Space Junk
NASA Gives Opportunity Until January to Respond, Mission to End If It Doesn’t
3 Sep 2018, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA official says the final deadline for the Opportunity rover to respond might be the end of January 2019, plug to be pulled after that.
SpaceX Martian Colony to Grow Around The Big Falcon Rocket
31 Aug 2018, 14:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX says the Big Falcon Rocket which will bring humans to Mars will act as their initial home in the early days of colonisation.
Photo of Asteroid Bennu Taken by OSIRIS
31 Aug 2018, 13:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer takes photo of asteroid Bennu.
NASA Calls Opportunity Three Times a Week, No Response
31 Aug 2018, 10:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA still unable to contact the Opportunity rover following the largest dust storm recorded on Mars in several decades.
ISS Soyuz Oxygen Leak Repaired
31 Aug 2018, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Soyuz commander Sergey Prokopyev epoxy sealant to plug a two millimeters hole in the International Space Station and stop an oxygen leak.
See Space Shuttle Discovery in Google Virtual Tour
31 Aug 2018, 07:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Google releases a 360 degree virtual tour of the space shuttle Discovery, with the crew of the STS-31 mission acting as tour guides.
Mike Pence Pledges $500 Million to Put Americans in Lunar Orbit by 2024
24 Aug 2018, 15:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mike Pence revealed that the U.S. has been paying the Russians $82 million for every American sent to space in the Soyuz capsule.
SpaceX Fueling Method with Astronauts On Board Gets Thumbs up From NASA
22 Aug 2018, 15:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says it decided to move forward with the load-and-go fueling technique for SpaceX's Falcon, final decision to be made at a later date.
NASA Installs Largest Ever Heat Shield on Orion Spacecraft
22 Aug 2018, 13:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle got its heat shield this month, taking another huge step towards its first mission to the Moon
Stratolaunch Pegasus to Fly in 2020, More Spacecraft to Follow
22 Aug 2018, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Stratolaunch says it is working on four horizontal launch vehicles, the first of them to begin regular flights as soon as 2020.
OSIRIS Spacecraft Approaches Asteroid Bennu for Sample Return Mission
21 Aug 2018, 12:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA to announce new developments in the OSIRIS-Rex asteroid sample return mission in a press conference to be held on Friday.
NASA InSight Lander Takes a Selfie in Space
21 Aug 2018, 09:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA asks the InSight lander to take a selfie of the inside of the spacecraft's backshell while engineers are testing its instruments.
Frozen Water at the Moon’s Poles Confirmed
21 Aug 2018, 06:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Using the Moon Mineralogy Mapper currently on site, scientists were able to confirm the presence of frozen water at the Moon's poles.
NASA Begins Powering Parker Solar Probe Instruments
20 Aug 2018, 11:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After one week in space, NASA begins powering up the instrument suites on the Parker Solar Probe, getting it ready for its mission.
ISO Readies First Ever Standard for Small Spacecraft
17 Aug 2018, 14:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Small spacecraft manufacturing and operation will from now on be governed by the new ISO/TS 20991 standard adopted this week.
Opportunity Rover Now in a Coma, Needs Your Love to Wake Up
17 Aug 2018, 07:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA not giving up on the Opportunity Rover, gives fans the opportunity to create best wishes postcards for the machine.
NASA Explains How The Parker Solar Probe Will Not go Straight For The Sun
16 Aug 2018, 13:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA releases a video detailing the route the Parker Solar Probe will be taking to get close to the Sun in the coming years
Opportunity Rover Still Lost on Mars as Huge Dust Storm Subsides
13 Aug 2018, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA still trying to get in touch with the Opportunity rover, nearly two months after it lost contact due to a severe dust storm on Mars
NASA Going for the Sun with Fastest Spacecraft in History
13 Aug 2018, 06:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Parker Solar Probe left Earth on Sunday, accelerating towards the Sun until it will reach the fastest speed ever for man-made object, 430,000 mph.
Donald Trump Outlines Steps to Create the United States Space Force
10 Aug 2018, 08:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mike Pence and the White House detail the plans for the creation of the U.S. Space Force and the structures required to support it.