Advanced Gemini: The Little Known Spacecraft Concept That Could Have Outshined Apollo
6 Jun 2022, 17:52 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This is the curious case of a NASA initiative referred to as Advanced Gemini. The little-known project that would have put the Gemini program on steroids.
This NASA Spacecraft Could Have Put Americans on the Moon in 2018, But Congress Stepped In
5 Jun 2022, 08:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Just like that, the most promising Lunar Lander spacecraft in almost 50 years was all but dead in the water. Leaving NASA to start all over again.
NASA's Space Launch System Almost Never Got Off the Ground, Here's Its Wild Story
2 Jun 2022, 06:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Announced in 2017, the Artemis Program is an initiative rewriting the playbook for manned beyond Earth exploration. But it nearly never happened at all.
Japan Will Send Real-Life Transformer to the Moon in Star Wars-Like Lunar Droid
29 Mar 2022, 11:48 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / The SORA-Q robot was co-developed by a company called TakaraTomy, best known for creating the original Transformers toys
Rocket Lab Set to Launch Astroscale Satellite, Will Demo New Space Debris Removal Tech
23 Sep 2021, 19:22 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Rocket Lab's Electron rocket will carry Astroscale's ADRAS-J satellite into orbit. Once deployed, the satellite will demo new space debris removal tech
ELSA-d Satellite Has a Magnetic Appetite for Space Junk, Aces Its First Capture in Orbit
26 Aug 2021, 02:47 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On August 25th, Astroscale announced that its orbital debris removal satellite has tested for the first time its ability to capture a spacecraft in space.
Terminator Tape Draws Satellites Back to Earth Faster to Their Fiery Doom
23 Aug 2021, 21:52 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, has successfully proven its Terminator Tape ability to safely and quickly de-orbit an inactive satellite.
Elon Musk's Starship Could Be the Pacman of Space and "Chomp Up" the Space Junk
7 Jul 2021, 11:04 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On Saturday, July 4th, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to say that the company's Starship spacecraft might "chomp up" space debris in the future.
BFG Sleeping Compartment Is a Student Design Already Tested by ISS Astronauts
28 Jun 2021, 07:15 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This sleeping module is designed for future space missions and includes a modular design, allowing it to be stored when not in use; it's been tested on the ISS
Oribtal Space Junk Hits ISS Robotic Arm, Leaves a Hole in the Process
31 May 2021, 12:19 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The ISS took a hit last week from a small piece of space debris. The impact left a hole in the space station's robotic arm
4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Crashes Through Man’s Roof, Is Worth $1.8 Million
18 Nov 2020, 12:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Josua Hutagalung from Indonesia was working at home when a large chunk of a bigger meteorite landed next to his house, drilling a hole in his roof
ISS Deploys First Space Debris Removal Tool
22 Jun 2018, 13:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / RemoveDebris platform has been deployed from the International Space Station, first test expected to begin in later this fall
SpaceX Hauls Harpoon to Orbit to Hunt Space Junk
3 Apr 2018, 07:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Astronauts to test new space junk clearing systems, including a harpoon based on which would allow for the removal of dead satellites.