Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Solving artificial gravity with gravityLab News from Atomos Space and more But first… The Aerospace Corporation and TechCrunch are joining forces […]
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Back to news homeSpaceX tested ‘mega steel pancake’ water deluge system for Starship
SpaceX conducted a full-pressure test of a new water deluge system for its Starship launch vehicle on Friday, as the company looks to resolve one of the biggest problems that […]
NASA is launching its own streaming service later this year
NASA is getting in on the “+” streaming action. The government agency announced that it’s going to launch a new streaming service later this year called NASA+. The ad-free, no-cost […]
Former pilots recount UFO sightings as Congress pushes for transparency
A year after the first congressional hearing on UFOs in 50 years, a House subcommittee revisited some enduring questions around a topic that once would have been laughed off. The […]
Max Q: Umbra is a Silicon Valley outsider — they prefer it that way
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: A closer look at Umbra News from Rocket Lab, Astranis and more Umbra co-founder Gabe Dominocielo’s last name is roughly translated […]
Amazon is building a $120M facility in Florida for Project Kuiper satellite processing
Amazon will spend $120 million on a new satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), as the company gears up to launch the first batch of Project Kuiper […]
Astranis moves to Plan B after first commercial internet satellite malfunctions on orbit
Space-based internet startup Astranis said Friday that its first commercial internet satellite will be unable to provide continuous coverage to Alaska due to a malfunction with both spacecraft’s solar panels. […]
SpaceX’s Swarm Technologies is halting new device sales
Swarm, the Internet-of-Things connectivity provider that was acquired by SpaceX, will no longer be selling new devices, according to an email sent to customers earlier this month. The news appears […]
Congress prepares to continue throwing money at NASA’s Space Launch System
Congress will pour billions more dollars into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its associated architecture, even as NASA science missions remain vulnerable to cuts. Both the House and […]
Max Q: Astra Spacecraft Engines, Inc.
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! I hope everyone had a wonderful July 4. In this issue: Astra’s corporate reorganization News from Pulsar Fusion and more Astra is carving out its […]