Satellite News

On Episode 143 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq are joined by Leonard David to talk about what 2025 has in store for SpaceX’s Starship plans.

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn shine in a January planet alignment, NASA says.

SpaceX just stacked its Starship megarocket to prepare for the vehicle’s seventh test flight, which is scheduled for Jan. 13.

On the night of Jan. 13, the full moon will appear to pass in front of Mars, resulting in an occultation visible from the United States, much of southern and eastern Canada, and West Africa.

The powerful Eaton fire has not reached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, NASA’s lead center for robotic planetary exploration.

Satellite images show destruction caused by huge, fast-moving fires raging this week in Southern California.

Visiting Antarctica — and, in particular, Ukraine’s Vernadsky Research Base on the continent’s peninsula — was a lifelong dream for two Ukrainian soldiers.

LignoSat’s six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.