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Google-inspired AI model improves Cape Canaveral space launch weather forecasts by 50%

By Tereza Pultarova published

An AI-powered weather model inspired by language-processing systems invented by Google is helping launch companies avoid disruptions to their busy schedules on Florida's Space Coast.

Tech
a black rocket stands on the launch pad under a darkening sky

Watch Rocket Lab launch Earth-observing radar satellite on Aug. 2

By Mike Wall published

Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective on Friday (Aug. 2), and you can watch it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
a rocket launching into an early morning sky.

Atlas V rocket launches its final national security mission for US military (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

United Launch Alliance's venerable Atlas V rocket flew its final national security mission early Tuesday (July 30).

Launches & Spacecraft
Concentric circles of yellow dust increasing in brightness toward a central bright yellow star

The building blocks of life can form rapidly around young stars

By Robert Lea published

Astronomers may have solved the mystery of how the complex building blocks of life first formed, finding dust traps around young stars could make an ideal formation location.

Search for Life
This artist’s rendering shows the Extremely Large Telescope in operation on Cerro Armazones in northern Chile. The telescope is shown using lasers to create artificial stars high in the atmosphere.

The Extremely Large Telescope: Facts about the world's largest telescope

By Keith Cooper last updated

Reference Here's everything you need to know about the Extremely Large Telescope, which will become the largest telescope in the world when it is completed at the end of the decade.

Reference
a satellite's view of earth shows a massive fire emitting dense plumes of smoke from a forested area

Park Fire rages across California in dramatic satellite video

By Brett Tingley published

The second-largest wildfire of 2024 continues to rage in northern California, and satellites are watching the destruction unfold.

Satellites
a sleek black rocket fires its engines while stationary on a launch pad

SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 5th test flight (photos, video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX ignited the engines on its Starship spacecraft on Friday afternoon (July 26) to prep for an upcoming test flight, which may be just a few weeks away.

Private Spaceflight
a cone-shaped spacecraft visible above the curve of earth, with clouds

Boeing's Starliner tests thrusters at ISS as NASA reviews options for astronauts' return to Earth

By Elizabeth Howell published

Crew Flight Test and its NASA astronauts have spent more than 50 days in space ISS after helium leaks and thruster issues.

Human Spaceflight
two astronauts in the field in simulated spacesuits. the one in front uses a lunar rover and tools to pick up a soil sample. clousd and blue sky are visible in the background

'That was a really wild experience': How brand-new NASA astronaut Andre Douglas joined Artemis 2 moon mission (exclusive)

By Elizabeth Howell published

Andre Douglas became eligible for NASA spaceflights in March. Weeks later, the NASA astronaut learned he would back up the next mission to fly humans around the moon.

Artemis
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on July 28, 2024.

SpaceX rockets successfully launch back-to-back Starlink missions hours apart in return to flight (photos, videos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched two Starlink satellite missions less than five hours apart in the early hours of Sunday morning (July 28).

Launches & Spacecraft
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