Satellite News

On Episode 137 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Jason Steffen, a member of the science team for the Kepler Space Telescope mission.

How the universe got its large magnetic fields has remained one of the stickiest outstanding problems in astrophysics. Now, researchers have proposed a novel solution: a giant “dust battery” operating when the first stars appeared.

The dictionary defines “spacewoman” as simply “a woman astronaut.” In the case of its latest usage, though, the term carries more meaning. “Spacewoman” is a new film about Eileen Collins.

The student-run USC Rocket Propulsion Lab’s Aftershock II vehicle soared to an altitude of 470,400 feet last month, higher than any amateur rocket had ever gone before.

SpaceX has stacked its Starship megarocket ahead of the vehicle’s sixth test flight, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday (Nov. 19).

SpaceX’s sixth Starship test flight is set for no earlier than Monday afternoon (Nov. 18) for now.

Europe’s Hera asteroid probe will use the Red Planet for a gravity assist on its way to scope out the space rock crash site of NASA’s DART impactor.

Blue Origin has announced the six crewmembers for NS-28, its next suborbital space tourism mission. Among them are ‘Space Gal’ Emily Calandrelli and two repeat customers.