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Boeing can recover from its Starliner troubles, but it can’t afford any other misfires

Can Boeing recover from its Starliner troubles? | A look at Harris and Trump's records on space policy | Night sky, October 2021: What you can see this month

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Can Boeing recover from its Starliner troubles?

(NASA)

The partial failure of Starliner's mission doesn't help Boeing's effort to bounce back from its problems. The company's reputation has not been irreparably damaged, however. Boeing can recover and is taking the right initiatives to re-emphasise a safety culture - something that's crucial to its business going forward.

Full Story: Space (10/31)

A look at Harris and Trump's records on space policy

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The next president of the United States could be the first in that office to accept a phone call from the moon and hear a woman's voice on the line. To do so, they'll first need to make a series of strategic space policy decisions. They'll also need a little luck.

Full Story: Space (10/28)

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Skywatching

Night sky, October 2021: What you can see this month

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The best planet to seek out during this month is Jupiter, which will be plainly obvious in the west-northwest sky during the first half of April, and then will rapidly fall toward the sun and deeper into the evening twilight during the second half of the month. Mars and Saturn are morning objects and will be within 5-degrees of each other from April 1st through the 17th, and will be closest together on the 10th, when they will be separated by the apparent width of a full moon. Using binoculars, scan low to the east-southeast horizon about an hour before sunrise to pick them up. Since they'll appear virtually the same brightness with a fine color contrast (Saturn, yellow; Mars, orange) they should appear quite striking.

Full Story: Space (10/1)

Spaceflight

India targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 lunar sample-return

(NASA/JPL/USGS)

India is eyeing a 2028 launch for its Chandrayaan-4 moon sample-return mission, followed by an uncrewed lander and rover in collaboration with Japan. S. Somanath, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), discussed the upcoming missions during an invited talk in New Delhi last week.

Full Story: Space (10/31)

Science & Astronomy

Stare into the 'blood-soaked eyes' of 2 spooky galaxies

(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)

Two of the world's most powerful space telescopes have spied a "spooky pair" of galaxies in deep space, staring out like a pair of "blood-soaked" eyes - and just in time for Halloween.

Full Story: Space (10/31)

Technology

North Korea launches ICBM to space, reaches record altitude

(Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea reportedly reached space on Wednesday with its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched in nearly a year. The ICBM's launch on Oct. 30, just days before the U.S. federal election on Nov. 5, was likely not coincidental, according to the Associated Press. The governments of U.S. and Japan both confirmed the launch, which flew for 86 minutes and soared to a record of 4,350 miles (7,000 km), the Washington Post stated, roughly 1,000 miles above the previous mark.

Full Story: Space (10/31)

Search for Life

Will China return Mars samples to Earth before the US does?

(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

It appears that China has moved up its agenda for bringing Mars samples to Earth, and aims to do so before the U.S. achieves this same goal. NASA's Mars sample return plan, a joint effort with the European Space Agency (ESA), continues to be scrutinized. A newly launched strategy review team will advise agency leadership about what to do now and offer recommendations by year's end, or early next year.

Full Story: Space (10/31)

Star Trek

'Lower Decks' S5E3: Why are nanites causing havoc?

(Paramount+)

There are echoes of "Apocalypse Now" in the third episode of "Lower Decks" season 5, as Lt Bradward Boimler is recruited to track down a flag officer who's gone AWOL in a luxury space hotel - the admiral's name, Milius, is presumably a nod to John Milius, screenwriter of Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam classic. But the more clear and present danger in "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel" is the swarm of nanites infesting the resort, prompting the management to call in the Cerritos crew for a spot of outer space pest control.

Full Story: Space (10/31)

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Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981

Voyager 1 phones home with transmitter unused since 1981 | Space Quiz! Other than Earth, what is the only other body in the solar system to possess an atmosphere as well as liquid rivers, lakes and seas? | Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin endorses Trump for president

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October 31, 2024

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Voyager 1 phones home with transmitter unused since 1981

(NASA)

Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to using a backup radio transmitter that has been inactive since 1981.

The interstellar explorer experienced a brief pause in communications after putting itself in a protective state to conserve power. This was triggered by a command sent on Oct. 16 from NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) — a global array of giant radio antennas — instructing the spacecraft to turn on one of its heaters.

Full Story: Space (10/30)

Space Quiz! Other than Earth, what is the only other body in the solar system to possess an atmosphere as well as liquid rivers, lakes and seas?

Learn the answer here!

Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin endorses Trump for president

(NASA)

One of the United States' most famous space explorers is backing Donald Trump for president. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person ever to walk on the moon, endorsed Trump in a statement today (Oct. 30), less than a week before the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Full Story: Space (10/30)

Skywatching

Astrophotographer captures Tsuchinshan-ATLAS anti-tail

(Miguel Claro)

This close-up image of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was taken from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on Oct. 13, 2024 when the comet was displaying an impressive level of brightness and details, as well as a cool 'anti-tail.'

Full Story: Space (10/30)

Spaceflight

NASA to resume ISS spacewalks in 2025 after spacesuit leak

(NASA)

NASA plans to resume spacewalks on the space station in 2025 after a leaky spacesuit suspended those activities in June. "We are planning our next set ... early next year," Bill Spetch, operations and integration manager of NASA's International Space Station (ISS) program, said of spacewalks during a press conference Oct. 25 following the conclusion of SpaceX's Crew-8 mission to the orbiting complex.

Full Story: Space (10/30)

Science & Astronomy

1st image of our Milky Way's black hole may be inaccurate

(Event Horizon Telescope collaboration)

Although our local cosmic abyss, named Sgr A* (short for Sagittarius A*), resides just 26,000 light-years from Earth, it has proven to be a very difficult object to image. This is thanks in part to material whipping around it at near light-speeds. However, after years of trying, scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project succeeded in 2022.The black hole's silhouette emerged from the shadows, appearing like a fuzzy orange doughnut.

Yet now, an independent analysis of the EHT data suggests part of the image's doughnut-like appearance may be an artifact due to the way it was put together. This discovery owes itself to a trio of scientists at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).

Full Story: Space (10/30)

SpaceX

Astronaut snaps spooky photo of SpaceX Dragon capsule

(NASA/Don Pettit)

The black-and-white image shows the belly of the Dragon, including windows with filters on board to lessen the bright sun. "I like how the sun shines through the stitching, personifying the composition," Pettit wrote Oct. 24 on X, formerly Twitter.

Full Story: Space (10/30)

Technology

Debris from satellite breakup threatens other spacecraft

(Boeing)

Debris from an exploded telecommunications satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening other spacecraft in this precious region of space, an animation by a leading space situational awareness firm suggests. The animation by Pennsylvania-based COMSPOC is a "notional" representation of the aftermath of the breakup of Intelsat 33e, which took place on Oct. 19.

Full Story: Space (10/30)

Search for Life

Saturn's moon Titan may have a 6-mile-thick crust of ice

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Scientists have discovered that the icy shell of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could possess an insulated, six-mile-thick (9.7-kilometer-thick) layer of methane ice beneath its surface. Ironically, this layer may make signs of life from the subsurface ocean of Titan easier to detect. And, down the line, the discovery could benefit the fight against human-driven climate change on Earth.

Full Story: Space (10/30)