This Week In Space podcast: Episode 189 — Privatizing Orbit
Privatizing Orbit – The Pioneering Work of Jeffrey Manber – YouTube Watch On On Episode 189 of This…
Swarm Satellites Capture Rare Proton Spike in Solar Storm
The European Space Agency’s Swarm mission detected an unexpected spike in high-energy protons over Earth’s poles during a…
NASA’s New Rover Operations Center Will Revolutionize Moon and Mars Missions
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) recently unveiled its new Rover Operations Center (ROC), a groundbreaking initiative aimed at…
The Near Space Adventures Of Bradfield The Bear
Admit it or not, you probably have a teddy bear somewhere in your past that you were —…
Mars May Have Once Had a Huge Moon Big Enough to Cause Tides, Study Suggests
In a new study featured by New Scientist, researchers propose that Mars might have once had a much…
This Aging Space Probe Is About to Enter a Territory Only Visited by Our Imagination
Nearly five decades after launch, Voyager 1 is still moving, further and deeper into space than any human-made…
This company wants to build a 40-km cannon to launch satellites—and test shots have already begun
The American company Longshot is turning science fiction into engineering reality. Its plan? To build a gigantic cannon…
When To See The Geminid Meteor Shower Peak Tonight
Topline Warmly-dressed skywatchers with clear skies should brace for some of the best meteor-watching of the year as…
The Search for Life Tops NASA’s Science Goals for the First Human Mars Mission
When astronauts finally set foot on Mars, they’ll arrive carrying the weight of centuries of speculation about whether…
NASA Tracks ‘Bus-Sized’ Asteroid Racing Toward Earth: Should We Be Worried?
NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid, “2025 XF1,” which is rapidly approaching Earth this week. With speeds…
NASA’s Webb, Curiosity Named in TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame
Two icons of discovery, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Curiosity rover, have earned places in TIME’s…
China’s Kuaizhou-11 Y8 rocket launches space experimental spacecraft into space-Xinhua
A Kuaizhou-11 Y8 carrier rocket carrying one space experimental spacecraft blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center…