Space Junk
Artemis II Moon Mission Gets Real as Mobile Launcher Rolls to the Pad
17 Aug 2023, 10:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA completed acoustic testing of the Artemis II Orion spaceship, now in the process of rolling the SLS rocket's mobile launcher to the pad.
CGI Shows How China's Space Station Looks Like in Orbit
16 Aug 2023, 14:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new video published by space tech specialist Hazegrayart puts the Chinese Tiangong space station into perspective and in virtual orbit.
Ancient Glacier Leaves Its Mark on Mars' Surface, This Is How Ice Once Flowed There
16 Aug 2023, 11:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo of Mars snapped by the HiRISE spacecraft shows a region of the planet when sometime in the distant past a glacier may have flowed
NASA's STEREO-A Probe Buzzes By Earth After 17 Years Studying the Sun
14 Aug 2023, 19:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Based in large part on the observations made by the STEREO probes, NASA scientists hope to estimate the next peak of the solar maximum cycle is about to hit.
Webb Telescope Unravels More Mysteries of the Most Distant Star Ever Discovered
11 Aug 2023, 10:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The James Webb Space Telescope looks at the most distant star ever discovered, WHL0137-LS Earendel, shining from almost 13 billion years in the past
Firefly Elytra Is the Space SUV You Never Knew We Needed
9 Aug 2023, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space company Firefly introduces a new family of space logistics vehicles called Elytra, first flight scheduled for 2024
Not Going Anywhere: Boeing Starliner First Crewed Launch Delayed Until at Least March 2024
8 Aug 2023, 15:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For the moment, March of 2024 is the absolute earliest point that Boeing expects Boe CFT to launch. But further delays aren't out of the question.
Martian Days Are Getting Shorter as the Planet Speeds Up
8 Aug 2023, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Team of scientists looking at InSight lander data discovered the Red Planet is accelerating the speed of its rotation making local days shorter.
NASA Clears 4th Private Mission to the International Space Station for 2024
7 Aug 2023, 11:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA said it agreed to a fourth private space mission to the International Space Station, this one too to be handled by Axiom Space
NASA's Commander Moonikin Campos Now Has to Survive 19 G Acceleration Tests
7 Aug 2023, 09:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA gave an update on the whereabouts and dealings of the Commander Moonikin Campos test dummy, the tool used to advance Artemis safety standards
Airbus to Help Build the Successor of the ISS, Starlab Space Station
3 Aug 2023, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Airbus announced the creation of a joint venture with Voyager Space for the development of the Starlab space station
Blue Origin's Idea of Turning Moondust Into Solar Cells Gets $35 Million NASA Funding
1 Aug 2023, 09:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA awarded Blue Origin a $35 million helping hand for the development of the Blue Alchemist tech for lunar in-situ resource utilization
Engines Meant for Upcoming Moon Space Station Enter New Testing Stage
13 Jul 2023, 07:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have begun a new series of test for the engines of the Gateway space station, the so-called Advanced Electric Propulsion System
Moon Astronauts Will Ride These Electric Canoos Before Boarding Space Rockets
12 Jul 2023, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA announced it finally took delivery of the electric vehicles that will be used to transport Moon astronauts to their rockets for launch
NASA Takes a Journey Billions of Years Into the Past and Across 5,000 Galaxies
11 Jul 2023, 12:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA released a short video based on findings of the James Webb Space Telescope as part of the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science program
NASA Flips Spacesuit Designs for Use Both in Space and on the Moon
11 Jul 2023, 08:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is now having Axiom and Collins design other versions of their respective lunar and orbital spacesuits as it seeks to ensure redundancies
Webb Pinpoints Oldest Active Black Hole, Won't Hold the Record for Long
10 Jul 2023, 13:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The James Webb Space Telescope is now credited with discovering the oldest and most distant black hole we know of in this Universe
Water-Hunting Moon Rover Shows It Can Safely Exit a Lander and Start Its 100-Day Mission
5 Jul 2023, 07:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA completes lander egress tests of the VIPER Moon rover, moving one step closer to the launch of a gear that'll help us find water up there
Saturn's Rings Look Like Light Strips in Amazing Webb Telescope First Infrared Image
4 Jul 2023, 07:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first infrared image of Saturn snapped by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows the gas giant like you've never seen it before
Space Mission Launches in July to Find Out Why the Universe's Expansion Is Gaining Speed
30 Jun 2023, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Europeans Space Agency and NASA will launch the Euclid telescope next month using a SpaceX rocket, it will look at Universe expansion