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Since Elon Musk sent a Tesla Roadster in space in 2018, cars made on Earth by humans have made their entrance onto the intergalactic stage. For all you alien readers out there, we created this special section where you can read all about the novelties, plans and dreams human kind will use to conquer your planets. Make sure to bookmark this page or follow via RSS if you’re into space exploration, NASA rovers, SpaceX and everything space-related.
Saturn MLV Would Have Been the Mother of All Space Rockets, Here It Goes Like It Never Did
Saturn MLV Would Have Been the Mother of All Space Rockets, Here It Goes Like It Never Did

15 Apr 2024, 07:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Saturn Modified Launch Vehicle (MLV) was the be a series of rockets meant to succeed the successful rocket of the Apollo program

 
Humans Are Sending Their First AI in Space, You (Probably) Have Nothing to Worry About
Humans Are Sending Their First AI in Space, You (Probably) Have Nothing to Worry About

12 Apr 2024, 06:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first Firefly Aerospace Elytra mission scheduled for later this year will carry with it an artificial intelligence developed by a company called Klepsydra

 
This Space Capsule Will Sent Into the Stratosphere With 9 on Board, Strapped to a Balloon
This Space Capsule Will Sent Into the Stratosphere With 9 on Board, Strapped to a Balloon

12 Apr 2024, 05:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Space startup Halo Space reveals the design of the Aurora capsule which it plans to strap to a balloon and send into the atmosphere as soon as next year

 
SpaceX Starlink Provides Such Cool Internet It Will Soon Power a Space Station
SpaceX Starlink Provides Such Cool Internet It Will Soon Power a Space Station

11 Apr 2024, 10:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Private space company Vast announced its Haven-1 single-module space station will be the first to use the Starlink satellite Internet system

 
What's That We See in Colorado Springs? Did the James Webb Telescope Return to Earth?
What's That We See in Colorado Springs? Did the James Webb Telescope Return to Earth?

10 Apr 2024, 07:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Northrop Grumman announced it is donating a full-size replica of the James Webb Space Telescope to the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs

 
Millions Saw America’s Total Eclipse From Earth, But Here’s How It Looked Like From Space
Millions Saw America’s Total Eclipse From Earth, But Here’s How It Looked Like From Space

9 Apr 2024, 13:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-16) captured the shadow of the Moon as it moved across North America on April 8, 2024

 
Never-Made Russian Moon - Mars Rocket Takes Flight for the First Time in Glorious Sim
Never-Made Russian Moon - Mars Rocket Takes Flight for the First Time in Glorious Sim

6 Apr 2024, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A computer animation shows the Soviet Energia Vulkan rocket that was supposed to to reach Earth's orbit, the Moon, and Mars.

 
Blue Origin Tests Life Support System for the Orbital Reef Space Station
Blue Origin Tests Life Support System for the Orbital Reef Space Station

1 Apr 2024, 13:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA seems pleased with the life support system designed by Blue Origin for the Orbital Reef space station

 
Jeff Bezos to Send Blue Ring Space Truck in Orbit on Secret Space Force Mission
Jeff Bezos to Send Blue Ring Space Truck in Orbit on Secret Space Force Mission

27 Mar 2024, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Private space company Blue Origin announced it is planning to fly the Blue Ring logistics spacecraft on an undisclosed Space Force mission

 
New Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Flies on Winged Drone for the First Time
New Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Flies on Winged Drone for the First Time

27 Mar 2024, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace startup Venus announced the completion of its first test flight of the precursor tech for a new rotating detonation rocket engine

 
NASA to Launch Rockets at the Moon's Shadow During Solar Eclipse
NASA to Launch Rockets at the Moon's Shadow During Solar Eclipse

26 Mar 2024, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA will launch three sounding rockets into the atmosphere during the solar eclipse to see what the event does to the ionosphere

 
NASA Throwing Lightning Strikes and Jackhammer-Level Noise at Orion Spaceship
NASA Throwing Lightning Strikes and Jackhammer-Level Noise at Orion Spaceship

12 Mar 2024, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shares the fate of the Orion spaceship that was used during the Artemis I Moon mission, hardware currently being studied for Artemis II's sake

 
Space Rocket Concept That Breathes Air for Extra Thrust Will Knock the Wind Out of You
Space Rocket Concept That Breathes Air for Extra Thrust Will Knock the Wind Out of You

7 Mar 2024, 23:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new CGI video shows another of the many rocket concepts that never came to be, the Martin-designed Renova airbreathing rocket

 
NASA Tests the Starship Docking System That Will Link to the Orion Spacecraft
NASA Tests the Starship Docking System That Will Link to the Orion Spacecraft

6 Mar 2024, 08:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA said it has completed a series of tests on the docking system that will link the Orion spacecraft to the SpaceX lander during Artemis III

 
American Cameras Capture the First Images of the Moon's Surface in Half a Century
American Cameras Capture the First Images of the Moon's Surface in Half a Century

29 Feb 2024, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and Intuitive Machines share the first images and info on the status of the Odysseus Moon lander and the science instruments it carries

 
America Now Has an Intuitive Machine on the Moon After First Landing There in 50+ Years
America Now Has an Intuitive Machine on the Moon After First Landing There in 50+ Years

23 Feb 2024, 07:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and private company Intuitive Machines managed the first Moon landing of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program

 
Here's the Finished Neptune Excelsior Capsule That Will Be Taking You to Space
Here's the Finished Neptune Excelsior Capsule That Will Be Taking You to Space

22 Feb 2024, 11:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Space Perspective is making progress toward offering the world's first carbon-neutral flight to space and democratizing space tourism

 
Troubled Boeing Is Going to Launch the Starliner Spaceship in April
Troubled Boeing Is Going to Launch the Starliner Spaceship in April

22 Feb 2024, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and Boeing are now targeting the launch of the first crewed Starliner spaceship to the International Space Station (ISS) in mid-April

 
Rocket That Could Carry Three School Buses to Space Rolls Out to the Pad
Rocket That Could Carry Three School Buses to Space Rolls Out to the Pad

22 Feb 2024, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Private space company Blue Origin rolls out the first New Glenn rocket for a series of tests at Launch Complex 36 in Florida

 
2024 Great North American Eclipse to Help NASA Prove the Roundness of the Sun
2024 Great North American Eclipse to Help NASA Prove the Roundness of the Sun

21 Feb 2024, 10:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA is enlisting the help of civilians to track Baily's beads on the Moon during April's total solar eclipse and learn more about the Sun