Star Citizen: A Space Trade/Combat Game, Now With a Gigantic Floating City
9 Aug 2021, 15:28 UTC · By: Cosmin Vasile / The highest crowdfunded game is getting a new landing zone amongst the clouds, a $200 transport ship, and a bucketload of new gameplay features
LEGO Version of the James Webb Telescope Is Spot On, It Even Folds for Launch
9 Aug 2021, 13:38 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / An astronomer was so taken with the James Webb Space Telescope that he built a LEGO model of it, incorporating all its major components and subsystems.
Astronauts on the Space Station Held Their Own Olympics, Had Some Unique Games
9 Aug 2021, 07:44 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The Olympic Games are universal, so there's no reason why you can't hold them in space. Zero gravity is no excuse, as the astronauts on the ISS have proven.
NASA Will Pay You to Pretend You Live on Mars for a Full Year
7 Aug 2021, 06:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The first one-year analog simulation at the Mars Dune Alpha Habitat starts in the fall of 2022, and NASA wants you to apply for one of the four jobs
Astronauts’ Future Home on Mars Could Look Like This 3D-Printed Habitat
6 Aug 2021, 16:18 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA awarded a contract to Texas-based 3D printing company ICON to construct a simulated habitat using its 3D printing system Vulcan.
ESA Successfully Demonstrates Next-Generation Powerful Spacecraft “Brain”
6 Aug 2021, 09:07 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The European Space Agency is pioneering an innovative mission control system that will allow the biggest missions to be operated in a new, collaborative way.
NASA Curiosity Rover Celebrates Its Ninth Year on Mars Today
5 Aug 2021, 16:36 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Nine years ago, on August 5th, NASA's Curiosity rover was landing on Mars. Ever since its touchdown, the rover provided crucial data to scientists
ESA’s Rocket Tank Made of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Is a Real Game-Changer
4 Aug 2021, 11:40 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The European Space Agency has demonstrated the efficiency of an innovative material for rocket tanks, and plans to further test it on the Phoebus demonstrator.
NASA’s Lucy Ready for the First-Ever 4 Billion-Mile Journey to Fossil Asteroids
3 Aug 2021, 08:24 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / NASA's spacecraft Lucy is getting ready to perform a pioneering journey that will reveal, for the first time, the secrets of fossil asteroids.
Here Is a Golden Replica of the Watch That Went on the Moon Five Decades Ago
2 Aug 2021, 16:35 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / 50 years ago, Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott took a Bulova watch with him to the Moon. To mark the historic moment, the watchmaker released a golden replica.
Two Spacecraft Are Set to Have a Double Meeting With Our Hellish Neighbour Venus
2 Aug 2021, 14:45 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The European Space Agency (ESA) is getting ready to witness a historic moment for space exploration: two spacecraft will have a double Venus flyby.
UK’s New Space Command to Advance the Defense’s Strategic Space Capabilities
2 Aug 2021, 07:22 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / UK officially launched its new Space Command, a department that will play a major role in advancing Britain's role in space and enhancing its defense strategy.
Sorry Jeff Bezos, You Can't Get to the Moon Yet
31 Jul 2021, 18:23 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The U.S. Government Accountability Office has officially dismissed Bezos' appeal over NASA's decision to award Elon Musk's SpaceX a lunar lander contract.
What Would Happen If Jupiter Went Rogue and Destroyed All the Other Planets?
31 Jul 2021, 06:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An imagination exercise shows what would happen if for some reason the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, would devour all others
Astronauts Watch How a Chunk of Their Home Turns Into a Fireball
28 Jul 2021, 14:17 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On Monday, July 26th, astronauts had to say goodbye to one of the oldest ISS space modules. They watched how the Pirs module burned out in the atmosphere.
Orbex Satellite Delivery System Runs World’s Largest 3D Printed Rocket Engine
28 Jul 2021, 09:15 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / Orbex is at the forefront of satellite delivery vehicles with a 3D printed engine that runs on bioLPG, producing up to 90% less CO2 emissions.
UK’s First Satellite Launch Site to Host the Cutting-Edge Orbex Prime Rocket
27 Jul 2021, 13:04 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Space Hub Sutherland is set to become the first satellite launch in the UK, that could launch the first rocket from British soil, in the near future.
Someone Offered to Pay for Kevin Hart’s Trip to Space, and He Still Refused
26 Jul 2021, 10:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Actor says he received a paid offer for a trip to space and he turned it down because the rate of success is too much of a risk for him right now
NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Flies Higher Than Ever on Mars
26 Jul 2021, 08:32 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA Ingenuity rotorcraft has surpassed its 1-mile (1.6 km) mark of its total flight distance on Mars.The 10th flight also saw the helicopter reach new heights.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Selected to Launch NASA Probe to Jupiter's Icy Moon
24 Jul 2021, 11:11 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA has announced that it has selected the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket as a launch vehicle for its future Europa Clipper interplanetary mission.