SpaceX’s Starlink is testing internet service for aircraft
SpaceX’s Starlink unit is testing its space-based internet service with several aircraft and wants to offer in-flight connection to airlines… Read More »
Apple loses key engineer to startup Archer
Michael Schwekutsch, a director of engineering in the Apple Special Projects Group that’s reportedly working on self-driving cars, has left… Read More »
NASA and SpaceX are set to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid
Launching later this month, the DART mission will help understand how to redirect future Earth-threatening asteroids — it will also… Read More »
Virgin Galactic’s “future astronauts” will be in the hands of an elite Canadian test pilot
Jameel Janjua calls them “future astronauts.” That’s partly corporate speak—Virgin Galactic’s preferred term for customers who pay upward of US$450,000… Read More »
Amazon is launching its first internet satellites next year
Amazon is launching its first internet satellites next year. It’ll be around 2,000 satellites behind SpaceX. Amazon already dominates online… Read More »
U.S. Senate tells NASA to select two developers for lunar lander program
The Human Landing System saga is far from over. Senators on Monday Oct. 18 released a draft version of the… Read More »
Boeing’s next Starliner test flight moves to first half of 2022
Those murmurs of lengthy delays for Boeing’s next Starliner test flight turned out to be true. Space.com reports Boeing and… Read More »
FAA proposes issuing operator license to Relativity Space
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it was proposing to issue a vehicle operator license to venture-backed startup… Read More »