NASA Opens 2026 Human Lander Challenge for Life Support Systems, More
NASA’s 2026 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help evolve and transform…
Your Parents Probably Watched The Big Bang’s Aftermath On TV
In 1964, physicist Arno Allan Penzias and radio astronomer Robert Woodrow Wilson picked up a persistent hum in…
NASA modifies Dream Chaser ISS cargo contract as Sierra Space shifts to defense work
WASHINGTON — Sierra Space and NASA have sharply revised a contract to use the company’s Dream Chaser vehicle…
China’s desert solar seas are so big you can see them from space
ORDOS (China), Sept 26 — An ocean of blue solar panels ripples across the ochre dunes of Inner…
Will the ISS get another space plane visit before falling back to Earth in 2030? The dream may be fading
The International Space Station (ISS) may never again be visited by a space plane. NASA’s space shuttle orbiters…
The Big Bang Is in Big Trouble
Just a few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about a lengthy article highlighting a total rewrite…
It’s Not Rocket Science… It’s Materials Science
Rocket propulsion technology has evolved from ancient Chinese gunpowder filled bamboo tubes that shot off into opposing armies…
NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and…
The cosmos adds 102 colors — Deep-field galaxies reveal a spectrum we didn’t know existed
Try to imagine a possibility where the cosmos is painted with several colors. This reality is what we…
Private spacecraft will give NASA’s Swift space telescope an orbital boost in 2026 in 1st-of-its-kind mission
A private company will give a powerful NASA space telescope a new lease on life next year, if…
NASA, Sierra Space Modify Commercial Resupply Services Contract
In 2016, NASA awarded a Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract to Sierra Space, formerly part of Sierra Nevada Corporation, to resupply…
James Webb Space Telescope peers deep into the heart of star formation in our Milky Way galaxy
A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different…