14 Apr 2021, 09:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Astrobotic says it selected SpaceX and the Falcon Heavy rocket for the launch of the Griffin lander carrying the NASA VIPER rover to the Moon in 2023
13 Apr 2021, 13:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / FarView is the name of a proposal for a lunar low-frequency radio observatory meant to look as far back as 370,000 years after the Big Bang
13 Apr 2021, 09:16 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Lockheed Martin, General Atomics and Blue Origin sign with DARPA to participate in the DRACO program for nuclear thermal propulsion system testing.
13 Apr 2021, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Northrop Grumman managed to dock the second Mission Extension Vehicle with an Intelsat satellite, opening the door to in-orbit servicing
13 Apr 2021, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA engineers working to find a fix for the issues of the Ingenuity helicopter, changes should be easy but their validation will take some time
12 Apr 2021, 12:07 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Only twelve people have set foot on the moon, and all of them have been men. Now it is the turn of the first person of color and first woman to make history.
12 Apr 2021, 11:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's NIAC program backs the Light Bender, a technology meant to capture the light from the Sun and then beam it to where it is needed on the Moon
12 Apr 2021, 07:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says the planned Ingenuity flight on April 11 did not take place on account of a watchdog timer expiration signalling a possible fault
11 Apr 2021, 05:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Researchers have developed a new wheel prototype that changes shape and tread at the push of a button, which makes it ideal for rovers and combat robots
10 Apr 2021, 15:58 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This drone is designed to mine off-world asteroids for goods like gold, platinum, and many others. Its design does not include an electric drive
10 Apr 2021, 06:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The research center offers regular missions to open-call crew, with the goal of conducting a wide range of psychological, medical and sustainability studies
9 Apr 2021, 14:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA makes the Ingenuity helicopter spin its blades for the first time on Mars, getting ready to take to the sky on April 11
9 Apr 2021, 13:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sensing with Independent Micro-Swimmers are tiny robots meant to be deployed in the under-surface oceans of Enceladus, Titan, or Europa
9 Apr 2021, 09:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A scientist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory envisions a floating transport system for the needs of the future base there
9 Apr 2021, 05:49 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How much of $166 billion can you senselessly spend in 30 seconds? Game aims to give you an idea of just how wealthy Musk is, on paper at least
8 Apr 2021, 15:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The borebots are part of a study meant to find ways to dig deeper under the surface of the Red Planet in search of signs of life
8 Apr 2021, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first flight of a helicopter on an alien planet is scheduled for the end of this week; NASA to air the developments on several media channels
8 Apr 2021, 11:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's OSIRIS spacecraft completed its last flyby of asteroid Bennu, Earth now waiting for the captured images to make it back home
7 Apr 2021, 14:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Academies of Sciences published a report saying how it is looking into ways to block the Sun should the need arise
7 Apr 2021, 13:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Gateway lunar space station will be powered by solar electric propulsion, a system that turns xenon into an exhaust plume