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
Ready or Not, Here Comes the Lunar IceCube and You Can't Hide, Dear Moon Water
10 Aug 2022, 12:43 UTC · By: Camelia Bistrae / Integrated into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Lunar IceCube is the satellite that will closely investigate the lunar ice dynamics on the Moon's surface.
This TBIRD Is Not Some Fancy New Ford, But NASA’s Fastest Laser Link From Space
26 May 2022, 11:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and its partners just launched the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery CubeSat, hopes to demonstrate fast laser data link from space
Cygnus Spacecraft Ready for Destructive Re-Entry, to Release Satellites First
30 Jun 2021, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Northrop Grumman Cygnus spaceship has separated from the International Space Station, getting ready to burn in the atmosphere
NASA Using CubeSats to Test Nascent Spacecraft Technology
5 Apr 2021, 14:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Payload Accelerator for CubeSat Endeavors (PACE) is how NASA calls an initiative meant to speed up the testing and validation of space tech
Russians Plan to Deploy Billboards in Orbit So You’ll Never Miss an Ad Again
25 Jan 2019, 11:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Russian company plans to deploy a grid of CubeSats in orbit to act as a gigantic orbital billboard for ads, entertainment and emergencies
NASA InSight Ready to Hit the Martian Atmosphere at 12,300 MPH
22 Nov 2018, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's InSight lander is scheduled to begin its descent to Mars on Monday, November 26. NASA will know within minutes if all worked as planned
InSight Mars Landing to Air Live on November 26
14 Nov 2018, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA to broadcast the landing of the InSight mission on Mars on November 26 from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California
CubeSat Tracking the NASA InSIght Mission Take First Photo of Mars
23 Oct 2018, 15:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the two CubeSats accompanying the InSight mission to Mars took a phot of the Red Planet from 8 million miles (12.8 million km) away.
Watch A Net Capture a Satellite in Space
21 Sep 2018, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Raw video shows the moment when a net is deployed from the RemoveDebris platform to catch a satellite as part of an orbit cleanup research.
Virgin Cosmic Girl Gets Fitted with Rocket-Carrying Bracket
3 Sep 2018, 09:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Orbit fits the LauncherOne bracket on the Boeing 747 airplane it calls Cosmic Girl, captive flight tests to follow.
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.
DARPA Looks for Cargo for the Launch Challenge Competition
13 Jul 2018, 14:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Unscheduled rocket launches with a quick turnaround is now being targeted by DARPA through the Launch Challenge competition
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.
NASA CubeSat Wall-E Sends Back Shot of Earth Taken on the Way to Mars
16 May 2018, 06:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA CubeSat Wall-E sends back a photo of our planet, taken from 621,371 miles (1 million kilometers) away as it heads for Mars.
NASA’s Wall-E and Eva Call Home from Space
7 May 2018, 07:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's InSight mission took off this weekend heading for Mars. The two accompanying satellites, MarCO-A and MarCO-B, sent their first signals home
NASA Sends Wall-E and Eva Scouts to Track InSIght Mission
20 Apr 2018, 09:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two CubeSat satellites to track NASA's InSight mission in space and document the lander's entry into the Martian atmosphere.