SpaceX’s Starlink internet reaches Antarctica, touching all 7 continents

SpaceX launched its first Starlink satellite in 2019 with a vision of blanketing the globe in high-speed internet, and it has this week ticked off an important milestone in this grand plan. Researchers at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica are now tappi… Continue reading SpaceX’s Starlink internet reaches Antarctica, touching all 7 continents

SpaceX teams up with T-Mobile to fill cellular dead spots with Starlink

SpaceX is looking to expand the reach of its Starlink internet service, through a new partnership with T-Mobile. The collaboration will see the telecommunications giant’s wireless network combine with orbiting satellites to fill holes in its current co… Continue reading SpaceX teams up with T-Mobile to fill cellular dead spots with Starlink

With Rocket Lab’s Daring Midair Catch, Reusable Rockets Go Mainstream

We’ve all marveled at the videos of SpaceX rockets returning to their point of origin and landing on their spindly deployable legs, looking for all the world like something pulled …read more Continue reading With Rocket Lab’s Daring Midair Catch, Reusable Rockets Go Mainstream

The first all-private mission to ISS splashes down after 17 days

After delays due to bad weather back on Earth, Axiom-1 (Ax-1), history’s first all-private mission to the International Space Mission (ISS) returned today. At 1:06 pm EDT, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of Florida.Continue R… Continue reading The first all-private mission to ISS splashes down after 17 days

First private mission to the International Space Station lifts off

History was made today when Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first private crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS), lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:17 am EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Co… Continue reading First private mission to the International Space Station lifts off