Starlink internet sees hours-long global outage
SpaceX chief Elon Musk鈥檚 Starlink satellite internet service experienced an hours-long global network outage Thursday, which executives attributed to a key software issue.
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Dreyer praises govt for launching of Starlink
Vice-president of Global Operations at Starlink, SpaceX Lauren Dreyer highly commended Bangladesh government for its visionary leadership to bring the next-generation connectivity to the people with a quick pace and decisiveness...
SpaceX keen to work closely with Bangladesh
SpaceX vice-president Lauren Dreyer on Friday met with chief adviser Muhammad Yunus during her visit to the country as part of a high-level delegation from SpaceX.
Spaceship carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary, docks with ISS
A US commercial mission carrying astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, marking the first time in decades that these nations have sent crew to space...
India, Poland, Hungary make spaceflight comeback with Axiom Mission 4
A US commercial mission carrying astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, marking the first time in decades that these nations have sent crew members to space.
Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plans
SpaceX鈥檚 rockets ferry US astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Starlink satellite constellation blankets the globe with broadband, and the company is embedded in some of the Pentagon鈥檚 most sensitive projects, including tracking hypersonic missiles...
US missile shield plans risk nuclear war in space: North Korea
North Korea slammed on Tuesday US president Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥楪olden Dome鈥� missile shield plan as a 鈥榲ery dangerous鈥� threat that could spark nuclear war in space, state media said...
SpaceX to launch Starship next week after setbacks
SpaceX said Friday it will make another launch attempt next week of the massive Starship rocket鈥攌ey to CEO Elon Musk鈥檚 long-term vision of colonising Mars鈥攁fter two consecutive in-flight explosions earlier this year.
Macron party backs banning hijab in public spaces for under 15
French president Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 political party wants to ban minors under 15 from wearing the Muslim headscarf in public, with the government set to review a report Wednesday on the spread of 鈥榩olitical Islamism鈥� in France...
Starlink officially begins operations in Bangladesh
US-based satellite internet service provider Starlink, a subsidiary of Elon Musk鈥檚 SpaceX, has officially launched its services in Bangladesh, offering two packages 鈥� Starlink Residence and Residence Lite...
Indian space agency鈥檚 satellite mission fails due to technical issue
The Indian space agency鈥檚 mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue, officials said Sunday.
SPARRSO holds seminar
A seminar titled 鈥楶rogress in earth surface monitoring utilising remote sensing techniques: Bangladesh perspective鈥� was held at the Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation on Monday...
AAUB ranks 18th in international competition
Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh, for the first time, participated in the Design/Build/Fly competition, organised by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics from April 2025 10 to 13 in Arizona, USA, and secured 18th place in the design report and 36th place overall...
Japan, China accuse each other of airspace 鈥榲iolation鈥� near disputed islands
Tokyo and Beijing exchanged diplomatic protests, each accusing the other of 鈥榲iolating鈥� national airspace, after a Chinese helicopter and coast guard vessels faced off with a Japanese aircraft around disputed islands...
India closes airspace to Pakistan aeroplanes
New Delhi closed its airspace to Pakistani aeroplanes on Wednesday after Islamabad banned Indian planes from overflying, the latest tit-for-tat measure as relations between the nuclear-armed rivals spiral into a tailspin.
Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth staying six month in space
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after six months on the country鈥檚 space station, state media footage showed, as Beijing advances towards its aim to become a major celestial power...
SpaceX services technical launch in Bangladesh by May
Lauren Dreyer, vice-president for Global Engagement at SpaceX, met Bangladesh鈥檚 chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the Earthna Summit in Doha on Wednesday...
Soyuz spacecraft lands with two Russians, one American aboard
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American and two Russians from the International Space Station landed back on Earth Sunday on the steppe of Kazakhstan, Russia鈥檚 Roscosmos space agency said.
Workshop urges accountability to safeguard civic, digital spaces
Civil society actors, human rights defenders and journalists at a workshop in Dhaka on Thursday urged for stronger mechanisms to hold the government accountable in protecting and promoting civic and digital space in the country...
Strongest 鈥榟ints鈥� yet of life detected on distant planet
Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising 鈥榟ints鈥� of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism.
Rising odds asteroid will hit Moon
An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four per cent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope...
SpaceX to launch private astronauts on first crewed polar orbit
SpaceX is set to launch the first human spaceflight directly over Earth鈥檚 polar regions on Monday -- a days-long, privately funded orbital mission involving four astronauts....
AAUB holds 16th syndicate meeting
The Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh has recently held its 16th syndicate meeting at the conference room of its Dhaka campus.
Stranded NASA astronauts return home, finally
Home at last: After an unexpected nine-month stay in space, a pair of NASA astronauts finally returned to Earth on Tuesday, concluding a mission that captured global attention and became a political flashpoint.