Comms System Linking to the Center of the Universe Turned 60 and You Didn't Even Know It
27 Dec 2023, 10:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Deep Space Network space communication system celebrated its 60th anniversary this Christmas Eve, many upgrades loom on the horizon
Starship Moon Lander Elevator Looks Like a Simple Metal Cage Dangling on a Cable
22 Dec 2023, 12:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA reveals a few details about the elevator that will carry astronauts from inside the Starship Moon lander and to the surface, it's surprisingly simple
Multiple NASA Drones Fly on Their Own Beyond the Reach and Control of Humans
22 Dec 2023, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency flies an undisclosed number of drones in fully autonomous mode beyond a visual line of sight for the first time
NASA's Rotating Detonation Engine Screams Like an Alien When Fired for Record Burn
21 Dec 2023, 10:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced it reached a new milestone in the testing of the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE), firing it for over four minutes
NASA Looking To Reinvent the Core of Jet Engines, Moves HyTEC Program Into Phase 2
21 Dec 2023, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA is moving forward with the Phase 2 of the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core program, GE Aersopace selected for the task
NASA Study Shows 17 Planets Outside Our Solar System May Have Habitable Oceans
21 Dec 2023, 07:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A team of NASA scientists looked at 17 exoplanets and found they might have large habitable water oceans underneath a crust of ice
Poisonous Molecule That's Key to Life Was Found on Distant Moon
20 Dec 2023, 13:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A news study of Cassini data of Saturn moon Enceladus reveals the presence of hydrogen cyanide. a precursor of amino acids
NASA Doesn't Trust Itself Enough to Let AI Drive a Rover on the Moon
20 Dec 2023, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shares a few more details on the System Health Enabled Real-time Planning Advisor AI that helps it plan the VIPER Moon mission
Dream Chaser Spaceplane Getting Ready for First Mission, Here Are All the Juicy Bits
19 Dec 2023, 13:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American space agency and contractor Sierra Space are planning the first flight of the Dream Chaser spaceplane in the first half of next year
The Era of Space Lasers Is Coming, And There's No Stopping It
18 Dec 2023, 15:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA said last week it made the first laser data connection between hardware on the International Space Station and an orbital relay
Brown Dwarf Star Is So Small It Could Be a Planet, Plus a Molecule That Shouldn't Be There
15 Dec 2023, 13:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new study into James Webb data reveals three brown dwarf stars in the Perseus star forming region, one of them is the smallest discovered so far
The Sun Is About to Kill a Space Telescope That Protects Our Planet, There's No Saving It
14 Dec 2023, 11:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Increased solar activity will cause the NEOWISE telescope to drop so low in Earth's atmosphere by 2025 that it will become unusable
Ares: NASA's Canceled Super-Heavy Rocket That Didn't Make Practical Sense
14 Dec 2023, 04:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This is the story of NASA's Ares-class super-heavy lift vehicle. Before SLS, this was the booster rocket slated to bring humanity back beyond low-Earth orbit.
Psyche Spacecraft Opens Its Eyes for the First Time in Space and All It Sees Is This
7 Dec 2023, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA released the first mosaic image of the deep space as seen through the two cameras of the asteroid-hunting Psyche spacecraft
SHERPA the AI Will Help NASA's First Lunar Rover Find Its Way Around the Moon
5 Dec 2023, 14:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is using artificial intelligence to plan and execute the upcoming Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Moon mission
Webb Telescope Shows There Are More Rocky Planets in the Sky Than Dreamt of by Our Species
5 Dec 2023, 13:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new study of James Webb Space Telescope findings point to rocky planets being able to form in much more extreme environments than previously believed
NASA Goes Over the Limits in Testing Artemis Rocket Engines, RS-25s Hold
4 Dec 2023, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced the completion of the third-of-12 certification tests for the Artemis V moon rocket engines
Mission to the Only Place Besides Earth That Has Rivers and Lakes Postponed by One Year
4 Dec 2023, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA pushed the launch of the Titan Dragonfly mission to 2028, postpones formal confirmation until next year
Humans Have Been Going to Mars for 60 Years, But They've Never Seen It Like This Before
29 Nov 2023, 16:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA released a never-before-seen image of Mars showing the planet's curvature and atmosphere as seen from the Mars Odyssey Orbiter
Almost 900,000 Humans Are Going to Jupiter's Moon Europa in Name
28 Nov 2023, 13:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA will launch in October of next year the Europa Clipper mission, sending with it to Jupiter close to 900,000 human names.