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NASA Wants More Habitable Platforms in Space
9 Aug 2018, 13:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA wants to pour some millions into studies that will show how to create a functional commercial chain in low-Earth orbit
NASA Invests in Private Lunar Landing Technologies
9 Aug 2018, 08:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA announced a new investment in private projects meant to create new space exploration tech, including a new lunar lander
Mars 2020 Rover Nuclear Power Generator Enters Testing Stages
8 Aug 2018, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Department of Energy begins fuelling and testing of the nuclear generator that will power the Mars 2020 rover for its mission on Mars.
NASA InSight Lander Now Half Way to Mars
7 Aug 2018, 11:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says the InSight mission has passed the middle of its journey, the lander expected to make contact with Mars on November 26.
SpaceX Block 5 Falcon 9 Aces Second Launch And Landing
7 Aug 2018, 07:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX relaunches the Block 5 Falcon for the first time, the rocket successfully delivered its payload and landed on a drone-ship
These Are the Names of the SpaceX and Boeing Astronauts
4 Aug 2018, 06:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA reveals the names of the nine men and women who will be tasked wtih testing and flying the Boeing and SpaceX capsules on their first missions to space.
The Race Is On: SpaceX and Boeing Manned Capsule Flights Get Official Names
3 Aug 2018, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA reveals the names of the SpaceX and Boeing manned flights of their Crew Dragon and Starliner, launches to take place in 2019.
Starliner Capsule Manned Flight Delayed to 2019 by Boeing
2 Aug 2018, 14:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing will delay the first uncrewed Starliner capsule flight scheduled for this August due to an "anomaly" with the engine's valves.
Boeing to Design Autonomous Aircraft at MIT
2 Aug 2018, 13:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing and Aurora Flight Sciences create the Aerospace & Autonomy Center, tasked with developing flying autonomous aircraft.
NASA Mission to The Sun Getting Ready For Launch
2 Aug 2018, 08:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says it finished final procedures in the clean room for the Parker Solar Probe and it will now pair it to a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket
Blue Origin Gets Indefinite-Quantity NASA Contract for Suborbital Flights
1 Aug 2018, 12:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA selects four companies, including Blue Origin, to integrate and fly technology payloads to commercial reusable suborbital platforms
JPL's Open Source Rover Project Lets You Build Your Own Martian Rover
1 Aug 2018, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / JPL is trying to make students design their own rover for planetary exploration by launching the Open Source Rover Project
Virgin Galactic Spaceship Breaks Mach 2, Reaches Mesosphere for the First Time
30 Jul 2018, 13:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new test flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity saw the vehicle rise 170,800 feet at apogee, reaching the Earth's Mesosphere.
NASA Says Water on Mars Claim Needs Further Proof
28 Jul 2018, 09:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following last week's ESA revelations, NASA says further reseacrh is needed to definitely say liquid water exists underneath the Martian surface
Blue Origin Shows New Shepard Crew Capsule with Largest Windows Ever in Space
28 Jul 2018, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / First video showing the interior of the New Shepard space capsule was released by Blue Origin, showing the largest windows ever in space.
NASA Working on Robots Capable of Fixing Satellites in Space
20 Jul 2018, 13:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center currently testing Restore-L, the agency's proposal for an autonomous repair spacecraft
French Aerospace Lab to Make Sonic Boom Predictions for NASA
19 Jul 2018, 13:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA tasks a French aerospace lab with finding ways to determining where sonic booms will be heard as supersonic aircraft fly over land
NASA Delays Mission to the Sun
19 Jul 2018, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA will not be launching the Parker Solar Probe on its mission to the Sun after it found several glitches in need of fixing
Blue Origin Launches New Shepard in Successful Escape Test
19 Jul 2018, 09:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Blue Origin launches the New Shepard for the ninth time, both the booster and the capsule managed to land safely after the flight
Drone Footage Shows SpaceX Giant Net Testing on the Water
17 Jul 2018, 13:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX is conducting high speed tests of the new net installation on the Mr. Steven ship that will be used to catch the Falcon 9 fairing later this month.