Space Junk
New Starship Launch Photos Look Like They Show the End of Days
24 Apr 2023, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX shares a few more photos from last week's Starship launch, and we once again get a sense of how massive the event was
This Rocket Could Have Been More Spectacular Than the SpaceX Starship (and the SLS)
24 Apr 2023, 08:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle is alive thanks to computer animation, showing the world another space vehicle that never came to be
Fancy New Heat-Resistant Alloy Was Used to 3D Print This NASA Logo. Next Up: Spaceships
21 Apr 2023, 12:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA pulls the wraps off a new alloy called GRX-810, it offers great improvements when it comes to the extreme conditions it can withstand
Supernovae Can Kill Life on Planets 160 Light Years Away, Our Sun Will Do Something Worse
21 Apr 2023, 11:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New data coming from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals a new threat for life on Earth-like planets coming from supernovae: X-ray radiation
Boeing Starliner 360-Degrees Interior Video Is a Monument of Confusion for Non-Astronauts
20 Apr 2023, 15:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing shares a short video showing the interior of the Starliner spaceship in 360 degrees, there's not much in there many of us can understand
This Is How Miserable the Ingenuity Helicopter Looks After Two Years on Mars
20 Apr 2023, 13:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Shortly after taking its 50th powered flight on Mars, the Ingenuity helicopter was snapped on camera by the Perseverance rover, looking all dusty
This Is How America’s Orbital Docks for Spaceship Repair and Assembly Are Born
20 Apr 2023, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The COSMIC consortium will try to find ways to open the doors for in-orbit spaceship repair and assembly, something that will really open space up for us
Starship Is Not Even Flying Yet, And It's Already Docked with the ISS. In Imagination Land
20 Apr 2023, 08:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we prepare for the first orbital flight of the SpaceX Starship later on April 20, an animation video shows the spaceship already docking with the ISS
Hyundai Motor Group Aims for Space Exploration, Starts Building Advanced Lunar Rover
20 Apr 2023, 07:00 UTC · By: Mircea Mazuru / The Group's solar-powered lunar rover will operate autonomously and carry technologies for scientific research - for now, the goal is to create a working model
Webb Captures Titanic Fight Between Merging Galaxies 250 Million Light Years Away
18 Apr 2023, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The James Webb Space Telescope snapped an image of the Arp 220 merging galaxy, the brightest such formation we know of closer to our planet
NASA Sends OTA Update to a Vehicle 140 Million Miles Away
17 Apr 2023, 12:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Curiosity rover on Mars received its first software update in years, it should now move a bit faster and with more care for its wheels
Space-Based Solar Farms Will Soon Trap the Sun's Energy and Beam It Down to Earth
17 Apr 2023, 09:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency announces it is actively working on finding ways to harness solar power in space and beam it down to Earth
Scientists Revealed What Brought Down an Entire Fleet of Starlink Satellites
10 Apr 2023, 09:00 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The entire G4-7 fleet of Starlink satellites that SpaceX launched on February 3, 2022, has been lost, and NASA found out what caused the disaster
Starship Hanging Mid-Air Before Stacking Looks Distressing and Comforting at the Same Time
7 Apr 2023, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX shares a short video of the stacking of the Starship before its first orbital flight, we expect it to take place sometime next week
Here’s Uranus Like You’ve Never Seen It Before, There's More to It Than Sheer Beauty
7 Apr 2023, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope shows ice giant Uranus in a way and in colors never before seen, rings and moons included
New Hypergolic Propellant Engine Is Not Meant for Use on Earth
7 Apr 2023, 08:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sierra Space says it has completed a series of tests for a new hypergolic propellant engine meant to help spacecraft and landers maneuver
Virgin Orbit Calls It Quits, First Major Space Company to File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
4 Apr 2023, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Richard Branson's space company Virgin Orbit officially files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is actively seeking a new owner
Video From Mars Shows Perseverance Rover Drilling the First Hole in a New Area
4 Apr 2023, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Perseverance rover collected the 19th sample of Mars at the end of March, from a place where rivers are believed to have existed
Mars Glider Is an Arrowhead Spacecraft We Should Have Shot at the Red Planet Decades Ago
3 Apr 2023, 12:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video animation shows a spacecraft idea from the 1960s as it heads over to Mars and back. It's Philip Bono's Mars Glider concept
It’s Official, NASA’s Next Target for Human Crews Is Mars
3 Apr 2023, 11:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA creates the Moon to Mars Program Office aiming not only to advance lunar exploration, but pave the way for the first crewed mission to Mars