Science Bezos vs. Musk: Blue Origin Files Complaint Over SpaceX’s Florida Launch Plans The company wants to limit the number of Starship rockets SpaceX can launch from Kennedy Space Center. By Passant Rabie Updated July 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight How Small Teams at Intuitive Machines Are Solving Big Lunar Challenges Intuitive Machines CTO Tim Crain spoke to Gizmodo about the new space race and what it will take to return to the Moon. By George Dvorsky Published July 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Boeing Would Like Everyone to Please Stop Saying the Starliner ISS Test Is a Bust NASA and its commercial partner insist the Starliner crew is not stranded in space, while openly expressing frustration with the media's negative coverage. By Passant Rabie Published July 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Chinese Rocket Accidentally Launches During Test, Crashes Dramatically Space Pioneer's Tianlong-3 rocket somehow escaped its restraints during a static fire test on Sunday. By Passant Rabie Published July 1, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight The Latest Threat to the Ozone Layer: Elon’s Starlink Satellite Megaconstellation The reentry of defunct satellites is anticipated to increase the amount of harmful chemicals in the atmosphere by nearly 650% over natural levels. By Passant Rabie Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight ISS Astronauts Forced to Take Shelter After Russian Satellite Mysteriously Disintegrates The defunct satellite broke apart into more than 100 pieces, raising speculation that it may be the result of an anti-satellite missile test. By Passant Rabie Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA’s ISS Spacesuit Situation Turns Grim After recent frustrations with postponed spacewalks, a key partner for developing new ISS spacesuits for NASA has pulled out, adding insult to injury. By Passant Rabie Updated June 26, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Launches Critical Weather Satellite The rocket took flight on Tuesday, on a course to deliver NOAA's GOES-U satellite to geostationary transfer orbit. By Passant Rabie Updated June 25, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Is Being Sued for Dropping Space Junk on a Florida Home The space agency tossed a massive pallet of old batteries from the ISS, and a piece of it fell through a family's roof. By Passant Rabie Published June 24, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Chinese Rocket Seen Falling on a Village Was Spewing Highly Toxic Chemicals Frightening video shows what appears to be the rocket booster crashing down on a populated area, trailed by a yellow-ish cloud. By Passant Rabie Published June 24, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Scientists Propose New Way to Find Aliens: Detect Their Failing Warp Drives If an extraterrestrial warp drive collapses, we might be able to sense the resulting gravitational waves from Earth. By George Dvorsky Published June 22, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Is Leaky Starliner Stuck at the ISS? Boeing and NASA Say No Despite Yet Another Delay NASA and Boeing are now targeting June 26 to return the Crew Flight Test mission from the ISS, marking the third delay in departure. By Passant Rabie Published June 18, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA’s Voyager Has Made a Full Recovery After Glitch Nearly Ended the Historic Mission The iconic mission has resumed regular science operations for the first time since November 2023. By Passant Rabie Published June 14, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA’s Perseverance Rover Accidentally Draws Gigantic Penis on Mars We see what you did there, Percy, and we appreciate your filthy message from afar. By Passant Rabie Published June 14, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight NASA Says It Accidentally Broadcast an ISS Distress Message The space agency was running through simulations for a spacewalk, which was later postponed. By Passant Rabie Updated June 13, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Boeing’s Starliner Now Has 5 Leaks While Parked Outside the ISS Starliner teams detected a helium leak before launch, two more after liftoff, and now a fourth and fifth leak with the vehicle docked at the ISS. Oh my. By Passant Rabie Published June 12, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Recent Solar Outbursts Trigger Dramatic Auroras on Mars During a recent solar storm, NASA's Curiosity rover detected its highest-ever level of radiation reaching the surface of Mars. By Passant Rabie Published June 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Everything We Noticed During SpaceX’s Thrilling Fourth Test of Starship The megarocket broke new ground, with the Super Heavy booster landing in the Gulf of Mexico and the upper stage surviving reentry, but just barely. By Passant Rabie Published June 7, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Boeing’s Starliner Spouts Fresh Helium Leaks During Trek to ISS Before the crew capsule's launch, Starliner teams detected a helium leak on the ground but decided not to resolve the issue. By Passant Rabie Published June 6, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight Boeing’s Starliner Docks at ISS After Five Thrusters Unexpectedly Shut Off Controllers scrambled to restore four of the five thrusters, causing Starliner to dock more than an hour later than planned. By Passant Rabie Updated June 6, 2024 | Comments (0)
