When the Lights Go Out, This Apollo 15 Watch Shows You Asteroid Impacts on the Moon
27 Aug 2021, 12:20 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Xeric is celebrating NASA's Apollo 15 mission with a special watch that incorporates glowing orbiting moons, impact craters and even a slice of meteorite.
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.
Ispace Shows Its New Tough Lunar Lander, Plans to Put It on the Moon in 2024
24 Aug 2021, 01:43 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Ispace has revealed the design of its new lunar lander. Called Series 2, the lander is not only larger than Series 1, but it is also tougher.
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.
Lunokhod 1, the Unsung Hero Rover of the USSR, Drove on the Moon Before Americans Did It
22 Aug 2021, 18:10 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / The Russians sent a vehicle on the Moon in 1971 and, even if it's not working anymore, it is still used by American scientists.
NASA Will Try to Deflect an Asteroid, Space Impact Coming Next Fall
17 Aug 2021, 11:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft "ready to complete its final system testing and reviews before shipping to the launch site."
Orion Spaceship Adapter Looks Like a Giant Bowl of Soup, Has CubeSats Inside
16 Aug 2021, 12:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shares an image of the Orion stage adapter that will carry inside it a number of CubeSats that will be deployed during the Artemis I mission later in 2021
Chances of Hazardous Asteroid Hitting Earth Are Higher Than Scientists Thought
12 Aug 2021, 09:31 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / In a new study published on Tuesday in the journal Icarus, NASA has used data from the agency's OSIRIS spacecraft to better estimate Bennu's orbital trajectory.
Special Delivery for the ISS, Astronauts to Receive More Than 4 Tons of Supplies
11 Aug 2021, 12:29 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On August 10, Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket took off with the Cygnus spacecraft from NASA's Wallops Facility with more than 4 tons of supplies.
Russia Claims to Know All About American Spacecraft, Offers Help with Starliner
11 Aug 2021, 08:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The head of the Russian Keldysh Research Center says his country knows all there is to now about American rocket engines, offers help with Starliner
Mars Dune Alpha to Take Crews to Mars Right Here on Earth, Perfect Humans Wanted
9 Aug 2021, 15:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is getting ready to start the first-in-three year-long simulations of a mission to Mars right at its home at the Johnson Space Center
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.
Much-Awaited Starliner Test Flight to the ISS Is Delayed, Again
3 Aug 2021, 16:30 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Initially scheduled to take off on its second uncrewed test flight to the ISS, Boeing's Starliner's launch was delayed, again.
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.
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.
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.
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.
These Unique Luxury Watches Integrate Tech from the First Japanese Lunar Craft
23 Jul 2021, 09:21 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Citizen launched a limited-edition collection of 2 watches that recreate the way the moon's surface looks like, using patented tech from the HAKUTO-R.
NASA InSight Lander Peeks Into Mars Core for the First Time, Reveals Surprise
23 Jul 2021, 08:23 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA InSight lander has revealed for the first time what Mars' interior looks like. Scientists were able to determine what depth and composition of the layers.
This U.S. Giant Satellite Is a Record-Breaker, Completes Over 1,300 Experiments
21 Jul 2021, 08:40 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory recently retired a satellite that was the largest independent structure into orbit, after completing numerous experiments