The VergeSpace Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build NASA’s lunar lander verified_publisherThe Verge - Elizabeth LopattoNASA picked Elon Musk’s SpaceX to receive $2.9 billion to build a lunar lander as part of the Artemis mission to send humans to the Moon by 2024, the agency announced today. It’s a major vote of confidence...
theamazelab1:14Magnetism Weak Spot in Magnetic Field May Be Linked to Remains From Ancient Planet theamazelab - flipboard.com Our planet’s magnetic field, which protects it from solar radiation, has a weak spot that scientists say is growing year after year. AmazeLab’s Johana Restrepo has more.
GizmodoSpace New Horizons Captures Goosebump-Inducing Image as It Approaches Milestone Distance From the Sun verified_publisherGizmodo - George Dvorsky With Pluto firmly in its rearview mirror, New Horizons is now hours away from reaching a milestone distance, in which the probe will be 50 times …
AvatarDigital TrendsSpace NASA astronaut Kate Rubins safely returns to Earth verified_publisherDigital Trends - By Trevor Mogg NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts have safely returned to Earth after a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station …
Space The Richat Structure: The “Eye of the Sahara” is One of Earth’s Strangest Marvels thedebrief.org - Micah Hanks On June 3, 1965, at the height of both the Cold War and the great Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Gemini IV mission …
NASA SpaceX's Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station in photos space.com - Samantha Mathewson Image 1 of 11 SpaceX Crew-2 SpaceX's second operational astronaut flight, Crew-2, is set to launch to the International Space Station on April 22. …
Aerospace SpaceX test-fires rocket ahead of Crew-2 astronaut launch for NASA space.com - Amy Thompson CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has fired up the rocket that will ferry its next crew of astronauts to the International Space Station next week. The …
BBC FutureSpace The genius behind early Russian space tech verified_publisherBBC Future - Richard HollinghamWithin a few days of returning to Earth, Yuri Gagarin stood alongside Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow’s Red Square to be welcomed by tens of thousands of people cheering his success. It was...
Space The next SpaceX NASA launch is going to be one for the record books bgr.com - Mike Wehner SpaceX is already the clear winner of the Commercial Crew Program race, having delivered its Crew Dragon spacecraft to NASA well ahead of its …
MicSpace The U.S. is spending millions to develop a nuke-powered spaceship verified_publisherMic - AJ Dellinger The United States military wants to nuke space, but not for the reason that you're thinking (well, not yet at least). This week, the Defense Advanced …
EuronewsAerospace Astronauts return from ISS, land on Kazakh steppe verified_publisherEuronews - euronews Three members of the Expedition 64 team returned safely to Earth after ending their mission on the International Space Station and landing in …
Live ScienceMoon Russia is going back to the moon this year Live Science - Meghan Bartels Russia is revisiting its Soviet space heritage for a new series of missions that will take the nation back to the moon. The first of those missions, …
Starlink SpaceX agrees to steer Starlink internet satellites clear of space station, NASA spacecraft space.com - Amy Thompson SpaceX recently inked a deal with NASA to move any of the company's Starlink internet satellites out of the way if they stray too close to the …
ScienceAlertEnvironment NASA's Insight Mars Lander Is 'in Crisis', And Has Entered Emergency Hibernation verified_publisherScienceAlert - MORGAN MCFALL-JOHNSEN NASA's $800 million Mars lander is in an energy crisis. InSight, which landed in a Martian plain called Elysium Planitia in 2018, has detected more …
Ars TechnicaSpace Rocket Report: SpaceX to build huge launch tower, Branson sells Virgin stock verified_publisherArs Technica - Eric Berger "For us, it’s super important to have a launchpad in mainland Europe." Welcome to Edition 3.41 of the Rocket Report! As always there is plenty of news …
Chicago TribuneUnited StatesThis day in history, April 17: Apollo 13 astronauts splash down safely in the Pacific, four days after ruptured oxygen tank... Chicago Tribune - Associated PressToday is Saturday, April 17, the 107th day of 2021. There are 258 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert...
OSIRIS-REx NASA spacecraft leaves mess after grabbing asteroid samples cbs3duluth.com - Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft left a mess at an asteroid after grabbing a load of rubble last fall for return to Earth. NASA released …
U.S. News & World ReportAerospace SpaceX Wins U.S. Contract for Spacecraft to Send Astronauts to Moon: Washington Post U.S. News & World Report - Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA has awarded Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to the moon, bypassing Jeff Bezos' Blue …
EntrepreneurJeff Bezos Jeff Bezos hot on Elon Musk's heels after successful takeoff and landing of his New Shepard rocket verified_publisherEntrepreneurAlthough Musk's space project was more advanced, Jeff Bezos could get past it and send astronauts into space sooner. As the world closely followed in the footsteps of Elon Musk's space company, SpaceX...
Space How NASA is Adapting to Busier and Noisier Communications With Mars ieee.org - Michael Koziol Mars is more crowded than ever. With a successful arrival by the Perseverance rover in February, NASA alone is operating three orbiters, two rovers, …
Aerospace Today in History, April 17 rep-am.com - Bill Cloutier Today is Saturday, April 17, the 107th day of 2021. There are 258 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 …
Netflix Could Stowaway Happen In Real Life? looper.com - Mike Bedard The upcoming Netflix film Stowaway tells the story of a man found onboard a spacecraft following its launch. Here's why this may not be possible in …
Space Travel Engines of Russia’s Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft fire for deorbit burn tass.com - TASS The spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at approximately 04:34 Moscow time MOSCOW, April 17. /TASS/. Engines of Russia’s …
The Conversation UKExercise SpaceX: will the average person need to exercise during a commercial spaceflight? The Conversation UK - Andrew Winnard and Claire Bruce-Martin and Jonathan Michael Laws and Nick Caplan This year, Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to launch the first private space mission into orbit with no professional astronauts. Billionaire entrepreneur …
Space China to launch a pair of spacecraft towards the edge of the solar system - SpaceNews spacenews.com - Andrew Jones Chinese Voyager-like missions could launch in 2024, making planetary flybys before focusing on heliosphere science. HELSINKI — China is developing a …
InverseAerospace Inverse Daily: A near-Earth asteroid and a raw imagining from the Late Pleistocene Inverse - Nick Lucchesi Before we jump into four essential reads for your Friday morning, I wanted to firstly promote this powerful, compelling essay from Ben Ashwell that …
DW EnglishSpace How the Mars helicopter will bring humans back to Earth verified_publisherDW English - Zulfikar Abbany Flying a drone on Mars will bring the planet closer to home. First, it's about getting off the ground, then bringing rocks back, and, eventually, …
Live ScienceSpace Weather How are asteroids, space weather and space debris detected before they hit Earth? Live Science - Andrew May They're all a serious threat to our home planet. The idea of threats to Earth from outer space sounds like science fiction, but at some level our …
RFIYuri Gagarin 'A lesson for mankind': 60 years on from Yuri Gagarin’s first space flight RFI - Dhananjay KhadilkarRussian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin created history by becoming the first human in space during a flight that lasted 108 minutes. On 12 April, the world marked the 60th anniversary of his extraordinary achievement,...
United Press InternationalSpace Space agencies plan to launch Mars sample return spacecraft by 2026 United Press International - Paul Brinkmann ORLANDO, Fla., April 16 (UPI) -- NASA plans to launch its next mission to Mars in 2026 to collect rock samples being collected over the next two …
