Tag: Space exploration
The year 2022 in 13 satellite images
Dusseldorf Every day we get new news from Ukraine. Shots of devastated inner cities, people searching for firewood in fields of rubble, columns of smoke after bombing raids. Despite this…
War, climate change, Qatar – The year in 13 satellite images
Dusseldorf Every day we get new news from Ukraine. Shots of devastated inner cities, people searching for firewood in fields of rubble, columns of smoke after bombing raids. Despite this…
Elon Musk significantly expands satellite internet Starlink – high-speed internet on airplanes
Cape Canaveral With the Launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral spaceport the company SpaceX set a record. The rocket launched over the weekend has been reused…
European satellites launched for new high-performance network
Cape Canaveral The race for the best satellite-based Internet is intensifying. The European satellite provider SES launched two new satellites into orbit from the spaceport in Cape Canaveral on Friday.…
Trump discovers commercial space travel as a business
Application laboratory for 3D printing at Trumpf Trumpf has been working on perfecting the technology for more than 20 years. (Photo: Trump) Stuttgart The machine builder Trumpf hopes that commercial…
How Rogue Space wants to clean up Earth orbit
new York Old satellites, burned-out rocket stages, the smallest pieces of scrap: more and more space debris is circling our planet. The US Department of Defense is tracking over 27,000…
Who launches the most rockets and how full the orbit is
Dusseldorf The entry of successful US entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk (Tesla) or Jeff Bezos (Amazon) into commercial space travel has revolutionized it: the number of rocket launches has multiplied,…
Rocket hit in Poland – how can something like this happen?
Ulrich Kühn heads the research area for arms control and new technologies at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and is well versed in various weapon systems.…
Rocket hit in Poland – how can something like this happen?
Ulrich Kühn heads the research area for arms control and new technologies at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and is well versed in various weapon systems.…
Federal government cuts funds for space travel – German companies protest
European Ariana rocket Germany wants to cut its contribution to the ESA space agency. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Space is becoming a top priority: According to industry representatives, Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
Starlink fails over front
A SpaceX rocket launches with Starlink satellites on board The connection via Starlink is of great importance for the counter-offensive of Ukraine. (Photo: AP) Berlin The Ukrainian military has encountered…
Elon Musk and T-Mobile want to eliminate dead spots
san francisco With a new generation of Starlink satellites, any ordinary smartphone will soon be able to connect to the space internet. This means that there should be no more…
Elon Musk and T-Mobile want to eliminate dead spots
san francisco With a new generation of Starlink satellites, any ordinary smartphone will soon be able to connect to the space internet. This means that there should be no more…
Russia wants to exit the International Space Station after 2024
ISS Russia plans to exit the International Space Station after 2024. (Photo: dpa) Russia plans to exit the International Space Station after 2024. The new head of the Russian space…
How Chinese and American companies are building satellites instead of cars
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Beijing A few years ago, when an employee of the…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is sending another six people into space
Launch of the Blue Origin space capsule The rocket launched from the US state of Texas. (Photo: via REUTERS) VanHorn Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has sent another six people on…
Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX is facing new financing
Elon Musk The SpaceX boss still held around 44 percent of the unlisted company in August 2021. (Photo: AP) new York According to media reports, SpaceX is planning a new…
Space stocks and space funds: Space fascinates investors
Rosetta space mission The Rosetta probe explores comets. (Photo: imago/StockTrek Images) Frankfurt In three years, people could walk on the moon again. The US space agency Nasa and some companies…
Start-up wants to make rockets greener
Insight Innovation The number of rocket launches will increase significantly in the coming years and decades – and with it the environmental problems. (Photo: Klawe Rezezcy, Getty, Imago) New York,…
Start-up wants to make rockets greener
Insight Innovation The number of rocket launches will increase significantly in the coming years and decades – and with it the environmental problems. (Photo: Klawe Rezezcy, Getty, Imago) New York,…