NASA Working on Drone Tech to Fight Wildfires, The FAA Joins In
25 Apr 2024, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA partners with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to work on drones that could be used to fight wildfires
NASA Is Locking People Up and Telling Them They're Astronauts Heading for Mars
22 Apr 2024, 11:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA is about to start the second simulated mission to Mars in the Human Exploration Research Analog in Houston
$3.35 Billion NASA Drone Gets Final Approval to Study the Surface of Saturn's Moon Titan
17 Apr 2024, 12:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA finally confirmed the Dragonfly drone mission to Saturn's moon Titan, total cost of the project is $3.35 billion
Is Toyota Going to the Moon? Japan-Made Pressurized Rover to Fly on Artemis Missions
15 Apr 2024, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA and its Japanese counterpart JAXA signed an agreement to use a pressurized rover on the Moon during Artemis missions
NASA's New Solar Sail Spacecraft Will Shine So Bright We'll See It From Earth
13 Apr 2024, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA is getting ready to launch a new solar sail prototype that promises to revolutionize research in this field
NASA Needs New Space Shuttle Engines Despite No Space Shuttle Still Flying
8 Apr 2024, 10:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA said it has completed a series of tests needed to clear the production of new RS-25 space shuttle engines for the SLS rocket
The Most Extreme Artemis Moon Rover Has Deformable Wheels and a Size to Impress
5 Apr 2024, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The third company competing for NASA's Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle contract is Venturi Astrolab. Its rover is called FLEX and is the biggest of all entries
Someone Is Building a Race Car Rover for the Moon, And They Have NASA's Blessing
4 Apr 2024, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the Moon rover designs selected by NASA for the Artemis program is called Moon Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover (RACER)
General Motors Could Send the Ultium EV Battery to the Moon on the Lunar Dawn Space Truck
4 Apr 2024, 07:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the three contenders for the NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle contract is Lunar Outpost and its partners, including carmaker GM
NASA Cherry-Picks the Companies to Make the Artemis Moon SUV, Big Names Are on the List
4 Apr 2024, 06:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced this week the names of the companies taking point in the development of new Lunar Terrain Vehicle
White House Orders NASA To Devise a Moon Time Standard for Future Space Missions
3 Apr 2024, 09:35 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The Space Agency is to work on a Lunar Time Coordinated system to be used as a reference for Moon explorations and other outer space explorations
World's First-Ever Moon Rover With Headlights Also Packs an Extreme Set of Camera Eyes
2 Apr 2024, 18:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American agency NASA announced the mast carrying cameras, headlights, and antennas is now installed on the VIPER Moon rover.
Blue Origin Tests Life Support System for the Orbital Reef Space Station
1 Apr 2024, 13:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA seems pleased with the life support system designed by Blue Origin for the Orbital Reef space station
Powerful Spacecraft Impact Turned Squashed Ball-Shaped Asteroid Into an Oblong Watermelon
30 Mar 2024, 00:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new study into the effects of the DART spacecraft impact on the Dimorphos asteroid show the strike was much more powerful than initially believed
NASA Reveals First Instruments Human Hands Will Directly Install on the Moon in 2026
27 Mar 2024, 11:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA revealed this week the first three science instruments that will go to the Moon on the Artemis III mission
NASA to Launch Rockets at the Moon's Shadow During Solar Eclipse
26 Mar 2024, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA will launch three sounding rockets into the atmosphere during the solar eclipse to see what the event does to the ionosphere
How to Take NASA-Style Photos of the Great North American Eclipse and Not Lose Your Sight
22 Mar 2024, 19:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA gives a few pointers on how safely take photos of the Great North American Eclipse taking place in April
NASA Will Say Who Is Making the Crew-Rated Moon Rover for Artemis Missions on April 3
21 Mar 2024, 11:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA said it will reveal the names of the companies which will be making the Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle on April 3
For 30 Minutes in February the Moon Had a Functional Position Beacon
19 Mar 2024, 15:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / During the Intuitive Machines mission one the Lunar Node-1 position beacon sent data to the Deep Space Network for a total of 30 minutes
Lifting Body Aircraft Could Be Used to Study the Atmosphere of Giant Alien Planets
19 Mar 2024, 14:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is looking into the possibility of using lifting body aircraft as probes to study the atmosphere of alien worlds, plans flight tests later in March