Parker Solar Probe: The Bugatti Chiron of NASA Space Probes, Six Decades in the Making
11 Dec 2022, 14:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The proposal for an ultra-high-speed space probe designed solely to study the atmosphere of our Sun stretches back to 1958 and the foundation of NASA itself.
NASA Tests Lunar 4G/5G LTE Communications Tech in Ancient Arizona Lava Field
8 Dec 2022, 17:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Such equipment can't just be tested on-sight at the Lunar surface. It needs years of testing here on Earth before NASA feels comfortable using it
Apollo 17 Crew Took Last Steps on the Moon 50 Years Ago This Month, It's Time to Go Back
7 Dec 2022, 00:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Before Artemis III brings the first woman and the first POC to meet the Lunar regolith in 2025, we ought to take a look back and appreciate the past
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
NASA Supercomputer Plots Detailed Map of Mysterious Black Hole Ejecta, Looks Psychedelic
1 Dec 2022, 05:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As is shown by an animation created by the results of over 100 NASA simulations, cosmic material swallowed by a black hole can be ejected into space
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.
Space Exploration; the Cost, the Emissions, and the Hypocrisy of It All
24 Nov 2022, 03:58 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / As space exploration has started to become a business-for-profit endeavor for some, it is making less sense with each and every launch
Watch Out, Great White North, SpaceX Starlink Now Available in All of Alaska and Canada
22 Nov 2022, 13:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In places like the tundras and forests of Alaska, there's often no practical way to maintain a high-speed internet connection. But no more thanks to SpaceX
Artemis I Nearly Complete With Days Long Drag Race to Lunar Orbit
20 Nov 2022, 16:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This outbound coasting phase may feel like an eternity compared to the breakneck pace of earlier stages. But rest assured, there's goodies on the other side
The First Human to Walk on the Moon in 53 Years Could Be Canadian, Here's How
18 Nov 2022, 23:37 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Under the plans for the Artemis II mission due to launch sometime in the Spring of 2024, Canadian national is set to fly around the Moon with three Americans.
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
Air Force Research Lab Inks Deal To Support Stratolaunch Talon-A Hypersonic Testbed
15 Nov 2022, 21:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Formed in 1997 and based out of Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, the Air Force Research Lab has its roots indating back to 1945
Sierra Space's Dream Chaser Looks Wicked on the Assembly Line, 1st Launch in February
14 Nov 2022, 20:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In recent photographs taken from Sierra Space's manufacturing facility, we see just how similar the nearly complete Dream Chaser appears compared to the Shuttle
NASA Issues Lunar Terrain Vehicle Contract Challenge, Prize is America's Next Moon Rover
4 Nov 2022, 00:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As for the moment, the Artemis III mission to take humans back to the Moon can't move forward until the first two missions return successfully.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket Roars to Life for First Time in Three Years, Works Flawlessly
1 Nov 2022, 20:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With over a dozen more launches due to take off before the year is out, there's a sense that, at least regarding cargo missions, SpaceX is the world's best
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
NASA's EMIT Studies 50 Methane "Super Emitters" From Space, Makes Lifted Trucks Look Green
26 Oct 2022, 20:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / According to NASA statistics, methane accounts for far less total emissions into the atmosphere than more common pollution like carbon dioxide, nitrogen, etc
NASA's Lucy Probe Takes Eerie Picture of Earth From Far Beyond the Moon's Orbit
26 Oct 2022, 01:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Lucy spacecraft was built by Lockheed Martin and launched from the Space Launch Complex 41 aboard a ULA Atlas 5 booster rocket on October 16th, 2021.
China's Next Generation Crewed Spacecraft Wants To Beat NASA's Orion to the Moon and Mars
25 Oct 2022, 04:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In truth, the whole business of what nation gets their new spacecraft to orbit first isn't nearly as important as it was years ago. This isn't the early 1960s