Space Junk
NASA Spacecraft Ready to Head Back to Earth with a Piece of an Asteroid
31 Oct 2020, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA stowes the sample from asteroid Bennu inside the OSIRIS spacecraft, ready to begin the trip home as soon as the window opens in March 2021
A Chicken Nugget Was Launched into Space, Because Why Not
22 Oct 2020, 08:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Iceland Foods Ltd. celebrated its 50th anniversary by sending its most popular frozen item into Near Space, with help from the Sent Into Space marketing agency
This Rover Can Split in Two Like a Space Transformer Made on Earth
14 Oct 2020, 12:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA DuAxel is a special kind of rover that can split in have to explore otherwise difficult terrain like crater walls, pits, scarps, vents
Falcon 9 Glitch Pushes Crew Dragon ISS Mission to November
12 Oct 2020, 15:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Off-nominal behavior of Falcon 9 first stage engine gas generators pushes Crew Dragon Crew-1 mission to mid-November from late October
Tesla Roadster and Starman Make First Close Approach With Mars
11 Oct 2020, 07:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / SpaceX confirms Roadster’s progress, which is now closer to Mars than it is to Earth, at under 5 million miles (8 million km)
Boeing Starliner Crewed Flight Test Set for 2021, Astronaut Replaced
10 Oct 2020, 05:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In June 2021 the Boeing Starliner will take off with people on board in its first crewed test flight to the International Space Station
NASA Begins Moonwalk Training for Artemis Lunar Missions
3 Oct 2020, 08:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA begins looking into the ways to train its astronauts for the moonwalks they're supposed to do once they reach the Moon in 2024
3D Printing the Moon Base Could Start with ICON Olympus Project
3 Oct 2020, 05:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 3D printing specialist ICON awarded a NASA contract to research possible solutions of building the lunar base through such means
Artemis III Moon Mission Gets Real, Orion Capsule Contracts Assigned to Europe
29 Sep 2020, 09:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ArianeGroup is tasked with providing 24 attitude control engines and more for the Orion capsule that will take humans back on the Moon
NASA’s New and Improved Space Toilet Is Ready for Takeoff
28 Sep 2020, 06:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The new space toilet will be heading to the ISS next month, to undergo testing by the astronauts. NASA hopes to be able to use it future mission to the Moon
SLS Rocket Has Fire Running Through Its Veins, Animation Shows
26 Sep 2020, 05:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Animation shows inside one of the boosters that will make up the Space Launch System Rocket, hardware to launch Orion spaceship to the Moon
AI-Powered Boeing Loyal Wingman Drone Powers Up Its Engine, First Flight Coming
15 Sep 2020, 15:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft getting ready for its first test flight with the Royal Australian Air Force probably by the end of the year
NASA to 3D Print Rocket Parts with Metal Powder and Lasers
14 Sep 2020, 15:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A NASA project called Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology seeks to use 3D printing to create rocket parts for the Artemis program
Watching This Falcon 9 Launch Is Like Riding a Rocket as You Would a Horse
10 Sep 2020, 12:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Falcon 9 SAOCOM 1B launch at the end of August was shot with a booster onboard camera, shows incredible footage of launch and landing
Space Launch System Booster Test Fire Shakes the Ground in Utah
3 Sep 2020, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A Space Launch System booster test fire took place this week in Utah, as NASA is trying to see how this element of the Moon rocket performs
Musk Really Wants a Mars City, Danger of Death Pales Compared to Shot at Glory
1 Sep 2020, 15:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Elon Musk says any human adventure on Mars comes with a good chance "you'll die," still has plans to settle the Red Planet
Martian Dust Devil Briefly Dances in Front of Curiosity’s Cameras
31 Aug 2020, 15:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mars Curiosity rover catches on camera the dance of a small dust devil in the Gale crater, whirlwind moving from left to right
Secret Boeing X-37B Spaceplane Gets Award for Record 2+ Years in Space
14 Aug 2020, 11:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing X-37B Spaceplane awarded the 2019 Collier award by the National Aeronautic Association for its record stay of 780 days in space
World’s First Helicopter to Travel to Space Powers Up En Route to Mars
14 Aug 2020, 09:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA powers for the first time a helicopter in space, the Ingenuity Mars helicopter that hitched a ride alongside the Perseverance rover
NASA Commander Chris Cassidy Is Making Music Videos from Space
7 Aug 2020, 10:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The members of Expedition 63, currently underway on the International Space Station, would like to remind everyone that “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive”