Spacewalk Pop-Up – NASA
Former NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is photographed as he left the airlock hatch during a spacewalk on Jan.…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 172 — Earth on Mars
Earth on Mars – Terraforming the Red Planet – YouTube Watch On On Episode 172 of This Week…
Black hole dances a star to death in gravity’s deadliest hook-up
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 — Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner.…
Russia to launch 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies on Aug. 20 to study spaceflight effects
Russia is preparing to loft a “miniature mouse hotel” into space. An inside view of the rodent-holding unit.…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX makes money burn up faster than his rockets
The New York Times got its mitts on some confidential documents showing that Elon Musk’s privately held SpaceX…
Blue Origin’s 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly twin NASA Mars probes to space on Sep. 29
Blue Origin is gearing up for the second-ever launch of its powerful New Glenn rocket, which will loft…
X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the ‘heartbeat black hole’
A black hole’s bizarre “heartbeat” is forcing astronomers to reconsider how these cosmic heavyweights behave. Observations of IGR…
NASA wants new spacecraft to fly to hard-to-reach orbits around Earth and in deep space
NASA is asking six companies to help the agency move spacecraft between difficult-to-reach orbits. The agency recently awarded…
SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near
Engineers recreated the diffuser failure on the ground during the investigation, and then redesigned the part to better…
Why on Earth would NASA build a nuclear reactor on the Moon?
“Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon” is not a headline I imagined reading before last week.…
The day it snowed beyond the stars — NASA captures rare cosmic scene
The beauty of astronomy lies in the element of consistent discovery. The organization at the forefront of this…
Canada’s 1st commercial spaceport is officially under construction. When will it open for launches?
Private Canadian company NordSpace has started construction on its Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX) in Newfoundland and Labrador, marking…