Seismometer Listen up: We’ve detected our first marsquakeArs Technica - Eric Berger "This first event officially kicks off a new field: Martian seismology." After landing on Mars last November, the InSight probe first deployed a suite …
SpaceX SpaceX turned to fast-igniting fuel for its capsule escape system. That could be part of the accident probeLos Angeles Times - Samantha MasunagaDuring the Apollo era, NASA astronauts relied on a rocket tower at the top of the capsule to pull them safely away in case of an emergency. If it wasn’t used, the tower was jettisoned after the Saturn
Baikonur Cosmodrome Gagarin’s Start nears the end—historic launch pad to be decommissionedArs Technica - Eric Berger Sputnik, Gagarin, and Tereshkova all launched from here. So did Scott Kelly. Site no. 1 in dusty Baikonur, Kazakhstan, is where it all began. In …
Science New Images of the Moon’s Far Side Released as Chinese Lunar Mission Quietly Chugs AlongGizmodo - George Dvorsky The Chang’e 4 lander and the Yutu 2 rover are currently in hibernation mode, sitting out the frigid lunar night, which lasts for about two Earth …
SpaceX Here’s what we know, and what we don’t, about the Crew Dragon accidentArs Technica - Eric Berger The company undoubtedly had a busy Easter weekend. During a series of engine tests of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft this past Saturday, the vehicle …
Business The private frontier: corporate space explorers stand by for a $1tn lift-offThe Guardian - Jasper JollyPresident Donald Trump has struggled with some of his signature policy promises, but now he has set his sights higher: a return to the moon, five decades after humans last set foot there. The White House
SpaceX SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft has had an anomaly during tests SaturdayArs Technica - Eric Berger No one was injured, fortunately. Following a successful demonstration mission of its Crew Dragon spacecraft in March, SpaceX has been preparing that …
Sputnik When debris overwhelms space exploitationspacedaily.com Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 We see more and more reports of debris concern among satellite operators and space observers. Add to this the many …
Play buttonSatellites The latest lost satellite is now space junk that could put other spacecraft at riskThe Verge - Loren GrushIntelsat 29e is now considered a total loss On Thursday, satellite service provider Intelsat announced that one of its communications satellites is now completely lost in orbit above Earth, rendering vehicle
H.G. Wells How centuries of sci-fi sparked spaceflightted.com - Alexander MacDonald Long before we had rocket scientists, the idea of spaceflight traveled from mind to mind across generations. With great visuals, TED Fellow and NASA …
TED Talks Inside the black hole image that made historyted.com - Sheperd Doeleman At the center of a galaxy more than 55 million light-years away, there's a supermassive black hole with the mass of several billion suns. And now, …
Universe What happened before the Big Bang?NBC News - By Dan Falk"It's my life's work to try to answer that question," University of Toronto physicist Renée Hložek says. We’ve all heard that the universe began with the Big Bang — a colossal explosion that ushered it
NASA Rocket Report: A new Delta 2, Blue Origin inks with NASA, a fiery Falcon HeavyArs Technica - Eric Berger "Do everything in your power to keep the acquisition on schedule.” Welcome to Edition 1.45 of the Rocket Report! This week, half of our stories …
Hubble Telescope Hubble Telescope Turns 29, Shares Incredible Photo of Southern Crab Nebula to CelebrateGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Hubble scientists like to honor the telescope’s birthday with an annual release of 4/20-worthy space porn, and this year’s pic is as stunning as …
Software Command to Fix Faulty Sensor Doomed Beresheetplanetary.org On an episode of Planetary Radio released today, SpaceIL engineer Yoav Landsman said the first few minutes of Beresheet's descent perfectly mirrored …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoApollo Missions PTScientists 'Mission to the Moon' to take care not to harm Apollo 17 landing sitecollectspace.com
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo STPI: Human Mission to Orbit Mars in 2033 “Infeasible”spacepolicyonline.com The Science and Technology Policy Institute’s (STPI’s) independent analysis of the possibility of sending humans to Mars in 2033 concludes that it is …
NASA NASA RECEIVES RESPONSE FROM A SPACECRAFT 13 BILLION MILES AWAY (VIDEO)medium.com - Taylor Adamis Taylor AdamisBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 16 Things have got very exciting after NASA received a response from the void. The Voyager 1 spacecraft …
Atoms We’ve found the first type of molecule to form after the big bangnewscientist.com - By Leah Crane In the beginning, there were no molecules. For hundreds of thousands of years after the big bang, the universe was too hot and full of radiation for …
Innovation Falcon Heavy: SpaceX Reveals Plans to Perfect Core Recovery for Next LaunchInverse - By Mike Brown Filed Under Innovation & SpaceX SpaceX is planning to get a better grip on its rockets the next time it tries to recover a Falcon Heavy booster, the …
Particle Physics A collision of lightsymmetrymagazine.org - Sarah Charley One of the latest discoveries from the LHC takes the properties of photons beyond what your electrodynamics teacher will tell you in class. Professor …
Moon How much will the Moon plan cost? We should know in two weeksArs Technica - Eric Berger "I think the bigger risk, that has to be retired earlier, is the political risk." A little more than three weeks have passed since Vice President Mike …
Solar System An interstellar meteor may have slammed into EarthNational Geographic - Nadia DrakeScience & InnovationStarstruck If confirmed, a fireball that careened through our atmosphere in 2014 will be only the second known visitor from beyond our solar system. 3 Minute Read By Nadia Drake Sometimes,
Space Station China to Select Crew Members for Space Station Missionleonarddavid.com Credit: CGTN China is on the verge of selecting new crew members for its space station program. To date, a total of 11 taikonauts or Chinese astronauts …
Science NASA sent mice into space, and the results are unintentionally hilariousbgr.com - Mike Wehner At some point in the not-so-distant future, NASA and other space groups around the world will begin embarking on manned missions deeper into our …
Olivier Forgetolivierforget.net I flew to Florida to witness in person the awesome power of the Falcon Heavy. My viewing location for the launch of Arabsat 6a was Banana Creek within …
SpaceIL Israel Will Build Another Moon Landerspace.com Israel will keep shooting for the moon. The team behind the nation's Beresheet probe, which crashed during its historic lunar-landing attempt Thursday …
