Story of the week

One of Hubble's satellites in a terrestrial test chamber. Image Credits: Hubble Networks

This week, we've got some very cool news from Hubble Networks, which became the first company in history to connect a Bluetooth chip to a satellite. The startup has stayed relatively low-profile, but with this tech validation they're looking to expand -- and connect possibly billions of Bluetooth-enabled devices. Read More

Scoop of the week

The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Saturday, November 2, 2019, in Virginia. Image Credits: NASA / Bill Ingalls

Slides and audio from a nonpublic NASA meeting reveal the ambitious plans the agency has for its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Bringing these plans to fruition is key for private space companies, including Rocket Lab, Northrop Grumman and others, and could ease launch pad congestion on both coasts. Read More

What we're reading

Near-Earth asteroid, computer artwork. Image Credits: Science Photo Library - ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI / Getty

Over at The New York Times, Kenneth Chang recounts how a group of scientists identified 27,500 newly discovered asteroids in the solar system -- including around 100 "near-Earth" asteroids, or those that pass within Earth's orbit. Read More

This week in space history

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. Image Credits: NASA

We're looking ahead this week... On Monday, May 6 (today!), Boeing is hoping to make history by carrying two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station using its Starliner capsule for the first time. The mission will take off at 10:34 PM EST.

Godspeed Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams! Godspeed Starliner! Read More

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