NASA has awarded UCF researcher Anish Roshi Damodaran $175,000 to study PHOENIX, a concept linking up to 25 spacecraft into a high-resolution far-infrared and submillimeter observatory.
The satellite revolution promises faster internet, global connectivity and unprecedented access to remote areas. But a new European Southern Observatory study warns that putting hundreds of thousands or even millions of satellites into orbit could seriously interfere with astronomical observations. The question is no longer whether satellites are changing space. It is whether they could eventually change what humanity is able to see from Earth.
NASA has launched an unprecedented mission to save the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. If successful, the mission will become the world’s first robotic rescue of a government science satellite and could redefine the future of satellite servicing.
The Axiom-4 mission has become another milestone in commercial spaceflight, delivering an international crew to the International Space Station to conduct groundbreaking scientific research and demonstrate the future of global cooperation in space.
