Space Junk
NASA Readies Ten Years Plan to Save the Earth from Killer Asteroids
21 Jun 2018, 07:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA publishes The National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan, meant to develop the tools and procedures for asteroid detection.
U.S. Military to Have Space Force Branch
19 Jun 2018, 14:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Donald Trump says he instructed the Pentagon to look into the creation of a sixth branch of the armed forces, a so called space force
Mumm Creates Space Champagne, Ideal for Zero Gravity
14 Jun 2018, 12:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar champagne will become available in September, probably be included in NASA flights to the Moon and Mars
Tennessee Woman Sues NASA to Keep Vial of Moon Dust Armstrong Gave Her
14 Jun 2018, 12:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Proactive law maintains conflicts can be resolved before they start, and Laura Cicco thinks NASA is coming for her memorabilia
NASA Flies Ikhana Drone in U.S. Controlled Air Space Without Chase Plane
13 Jun 2018, 11:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Predator-based drone flies for the first time over controlled air space without being accompanied by a chase aircraft.
UPDATE: Unprecedented Mars Dust Storm Might Have Killed the Opportunity Rover
13 Jun 2018, 08:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA to hold a press conference later in the day to announce the fate of the Opportunity rover as it battles an unprecedented dust storm
Opportunity Rover Fighting for Its Life During Huge Martian Sand Storm
11 Jun 2018, 06:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says the Opportunity rover is struggling to weather out a massive sand storm, and it managed to send a signal back to Earth on Sunday.
Did NASA’s Curiosity Rover Find Life on Mars?
8 Jun 2018, 06:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Curiosity rover makes exciting new discoveries that show the Red Planet might indeed have been teeming with life billions of years ago.
NASA’s Juno to Keep Spinning Around Jupiter Until 2021
7 Jun 2018, 14:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA extends Juno mission to Jupiter until 2021, says the time spent there was not enough for the probe to complete its tasks
NASA Reactivates New Horizons Probe for Ultima Thule Encounter
7 Jun 2018, 09:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA wakes the New Horizons probe to get it ready for the January encounter with a trans-Neptunian object called Ultima Thule.
NASA Delivers Brand New Astronaut to Orbit in Russian Soyuz Rocket
6 Jun 2018, 14:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Soyuz launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan went without a hitch, three astronaut en route to the space station.
NASA Curiosity Rover Restarts Sample Analysis in Onboard Labs
5 Jun 2018, 06:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's remote repairs on the malfunctioning Curiosity rover worked, the machine now capable to collect and analyse Martian rock samples.
New Rocket Design Burns Itself to Generate Thrust
4 Jun 2018, 14:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rockets made of fuel rods might be the next natural evolution of the technology, currently being tested by engineers in Europe
NASA Getting Ready to Start Mining Alien Planets
3 Jun 2018, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA awards contracts to ten private companies to develop the technologies needed for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU).
NASA Fires CubeSat Thrusters, Steers Towards Mars
2 Jun 2018, 07:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a course corrections for the main InSight mission, NASA fired the thrusters on the CubeSats to put them on the path to Mars.
Video Shows Richard Branson’s VSS Unity During Test Flight
31 May 2018, 14:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The second StarShipTwo, VSS Unity, is currently undergoing testing and on Monday it successfully completed its second powered flight.
Richard Branson’s SpaceShipTwo Aces New Supersonic Flight
30 May 2018, 07:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity successfully passes supersonic flight test, reaching Mach 1.9and a max altitude of 114,500 feet (35 km).
NASA Exoplanet Travel Bureau Offers Tours of Six Planets
28 May 2018, 07:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's website Exoplanet Travel Bureau offers tours of six planets discovered over the years with the help of the Kepler telescope.
NASA Curiosity Rover Back in Business Drilling Holes on Mars
25 May 2018, 09:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The repaired drill of NASA's Curiosity was put to the test last weekend as the rover collected the first rock sample in more than a year
Falcon 9 Incinerates Photographer’s Camera at Launch
24 May 2018, 08:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bill Ingalls is a photographers used to shooting rocket launches. This week's Falcon 9 pulled a number on one of his cameras.