Space

Earlier this month, SpaceX launched their 29th commercial resupply mission and this had something special on board. HTC. in partnership with XRHealth and Nord-Space Aps, have sent the first virtual reality headset for mental health usage to the International Space Station (ISS) to support astronauts during their important European Space Agency (ESA) Huginn mission.  Two weeks ago, SpaceX CRS-29 for NASA sent a resupply mission to the International Space Station, and...

At one point, you could buy SpaceX's Starlink for as little as A$199, but those days are over. The new entry price for Starlink hardware in Australia has risen to now cost A$599.00, while the monthly cost remains at A$139 per month, Starlink is a low-Earth orbit satellite constellation that SpaceX continues to expand, delivering high-speed internet to areas that are underserved or unserved...

Australia is massive, the sixth largest country in the world by land area, with a total area of 7,682,300 square kilometers. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), as of June 2022, the population distribution was 53.1% in Metro areas, 39.4% in Regional areas and 7.5% in Remote areas. For those who live outside the cities, their telecommunication infrastructure is more complex, often there's...

Advanced Navigation has just been awarded a $5.2 million grant. As one of the world’s most determined innovators in AI robotics and navigation technology, the Moon to Mars Initiative: Demonstrator Mission Grant by the Australian Space Agency, to support NASA’s endeavour to explore the Moon and beyond to Mars. Awarded AUD 5.2 million, the grant will accelerate development and production of the company’s breakthrough Light Detection,...

Starship represents a significant leap forward in rocket technology, with the potential to revolutionise spaceflight and enable humanity to explore and colonize other planets in the coming decades. SpaceX is targeting Monday, April 17 at 8:00 a.m. CT (Australian time - April 17 at 11 PM) for the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas. Starship is...

Australian cybersecurity and network management company FirstWave Cloud Technology recently announced that it has secured another expansion of its partnership with the US space agency NASA. This is the 4th extension of FirstWave’s relationship with the space agency, with the new agreement also providing the opportunity to grow further over the next 12 months. The initial contract with NASA was signed by technology group Opmantek...

Right now, Queensland and New South Wales are getting smashed with unprecedented rains, causing widespread floods. These aren't the kind of floods that mean roads are cut off and you need to find an alternate route, these floods are so severe that towns like Lismore, with a population of more than 40,000 residents, see almost every business and home get inundated. With so much water...

Starlink just hit 69,420 users.