Webb Telescope Spots 650-Foot Asteroid 62 Million Miles Away, And It Wasn’t Even Trying
7 Feb 2023, 10:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / European scientists looking at calibration data from the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a 650 feet main belt asteroid, the smallest seen by the Webb
Space Agency Needs Your Help to Design Crucial Piece of Astronaut Equipment
6 Feb 2023, 14:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) launches a competition meant to come up with a new design for the spacesuits used by the continent's astronauts
JUICE Spacecraft Gearing up to Embark on ESA’s Largest Planetary Mission Ever
23 Jan 2023, 05:15 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The JUICE spacecraft is currently being transported from Europe to South America, where it will embark on its unique mission trip to Jupiter
We Need to Stop Treating Low Earth Orbit Like a Landfill, ESA Vows a Solution
22 Jan 2023, 18:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / "We want to establish a zero debris policy, which means if you bring a spacecraft into orbit, you have to remove it," Aschbacher declared.
NASA's Six-Wheeled Rover Drops First Sample Tube on Martian Soil
22 Dec 2022, 03:09 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's Perseverance rover has started to build a sample depot on the Red Planet. The rover dropped the first tube filled with rock on the surface of Mars
New Spacecraft in Development, Will Hide Behind Earth and Stalk Unsuspecting Comets
16 Dec 2022, 12:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency's Comet Interceptor is a spacecraft with no set target, will be placed in orbit waiting for the right one to come along
Artemis I Makes Rocket Science Look Easy, Sets Course for Return to Earth
5 Dec 2022, 20:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / All that's left now is the cruising stage back to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), followed by a de-orbit maneuver to get Orion back down to the Pacific Ocean safely
Think NASA's SLS Rocket is Bonkers? Block 1B Will Be Even More Insane
1 Dec 2022, 09:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The amount of hardware that NASA and the ESA plan to put on the Lunar surface and in its orbit will one day overwhelm the SLS's capabilities, NASA's prepared
ESA's ExoMars Rover Survives Russian Exodus With Boost in Funding, Will NASA Step In?
30 Nov 2022, 04:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The key issue of contention comes not from anything to do with ESA hardware but rather the vital landing component of the rover mission called the Kazachok
Artemis I's Orion Can't Stop Shattering Records, II and III's Will Be Even More Amazing
29 Nov 2022, 19:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As of right now, Artemis II is planning to take three Americans and one Canadian on the first circumnavigation of the Moon's orbit in decades
Artemis I's Orion Dazzles Scientists, Shatters Records as it Parks in Lunar Orbit
26 Nov 2022, 21:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Among these records also include the maiden launch of the most powerful super-heavy booster rocket ever assembled, as it Artemis I needed more credentials.
Stunning Mars Sample Return Video Made Us Forget About Artemis I for a While
18 Nov 2022, 07:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA releases an animation video showing how the Mars Sample Return mission will unfold over on the Red Planet, many steps required for success
Webb Shows a Baby Sun Being a Brat, Regular Joes Just See a Giant Cosmic Hourglass
17 Nov 2022, 13:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the latest Webb telescope images shows the early stages of a star in the Taurus star-forming region, as usual the pic is stunning
The Artemis I Launch Also Has Its Own Spotify Playlist With a Hidden Message
16 Nov 2022, 16:11 UTC · By: Monica Coman / It’s a big day for science, as Artemis I finally launched after nearly two months of waiting, which is a good cause to create a Spotify playlist
At Long Last, Artemis I Launches With Flying Colors, Proves the Haters Wrong
16 Nov 2022, 07:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With the pride of a nation on its back and several hundred tons of hydrogen fuel and oxidizer, the climax of of Artemis I didn't dissapoint
T-Minus Two Weeks: All Eyes on Artemis I as NASA Tries to Relaunch America's Moon Program
1 Nov 2022, 19:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With technical problems and weather-related snafus that affected a heck of a lot more than just space launches, Artemis I is setting up to try once again
Halloween Crack Is Not What It Sounds, Scare Potential Still There
31 Oct 2022, 09:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This Halloween, ESA brings back to everyone's mind the potential rising sea levels has of ruining this planet for us all
Artemis Accords: An Alliance to Take the World, Not Just the U.S., to the Moon and Beyond
23 Oct 2022, 00:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / These are the Artemis Accords, and they're here to ensure a geopolitically divided Moon, as feared by countless futurist philosophers, doesn't come to pass.
NASA DART Asteroid Impactor Mission Massively Successful, Sped Up Minor Planet's Orbit
12 Oct 2022, 20:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Several missions that tried to either land on, impact, or return samples from these mysterious bodies failed and have always been fraught with difficulties.
Moonlight Initiative Aims to Create a Network of Comms Satellites for Future Moon Mission
4 Oct 2022, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ESA is looking for help in creating a network of communications and navigation satellites to be deployed around the Moon.