Not Going Anywhere: Boeing Starliner First Crewed Launch Delayed Until at Least March 2024
8 Aug 2023, 15:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For the moment, March of 2024 is the absolute earliest point that Boeing expects Boe CFT to launch. But further delays aren't out of the question.
Step Aside Stratolaunch, the Conroy Virtus Had the Same Idea 45 Years Ago
4 Aug 2023, 11:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's likely because John Conroy was so forward-thinking in his aircraft designs that Scaled Composites could take the same basic idea and modernize it.
Lockheed Martin's DRACO Nuclear Spacecraft Will Be Insane, Set To Orbit By 2027
2 Aug 2023, 17:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Reducing transit time is vital for human missions to Mars to limit a crew's exposure to radiation," declared Kirk Shireman.
Oopsie: Voyager 2 Probe Loses Communication With Earth After Maneuvering Error
30 Jul 2023, 20:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For the moment, NASA has announced a temporary pause in communication attempts between mission control and the Voyager 2 mission.
It’s Time To Admit It, the Ingenuity Mars-Copter Is the Greatest Aircraft To Ever Fly
13 Jun 2023, 00:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / By just about every conceivable metric, Ingenuity is the embodiment of every achievement made in aeronautical engineering made by pioneers the world over
Delays With SpaceX's Starship Might Sandbag NASA's Planned Lunar Landing
8 Jun 2023, 22:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the meantime, NASA has already begun handing out service contracts for non-SpaceX vehicles to take on Moon-landing like Blue Origin's Blue Moon
Over-Budget, Over-Time, Totally Worth It: Why NASA’s "Ride-or-Die" With the SLS Rocket
1 Jun 2023, 04:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Most folks would have said that humans, in all likelihood, would never step foot on another heavenly body again 25 years ago. But look at things now.
50 Years Ago: NASA's Skylab Wrote the Playbook for the ISS
20 May 2023, 19:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / On the 50th anniversary of Skylab's launch aboard the Saturn V, let's take a look at what made Skylab the gold standard for space stations for the next 15years.
China Could Beat NASA's Artemis to the Moon, Here’s Why That Might Not Be a Bad Thing
14 May 2023, 19:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / What do you think? Does China have hope in heck of beating NASA to the Moon? Or are we giving a bunch of plastic mockups at a science convention too much credit
Rocketdyne XRS-2200: The Fascinating Story Behind the Coolest Rocket Engine Ever Built
24 Apr 2023, 23:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Among the handful of aerospikes ever manufactured, one king of the roost is routinely lauded as one of the finest ever built. This is the story of the XRS-2200.
SpaceX’s Starship Explosion Wasn’t a Failure at All, It’s a Landmark Day in Space History
22 Apr 2023, 01:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / From a certain point of view, the reaction to Starship's spectacular failure was even more significant in the unfolding saga of the second great space race.
SpaceX's Starship Explodes During First Orbital Launch, Back to Square One
20 Apr 2023, 16:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Words of encouragement from NASA's administrator Bill Nelson appear to indicate a friendly competition between the NASA and SpaceX
It’s Easy to Mock SpaceX Scrubbing Starship’s First Orbital Test, Here's Why You Shouldn’t
18 Apr 2023, 02:04 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Before you mock SpaceX as many did with NASA after its three back-to-back launch scrubs of Artemis I last year, we urge you to refrain from taking to Twitter
These Four Souls Will Bring Humans to the Moon On Artemis II, Here's Why Each Got the Call
3 Apr 2023, 19:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In an announcement by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the twin agencies announced they'd finished the selection process for the Artemis II mission.
Rolls-Royce Wants To Put a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2029, Has the Funding To Do It
19 Mar 2023, 20:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With the blessing of the ESA member state UK Space Agency, Rolls-Royce revealed that a new round of funding had been secured to build a Moon reactor
30 Years Ago, the ESA Almost Built Their Own Space Shuttle, Details Inside
18 Mar 2023, 20:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's hard to fathom the ESA venturing on their own to build a human-crewed re-useable space vehicle that didn't involve NASA or their own Space Shuttle
China's Crewed Moon Lander Vehicle Looks Mighty Impressive, NASA Says 'Bring It On!'
28 Feb 2023, 18:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In 2023, NASA and the Chinese CNSA are locked in a space race we were once told wasn't a repeat of the competition against the Soviets. Funny how that changed
The Last Airworthy Lockheed TriStar Airliner Spends Its Days Launching Rockets to Orbit
25 Feb 2023, 21:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As the last airworthy TriStar still kicking around, Stargazer spends its days launching space rockets instead of carrying tourists around.
Sea Dragon: A Long-Forgotten, 490-Foot Tall Rocket Concept Come to Life on Apple TV
24 Feb 2023, 21:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / oday, let's take a deep dive into the real-life and fictional exploits of Sea Dragon, the most ludicrous design for a booster rocket that was never built.
A Deep Dive Into VIPER, the Adorable NASA Moon Rover That Will Scout for Artemis Missions
16 Feb 2023, 19:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Should it survive, the VIPER rover will join the Chinese Yutu-2 rover as the only two active rovers on the lunar surface.