Space

The European launch provider Arianespace will use a Soyuz rocket to launch 36 satellites for OneWeb’s satellite-internet constellation on Friday (Dec. 18). The mission, called OneWeb 4, is scheduled to lift off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia, at 7:26 a.m. EST (1226 GMT). 

India successfully launched a communications satellite into orbit Thursday (Dec. 17) to  provide service across the country’s mainland and some island regions, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced.

Shaka, when the spoilers came. What an amazing week it’s been for sci-fi aficionado. The first three episodes of Season 5 of “The Expanse” have arrived on Amazon Prime, the second season finale of “The Mandalorian” airs on Friday and the “Terra Firma” two-part “Star Trek: Discovery” episode has concluded […]

On Dec.7th, 2020, World War II flying ace and legendary test pilot General Chuck Yeager passed away while in hospital in Los Angeles. He was 97 years of age and is survived by his second wife, Victoria Yeager (nee Victoria Scott D’Angelo), and his three children, Susan, Don, and Sharon. […]

Tory Bruno said he is confident that Vulcan and first customer — Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander —  will be on the launch pad “by the end of next year.”

SpaceX called off the planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a classified spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office due to high pressure in the second-stage booster.

NASA will broadcast a NASA Science Live episode at 3 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) to offer a detailed guide on how to see the “Great Conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn on Dec. 21. The event, a rare meeting of the planets, has been billed as a “Christmas Star” celestial sight.