ScienceSpaceflight Pentagon Mission Will Include Test of Blue Origin’s ‘Space Truck’ With the New Glenn rocket moving closer to launch and plans to land on the Moon next year, Jeff Bezos' company is finally showing signs of life. By Passant Rabie Published March 20, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight SpaceX Targets Early May for Starship’s Quickest Turnaround Yet Elon Musk’s megarocket is grounded pending an FAA investigation, but the relative smoothness of the third mission means the next launch should happen soon. By George Dvorsky Published March 20, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Engineers Devise Plan to De-Ice ‘Dark Universe’ Telescope from a Million Miles Away Euclid's mission team is testing a new way to de-ice the telescope's optics and restore its ability to explore the dark universe. By Passant Rabie Published March 19, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight No, You Can’t Actually Eat A Michelin Star Meal in Space There's space, and then there's kinda-space. We're sick of people not knowing the difference. By Passant Rabie Published March 18, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Space Force Doesn’t Want Anyone to See Its Secret Logo Mockups I guess we'll never know what the runner-up designs were to that Star Fleet-looking logo. By Passant Rabie Published March 18, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Former Blue Origin Employees Want to Harvest Helium-3 From the Moon The company's founders, including an Apollo 17 astronaut, just rounded up $15 million to fund their venture. By Passant Rabie Published March 16, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Everything We Noticed During Starship’s Remarkable Third Test Flight SpaceX’s Starship was pushed to its limits during a 49-minute mission on Thursday. By George Dvorsky Updated March 15, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Tests Lunar Lighthouse With the Help of Private Odie Lander The navigation system could help future explorers find their way across the Moon's terrain by turning the astronauts themselves into a beacon. By Passant Rabie Published March 15, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight ‘The Nightmare Is Over’: NASA Resurrects VERITAS Mission to Venus Scientists rallied to save the mission when the space agency indefinitely delayed its 2027 launch. By Passant Rabie Published March 14, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Briefly Reconnects, Keeping Hope Alive for the Historic Mission The 46-year-old spacecraft has been transmitting gibberish for months, but the team may be close to identifying the source of the glitch. By Passant Rabie Published March 14, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight SpaceX’s Starship Breaks New Ground During Third Test Flight The megarocket flew faster and farther than ever before, and—surprisingly—with no explosion in sight. By George Dvorsky Updated March 14, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Watch Live as SpaceX Attempts Starship’s Third Flight Test Starship, the rocket voted most likely to explode, is set to take off on Thursday morning, with a 110-minute launch window opening at 8:00 a.m. ET. By George Dvorsky Updated March 13, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight See a Kairos Rocket Explode Seconds After Liftoff Space One was aiming to be the first Japanese company to successfully launch a satellite into orbit. By George Dvorsky Published March 13, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight SpaceX Will Push Starship to New Extremes During Third Test Flight Elon Musk's rocket company is targeting a launch on Thursday, March 14, pending FAA approval. By George Dvorsky Published March 12, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Massive Pallet of Old Batteries Re-Enters Earth’s Atmosphere, Marking Heaviest ISS Trash Return Yet After three years of uncontrolled descent, the 2.9-ton cargo pallet has finally fallen to Earth. By Passant Rabie Published March 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Reveals ‘Message in a Bottle’ Concept for Upcoming Europa Mission The plate includes more than 2.6 million names, over a hundred words for water, and messages symbolizing our ongoing quest to connect with aliens. By George Dvorsky Published March 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Watch as World’s Largest Plane Releases Hypersonic Vehicle for Its First Powered Test Flight The test vehicle reached supersonic speeds approaching Mach 5 before landing in the Pacific. By Passant Rabie Published March 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Satellites Step Up After Red Sea Internet Cables Get Severed The incident offers a glimpse into hybrid connectivity, in which underwater cables and orbital satellites work together to ensure uninterrupted internet access. By Passant Rabie Published March 8, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight A Giant Piece of Space Station Trash Will Crash to Earth This Weekend The heaviest-ever piece of ISS space trash is set for uncontrolled reentry. By George Dvorsky Published March 7, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Is Still Fighting to Save Its Historic Voyager 1 Spacecraft The probe has been glitching for months, and the prospects look very grim, but NASA is not yet ready to give up. By Passant Rabie Published March 7, 2024 | Comments (0)
