Amazon, Vrio to launch satellite internet in South America, competing with Starlink
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Amazon and telecommunications firm Vrio will jointly launch a satellite internet service in seven South American countries, the two parties said on Thursday,…
China lands on moon’s far side in historic sample-retrieval mission
By Liz Lee, Joey Roulette and Joe Brock BEIJING (Reuters) – China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday, a landmark mission aiming to…
SpaceX launches first satellites for new US spy constellation
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – SpaceX on Wednesday launched an inaugural batch of operational spy satellites it built as part of a new U.S. intelligence network designed to significantly…
Musk’s Starlink satellites disrupted by major solar storm
By Utkarsh Shetti (Reuters) – Starlink, the satellite arm of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, warned on Saturday of a “degraded service” as the Earth is battered by the biggest geomagnetic storm…
Boeing Starliner capsule’s first crewed flight delayed over rocket glitch
By Nathan Gomes, Shivansh Tiwary and Nilutpal Timsina (Reuters) – Boeing’s <BA.N> long-awaited first crewed test flight of the new Starliner space capsule was called off for at least 24…
Technology trends that will dominate 2024
Generative AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, batteries, and space technologies are some of the technology trends that will dominate in 2024—starting with generative AI, which between 2022 and 2023 conquered the…
White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon
By Joey Roulette and Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies,…
Musk’s SpaceX is building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency
By Joey Roulette and Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) – SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources…
Japan’s Space One Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Kairos, a small, solid-fuel rocket made by Japan’s Space One, exploded shortly after its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become…
Why SpaceX launched military satellites into Space
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched six military missile tracking satellites just over a week ago, including two prototypes for the Missile Defence Agency and four for the US Space…