu will include smoked turkey, bread pudding, macaroni with cheese and strawberries. The gala dinner will also include green beans with mushrooms or beans with potatoes, glazed sweet potatoes, ...
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic completed its longest flight into space on December 13, taking another step towards growing its space tourism business. Two pilots aboard the Virgin Galactic Unity spacecraft became the company's first astronauts, Richard Branson personally observed ...
Elon Musk's Space X company announced the flight of the first space tourist to the Moon. Today his name was announced - this is the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. He will be the first person to orbit the Earth's satellite since 1972. How much did he pay for the ticket, what...
The Parker space probe, launched on August 12 from Cape Canaveral after the launch was delayed by a day, should fly through the solar corona for the first time in history, actually touching our star, writes the BBC Russian Service. The idea of such a mission has been discussed since the very beginning of the space age...
Scientists have discovered reserves of liquid water under the surface of Mars. As a result, questions arise: can life be hiding in this environment, and what does it look like? Not only science fiction writers have these questions, Popular Mechanics writes. Scientists have been asking them for years, using direct and indirect observations ...
The cost of a tourist flight on the New Shepard ship from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will cost $ 200-300 thousand, writes Dev.by, citing two Reuters sources. The flight will last approximately 10 minutes. Earlier, Blue Origin executives said that in the near future ...