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Space Exploration History: Soviet Venus Probe From 1972 Set to Return as Rare Space Debris This Weekend

A Cold War relic from the early days of planetary exploration is about to make an unplanned homecoming. Kosmos 482 (NORAD 6073) has been stranded in Earth orbit since 1972 and is

Karmactive Team

May 9, 2025

Business·News·Space·USA

SpaceX Wins FAA Approval for 25 Annual Starship Launches in Texas, Creating 21,400+ Jobs and $6.5B Revenue

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved SpaceX to launch its massive Starship rocket up to 25 times per year from its Texas facility—a fivefold increase from previous limits. The May 6,

Sunita Somvanshi

May 8, 2025

Starbase, Texas flyover. Photo credit: Inspiration4 / John Kraus (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

News·USA

SpaceX Launch Site Votes 212-6 to Become Starbase City: Texas’ Newest Municipality Takes Flight

In the dusty plains of South Texas where rockets regularly touch the sky, a new municipality has been born. With a decisive 212-6 vote on May 3, 2025, SpaceX’s launch facility area

Rahul Somvanshi

May 5, 2025

Image. Gravitics Oribital Carrier. Photo Source: Gravitics.

Space·Technology

Space Force Beats 27-Hour Record: $60M Orbital Platform Deploys Satellites Instantly

The United States Space Force has tasked Gravitics with developing what aerospace engineers call an orbital aircraft carrier – a 60 cubic meter spacecraft designed to park satellites in orbit for tactical

Karmactive Team

May 2, 2025

Astronaut Don Pettit. Photo Credits = Ivan Timoshenko

News·Space

Astronaut Don Pettit Returns After 590 Days in Space: Post-Landing Health Check

NASA astronaut Don Pettit landed on Earth April 20, 2025, exactly on his 70th birthday. Pettit, America’s oldest active astronaut, touched down in Kazakhstan with Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner

Rahul Somvanshi

April 22, 2025

World Car Awards: Volvo EX90 claims World Luxury Car title. Image source: Volvo Cars Global Media Newsroom

Electric·Mobility·News

2025 World Luxury Car Winner Volvo EX90 Outranks Porsche Macan on Jury Vote, Cargo Space, and Sustainability

The all‑electric Volvo EX90 has claimed the 2025 World Luxury Car title at the 2025 World Car Awards. Claimed as the most impressive luxury car in the past 12 months at the

Sandal Khan

April 22, 2025

Great flight this morning, Photo Source: @Dave Limp (Formally X)

Business·Space·Travel

Blue Origin NS-31 Puts 6 Women in Space for 11 Minutes – First All-Female Crew Since 1963 Reveals Startling Stats

In what can only be described as a calculated business move in the space tourism sector, Blue Origin successfully completed its NS-31 mission on April 14, 2025, featuring the first all-female crew

Sunita Somvanshi

April 14, 2025

Representative Image. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Photo Source - NASA HQ PHOTO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Business·News

SpaceX Wins 60% of $13.7B Space Force Contracts as ULA, Blue Origin Join NSSL Phase 3

The U.S. Space Force has allocated $13.7 billion in launch service contracts for National Security Space missions through 2033, dividing the awards among three companies: SpaceX ($5.9 billion), United Launch Alliance ($5.4

Sunita Somvanshi

April 7, 2025

Representative Image. Earth’s geomagnetic field surrounds and protects our planet from harmful space radiation. Photo Source - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Science

South Atlantic Anomaly’s Expansion Poses Increased Risks to Satellites and Spacecraft Operations

The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), a vast region where Earth’s magnetic field has weakened significantly, continues to puzzle scientists as it grows and changes shape. Located primarily over South America and the

Rahul Somvanshi

April 2, 2025

Crew9 NASA Astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are seen inside their @SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after splashing down off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida

Health·Space

Suni Williams and NASA Astronauts Return After 9-Month Space Stay: The Physical Toll of Extended Spaceflight

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, safely landed off Tallahassee, Florida on March 18, 2025. Their return completed NASA’s ninth commercial crew rotation mission to

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Tejal Somvanshi

March 20, 2025