Events for “space”

For this summer's indie hits, intergenerational anxiety lives in endless spaces

A trio of liminal thrillers - It Ends, Backrooms, and Exit 8 - explore realistic dread, which manifests as reality breaking its own rules.

Stewart wants safe space amid transgender rallies

Liberty star Breanna Stewart says she hopes WNBA arenas can be a "safe space" for fans amid rallies about transgender sports participation.

Maya Ongaku, “Nothing Space Music”

The Japanese trio supplement their swooning ambient psychedelia with savvy pop songwriting. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Rocket Report: SpaceX makes its mark on the Moon; ULA names new boss

Welcome to Edition 9.07 of the Rocket Report! China's workhorse Long March rocket family appears to be rebounding quickly from a rare launch failure August 10. Chinese officials have not publicly released any information on what may have caused the Long March 7A rocket to break a

SpaceX will try for 1st Starship tower catch 'in a few months,' Elon Musk says

We'll have to wait a bit longer for a highly anticipated Starship milestone, it appears. On Aug. 4, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said the company aimed to attempt the first-ever catch of Starship's upper stage on the vehicle's next test flight , which is tentatively targeted

Ancient stars dazzle in a celestial chandelier | Space photo of the day for Aug. 21, 2026

The Chandelier Cluster, or globular cluster NGC 6723, as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini, G. Piotto) Stars scattered across the cosmos sparkle in the appropriately named Chandelier Cluster. What is it? The Hubble Space Telesco

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)

SpaceX launched yet another Starlink mission today (Aug. 21), sending 29 more of the broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast. The spacecraft flew aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 11:14 a.m. EDT

SpaceX fires up Starship ahead of megarocket’s 1st orbital flight (video)

SpaceX is picking up the pace of preparations for the next launch of its giant Starship rocket. On Wednesday night (Aug. 19), the company completed a single-engine static fire test with its Ship 41 vehicle, the upper stage that's in line to fly Starship 's upcoming Flight 14 miss

SpaceX sends 27 Starlink satellites to orbit on 100th Falcon rocket launch of the year (video, photos)

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites this morning (Aug. 22) on a milestone mission for the company's Falcon rocket family. A Falcon 9 carrying 27 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today at 3:25 a.m. EDT (072

Launching 10,000 tiny 'femtosats' to Saturn? NASA funds 18 futuristic spaceflight ideas

NASA is giving a financial boost to nearly 20 technology investigations to help fuel the incubation of tomorrow's spaceflight research capabilities. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts ( NIAC ) program has selected 18 projects for this year's Phase I awards, which will each spl

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 224 — The Science of Artemis

On Episode 224 of This Week In Space , Rod Pyle and guest co-host Rick Jenet are joined by Dr. David Kring to discuss the where, whys, and hows of the Artemis Program's lunar exploration plans. It has been said that the Moon is a harsh mistress, and nowhere is this more apparent

NASA Shares Views of August Solar Eclipse from Ground, Air, Space

On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse darkened skies over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. As the Moon covered the Sun, it briefly revealed the Sun’s wispy outer atmosphere — the corona — to those in the path of totality who were lucky enough to have clear skies. NASA researchers and p

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Set to Receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor

President Donald J. Trump will award each of NASA’s Artemis II crew members the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 28, during a ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch

An Abandoned SpaceX Rocket Crashed Into the Moon. Here’s What It Looks Like Now

The rocket drifted in space for over a year before finally plummeting to the moon’s surface.

SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste

Elon Musk’s talk about maintaining a million-strong AI data center satellite megaconstellation may not exactly be practical or economical , but it might be unique. It’s about the closest we’ve come to confronting a scheme that would export a considerable amount of valuable materi

Parliamentary panel reviews space and science projects at ISRO, other facilities in Bengaluru

The committee led by Dr. Medha Vishram Kulkarni also reviewed the current status of India’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, at the ISRO headquarters

Elon Musk Owns 48.4% of SpaceX, a New Filing Shows. Here's Why That Matters for Everyone Else Holding the Stock.

Rocket Lab and AST SpaceMobile Are Priced for the Big Bang. One Space Stock Already Delivered.

Aaditya Thackeray accuses BMC of giving open spaces to institutions linked to BJP lawmakers

Aaditya Thackeray warned, he would do a sit-in outside the BMC office to reclaim the open spaces

The week in pictures: a French woman in space, wildfires in Europe and the war in Ukraine

Russian drones carry out deadly strikes in Ukraine, astronaut Sophie Adenot becomes the first French woman to spacewalk, fires rage in Belgium and across Europe, and torrential rain hits the Philippines: FRANCE 24 takes a look at the week's most striking images.

Researchers Seem to Have Figured Out Why It’s Harder to Poop in Space

We were going to write a constipation joke here, but it wouldn’t come out.

The Most Remote Place on Earth Has Space Junk and a Sea Monster

Q: What do sci-fi-pioneer Jules Verne, horror-writer H.P. Lovecraft, and the Russian space programme have in common? A: Their overlapping interest in an inhospitable corner of the South Pacific, only recently identified as the remotest part of the world’s oceans—Point Nemo. Point

Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

A new national space transportation policy signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday calls for the development of more spaceports to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries per year by 2030. The presidential memorandum replaces a 2013 policy signed by former President B

Grok Bot is an all-new iPhone and Mac app from SpaceXAI and Cursor [U]

SpaceXAI and Cursor are in the process of becoming a single company , but first, the two firms are releasing an all-new iPhone and Mac app called Grok Bot.

On this day in space! Aug. 21, 1914: Total solar eclipse expedition crashed by WWI

On Aug. 21, 1914, a total solar eclipse temporarily darkened skies across Europe and Asia. A young German astronomer and friend of Albert Einstein's, Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, led an expedition to the Crimean Peninsula of Russia, where he hoped to record observations that would ve

Japan unveils Mars moon sample-return spacecraft ahead of Oct. 19 launch (photos)

The world just got its first good looks at some hardware that will make spaceflight history. Last Thursday (Aug. 13), Japan unveiled the spacecraft that make up its Martian Moons eXploration ( MMX ) mission, which aims to snag samples of the Mars moon Phobos and haul them to Eart

Trump to award NASA's Artemis II astronauts the Congressional Space Medal of Honor

NASA's Artemis II moon astronauts will join a very exclusive club next week. President Donald Trump will award those spaceflyers the Congressional Space Medal of Honor next Friday (Aug. 28) at Johnson Space Center in Houston to recognize their historic journey around the moon thi

Trump signs new national space policy to enable 1,000 US rocket launches per year

The United States is updating its approach to managing spaceflights that lift off and land within its borders, and aims to expand the nation's capabilities to support more than 1,000 rocket launches per year by 2030. President Donald Trump just signed a new National Space Transpo

On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: X-15 sets world altitude record

On Aug. 22, 1963, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 rocket plane higher than any pilot had ever flown before. Walker reached an altitude of over 67 miles (108 kilometers). That's about 5 miles (8 km) above the edge of space! Walker experienced about five minutes of w

How will NASA's astronaut training hub change with commercial space stations?

HOUSTON — What does NASA's astronaut training hub look like these days, as the agency aims to bring more commercial space stations into the fold? It's an interesting mix of government and private companies, of space agency personnel and of contractors, all working together to kee

How a huge fleet of 17 spacecraft discovered something surprising about solar eruptions

A misbehaving coronal mass ejection (CME) that blew out a hidden cloud of charged particles aimed at Earth has been tracked by a record 17 spacecraft spread throughout the solar system, revealing the CME to be surprisingly lopsided. CMEs are "burps" from the sun – huge clouds of

NASA-Funded Mission to Rescue a Falling Space Telescope Officially Ends in Failure

The commercial LINK spacecraft was supposed to give NASA's Swift observatory a boost, pushing it higher into orbit to extend its life. But after launch, LINK experienced several problems. Swift is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up by the end of this year

The 4 Best Monitor Arms to Clear Up Your Desk Space (2026)

Your desk setup needs a monitor arm, and I’ve been testing every one I can get my hands on to find the best.

Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M

Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 million).

This company’s plans to deploy space mirrors could jeopardize the night sky for many

A company that plans to beam sunlight from space to Earth on demand might unintentionally brighten the night sky for many more people than intended, according to a new study. Later this year, the US company Reflect Orbital plans to launch a test satellite called Eärendil-1 that w

The Download: threats from space mirrors and credit for AI drugs

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This company’s plans to deploy space mirrors could jeopardize the night sky for many A company that plans to beam sunlight from space to Earth

I tested open source Android storage tools; this app reliably freed 5GB of system space

My analyzers kept pointing at the apps I was trying to save

Scientists map hair follicle formation in spacetime, advancing understanding of how organs develop

In a new research report, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have developed a technology that allows them to capture a 3D molecular "snapshot" of hundreds of hair follicles as they develop and then reconstruct the fourth dimension—time—to create a stop-motion animation

'Wet Hot American Summer': The raunchy 2000s comedy that was actually about a space station falling to Earth

LOS ANGELES – On a Saturday evening in Los Angeles, I found myself watching acclaimed actor Elizabeth Banks sing Tom Petty songs along with her fellow actors while writer/director David Wain played the drums. This incredible, bizarre performance celebrated the 25th anniversary of

Space, AI and other tech integration to shape a nation's geopolitical future: Minister Shekhawat

Privatisation of space is the “democratisation of space opportunities,” Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat asserted at the event, organised by the Space Applications Centre, ISRO, and the Department of Science

Six sector-specific industrial parks proposed under BHAVYA

A.P. government submits DPRs and master plans for parks focused on space, drones, aerospace, organic food, renewable energy and textiles

'It Ends' Director Alex Ullom Reveals the Movie's Meaning and His Surprising Sequel Plan

The director of It Ends talks liminal spaces, Gen Z horror, the 3-hour cut he had to scrap, and his plans for a sequel

Yamashita leads CPKC Women's Open with 62

Miyu Yamashita shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday for a one-stroke lead over fellow Japanese player Nasa Hataoka in the CPKC Women's Open, with two Canadian teenagers on the leaderboard in the national championship.

The Production Design of ‘Widow’s Bay’ Is Also Cursed (Complimentary)

Production designer Steve Arnold tells IndieWire about cheating crawl spaces and building the island of "Widow's Bay" by hand.

Nearly a Century Later, Sci-Fi Western Film Serial ‘The Phantom Empire’ Still Feels Like the Future

Cowboys, space queens, and the secret history of… everything? This black-and-white 1935 selection reflects just how long Hollywood has been playing with genre.

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' cast talks losing sleep, living up to their character's legacy, and learning to ride a horse for season 4 (interview)

Filming a high-profile episodic TV series like " Star Trek: Strange New Worlds " is often a Herculean task for any professional cast and crew, but toss in massive spaceship sets, a colorful constellation of costume changes, tone and stylistic shifts, hand-to-hand combat, horsebac

New 'Star Trek' documentary featuring William Shatner hits theaters this fall, celebrating 60 years of Trek

The " Star Trek " franchise's 60th anniversary is coming straight at us warp speed and will be arriving on Sept. 8, 2026 . "Trek" faithful from around the globe are expected to pause and salute this space fantasy institution created by Gene Roddenberry in whichever way they deem

Interview: Blake Crouch on ‘Dark Matter’ and His Favorite Books

“Lots of white space on a page. Short paragraphs that move.” This month Apple TV airs Season 2 of a series based on his 2016 sci-fi thriller “Dark Matter.”

NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope

The LINK probe was supposed to use robotic arms to capture Swift and lift it into a safe orbit. Problems with its control system forced NASA to call off the attempt.

NASA calls off rescue effort to save doomed telescope

The Swift observatory will now re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in a few months, after a mission to boost it higher failed

NASA Selects University Teams to Help Advance Aviation Research

NASA has selected four university teams to help the agency transform the future of aviation through projects ranging from high-supersonic propulsion systems to low-noise routes for small aircraft flying through cities. The agency made awards through its University Leadership Init

Artemis Mission Patches

A jacket decorated with Artemis I and II mission patches, along with other NASA patches hangs on the back of a chair on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, inside the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a terminal countdown simulation for t

SmallSat 2026

SmallSat 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth # 635, 835, 641, and 940) for Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Agenda below. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 9:00 – 10:00 AM WelcomeJose NunezBryceTech’s Smallsats by the Numbers: 2026Fletcher FranklinSupply Chain ObservationsBruce YostTech

Webb Opens Treasure Chest

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this Aug. 6, 2026, infrared image of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs. This feature, called the “Treasure Chest,” is an object known as a cometary globule. A cometary globule is an isolated

TB 26-04 Updates and Modernization of NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) Code

For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for propulsion system analysis. It provides equilibrium chemistry, rocket performance

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4982–4987: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

By Allison Dries-Padilla, Missions Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 This week of Curiosity Mars rover operations takes us back to our “regularly scheduled programming.” After taking a slight detour to investigate the

Astronaut vest cuts radiation exposure in half

Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02556-8 Tests on uncrewed NASA mission showed garment could spare astronauts the worst effects of solar storms.

Assam in final stage of partner selection to build satellite, says CM

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says 'AssamSAT' marks a landmark shift — from Assam being a user of satellite data to an active participant in the space-tech ecosystem, enabling faster and evidence-based governance

A mosque built by a transgender person raises questions about faith and belonging in Pakistan

A transgender man in Pakistan built a mosque hoping it would offer an inclusive space for worship. Instead, he faces harassment from neighbors amid growing attacks on the trans community.

"Light and sea breeze shape the viewing" of exhibits at open-air art gallery in Mexico

Local studio Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos has completed the Arte Abierto Baja in Mexico, an open-air exhibition space wrapped by monolithic walls of exposed concrete and stone. Designed for non-profit arts organisation Arte Abierto, the 180-square-metre space in the resort of Cabo

KTGY revamps interiors of Fairmont Hotel in Chicago

US architecture studio KTGY has revamped the interiors of the HOK-designed Fairmont Hotel off of Chicago's Millennium Park. KTGY was brought on to refresh the detailing and bring light into the dark spaces of the hotel, with a focus on the premium rooms and lounges. In total, the

A Studio With Barrel-Vault Ceilings in the West Village for $675,000

And access to a huge outdoor space from a crisp one-bedroom in Chelsea.

Sean Connery's '80s Sci-Fi Western Doesn't Get The Recognition It Deserves

In the midst of the Star Wars fever of the early '80s, Sean Connery's space Western was overlooked - but it's well worth watching.

19 Creepy Catacombs Around the World You Can Visit

Catacombs—underground rooms and tunnels used as cemeteries—date back to first-century Rome, but the most famous (and infamous) were created across Europe in the 17th century. Overcrowding in Paris’s more traditional burial spaces, as well as sanitation issues, led authorities to

Europe cancels planned upgrades for Ariane 6 rocket

In the two years since it made a largely successful debut, Europe's Ariane 6 rocket has launched eight missions, all of which reached orbit safely. The large, expendable rocket has a capacity of more than 20 metric tons to low-Earth orbit. And to the credit of European rocket sci

Due to need for 'absolute success,' China delays critical Moon launch to 2027

China's "Manned Space" program issued a terse announcement on Sunday regarding its much-anticipated Chang’e 7 lunar exploration mission. The agency stated: "In keeping with the principle of proceeding prudently and reliably, and ensuring absolute success, after a comprehensive as

The 7 Best Airbnbs in Morocco Include Stately Riads

An Airbnb in Morocco gives you lots of space, privacy, and (if you book one of our favorite riads) unique architectural charm. Here, seven favorites.

Bad weather delays launch of China's historic Chang'e 7 mission to moon's south pole

Poor weather has delayed the launch of China's latest moon mission. According to reports, the growth of Tropical Depression Narra in the Gulf of Tonkin has prompted China's space agency to delay the liftoff of Chang'e 7 significantly — possibly until 2027. "China's Chang'e 7 luna

Lit Hub Daily: August 21, 2026

Learning about grief from the ghost of Sylvia Plath: “Although we may want to flee from what makes us afraid, it’s so often that these ghosts are the only ones who can help us move through the spaces of discomfort

Fugazi Draws Crowds for $5 Shoes & Supreme Chief Creative Steps Down in This Week's Top Fashion News

SummarySupreme’s CCO departed after 22 years, while Palace Skateboards and Reese Cooper expanded with new retail spaces.Fugazi dropped a canceled collaboration with Vans for just $5.Reebok debuted 3D-printed kicks, and Awake NY delivered bootleg-inspired luxury Air Jordan 6s.How

Things I want in a modern relational query language

Article URL: https://sporks.space/2026/08/19/things-i-want-in-a-modern-relational-query-language/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402491 Points: 19 # Comments: 7

Hidden volcanoes hint at Moon’s turbulent past

Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02555-9 A pair of massive shield volcanoes have been pinpointed by lunar spacecraft.

The Country’s First Nature Library Lets You Check Out Camping Gear Like Books

This first-of-its-kind 15-acre "nature library" near Denver lets you borrow more than 650 outdoors-related items for free and features hands-on play spaces designed to combat screen fatigue. The post The Country’s First Nature Library Lets You Check Out Camping Gear Like Books ap

How should the moon and Mars be governed?

An excellent model already exists for governing in space. It's called the Artemis Accords.

29 Years Later, the Best Cosmic Sci-Fi Thriller of All Time Is Officially Free To Stream

This terrific cult classic is an unforgettably gnarly space adventure.

ASRock Steel Legend SL-1200P power supply review: A winning combination of genuine Platinum efficiency and a stand-out design

ASRock was founded in 2002 as a spin-off from Asus, originally tasked with producing value-oriented motherboards for cost-sensitive markets. Over the following two decades, it grew into a serious competitor across the motherboard and graphics card spaces, eventually expanding int

Demountable timber library in Amsterdam is "a living room for the neighbourhood"

Stepped, pastel-pink seating spills out from inside the OBA Next Lab library and community space in Amsterdam, designed by Dutch architecture practices Matter Makers, AWR and BAZ Studio as a public living room. Completed for The Public Library of Amsterdam, or OBA, the 1,175-squa

Schaum Architects to lead restoration of Donald Judd's Artillery Sheds in Texas

Texas studio Schaum Architects has joined a team of restorers to work on the two massive Artillery Sheds at the Chinati Foundation, the museum artist Donald Judd set up in Marfa to act as permanent storehouses and exhibition spaces for his work. Schaum Architects will serve as de

Bengaluru’s parking overhaul: Who pays, where you can park and who enforces it | Explained

The new rules envision a structured way of implementing paid parking through the identification and expansion of parking spaces across the city, while also seeking to monetise free spaces and residential stretches for paid parking

Audiences flock to DIY shows as traditional live music venues struggle