July 2021 - News Dojo Space

Lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Fuel Tanks Pass a Critical Test, and Could Knock a lot of Weight off a Rocket’s dry Mass

Lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Fuel Tanks Pass a Critical Test, and Could Knock a lot of Weight off a Rocket’s dry Mass By And...Read More

Senate confirms NASA CFO

Senate confirms NASA CFO By Jeff Foust The Senate confirmed the White House’s nominee to be chief financial officer of NASA July 30, rou...Read More

Hercules, the mighty strongman of the summer sky

Hercules, the mighty strongman of the summer sky By A staple of mythology, the hero Hercules has a strange celestial story. July 31, ...Read More

Who's going to fix the space junk problem?

Who's going to fix the space junk problem? By The growing problem of space junk poses a risk to future space missions, but the soluti...Read More

Tiangong: astronauts are working on China's new space station — here's what to expect

Tiangong: astronauts are working on China's new space station — here's what to expect By Three astronauts on China's new spac...Read More

In photos: Boeing's Starliner Orbital Test Flight 2 mission to the International Space Station

In photos: Boeing's Starliner Orbital Test Flight 2 mission to the International Space Station By See photos of Boeing's Orbital ...Read More

Ariane 5 launches two satellites on first mission in nearly a year

Ariane 5 launches two satellites on first mission in nearly a year By Jeff Foust An Ariane 5 successfully launched two commercial commun...Read More

Ariane 5 rocket launches 2 communications satellites to orbit

Ariane 5 rocket launches 2 communications satellites to orbit By Europe's Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket roared back into action today (J...Read More

On This Day in Space! July 30, 1610: Galileo sees Saturn's rings for the first time

On This Day in Space! July 30, 1610: Galileo sees Saturn's rings for the first time By On July 30, 1610, the famous astronomer Galile...Read More

Blue Origin protest of NASA moon lander choice nixed by government agency

Blue Origin protest of NASA moon lander choice nixed by government agency By Blue Origin's protest against NASA's decision to not...Read More

InSight has Mapped out the Interior of Mars, Revealing the Sizes of its Crust, Mantle, and Core

InSight has Mapped out the Interior of Mars, Revealing the Sizes of its Crust, Mantle, and Core By Matt Williams In May of 2018, NASA’s I...Read More

Boeing's Starliner capsule rolls away from pad after launch delay (photos)

Boeing's Starliner capsule rolls away from pad after launch delay (photos) By Boeing's Starliner capsule has left the launch pad,...Read More

1 year after launch, NASA's Perseverance rover prepares to collect 1st sample on Mars

1 year after launch, NASA's Perseverance rover prepares to collect 1st sample on Mars By It's been quite an eventful year for NAS...Read More

Russia says 'software failure' caused thruster misfire at space station

Russia says 'software failure' caused thruster misfire at space station By Yesterday's unexpected tilting of the Internationa...Read More

GAO denies Blue Origin and Dynetics protests of NASA lunar lander contract

GAO denies Blue Origin and Dynetics protests of NASA lunar lander contract By Jeff Foust The U.S. Government Accountability Office denie...Read More

The truth is still out there: why the current UFO craze may be a problem of intelligence failings

The truth is still out there: why the current UFO craze may be a problem of intelligence failings By It's safe to say that UFOs, now ...Read More

Bad News. Those Underground Lakes on Mars? They’re Probably Just Frozen Clay

Bad News. Those Underground Lakes on Mars? They’re Probably Just Frozen Clay By Ralph Crewe If you were planning an ice-fishing trip to t...Read More

Space Force eyes solar-powered vehicles for operations near the moon

Space Force eyes solar-powered vehicles for operations near the moon By Sandra Erwin A startup under contract to the U.S. Space Force is...Read More

Watch NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity explore intriguing Raised Ridges in new video

Watch NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity explore intriguing Raised Ridges in new video By NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter explores...Read More

Starliner Will try Again on August 3 After ISS “Emergency”

Starliner Will try Again on August 3 After ISS “Emergency” By Nancy Atkinson The planned launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner test flight...Read More

China's Zhurong Mars rover scopes out dunes on journey south

China's Zhurong Mars rover scopes out dunes on journey south By China's Zhurong rover has quietly clocked up 1,900 feet (585 mete...Read More

Nelson remains hopeful Congress will provide additional lunar lander funding

Nelson remains hopeful Congress will provide additional lunar lander funding By Jeff Foust NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says he remain...Read More

Elon Musk shows off wild plumbing for 29-engine Super Heavy booster (photo)

Elon Musk shows off wild plumbing for 29-engine Super Heavy booster (photo) By SpaceX chief Elon Musk just gave us an inside look at the ...Read More

Why does the Milky Way have spiral arms? New Gaia data are helping solve the puzzle

Why does the Milky Way have spiral arms? New Gaia data are helping solve the puzzle By New data from the European Gaia mission help shed ...Read More

These 10 super extreme exoplanets are out of this world

These 10 super extreme exoplanets are out of this world By The more we learn about exoplanets, the more we realize the universe is strang...Read More

Ariane 5 rocket launching 2 communications satellites today: Watch it live

Ariane 5 rocket launching 2 communications satellites today: Watch it live By Europe's powerful Ariane 5 rocket will fly for the firs...Read More

Station loses attitude control after Nauka docking, Starliner launch delayed

Station loses attitude control after Nauka docking, Starliner launch delayed By Jeff Foust A Russian module that docked to the Internati...Read More

The Event Horizon Telescope Zooms in on Another Supermassive Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Zooms in on Another Supermassive Black Hole By Matt Williams On April 10th, 2019 , the world was treated to t...Read More

Boeing Starliner OFT-2 launch to space station delayed following Russian module mishap

Boeing Starliner OFT-2 launch to space station delayed following Russian module mishap By Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will have to ...Read More

Biden taps Aerospace Corp.’s John Plumb to run DoD space policy

Biden taps Aerospace Corp.’s John Plumb to run DoD space policy By Sandra Erwin President Biden has nominated John Plumb to be assistant...Read More

Russia's Nauka module briefly tilts space station with unplanned thruster fire

Russia's Nauka module briefly tilts space station with unplanned thruster fire By Nauka's bumpy ride to the International Space S...Read More

Boeing's Starliner capsule rolls out to pad ahead of crucial Friday launch (photos)

Boeing's Starliner capsule rolls out to pad ahead of crucial Friday launch (photos) By The CST-100 Starliner capsule and its Atlas V ...Read More

Mars' buried polar 'lakes' may just be frozen clay

Mars' buried polar 'lakes' may just be frozen clay By Bright reflections that radar detected beneath the south pole of Mars m...Read More

Move asteroids now before they become a threat, researchers argue

Move asteroids now before they become a threat, researchers argue By A pair of astronomers have proposed two new strategies for preventin...Read More

Astronomers catch fizzled-out gamma-ray burst from supernova

Astronomers catch fizzled-out gamma-ray burst from supernova By A fizzled example of a gamma-ray burst, the most powerful kind of explosi...Read More

Strange Intersecting Sand Dunes on Mars

Strange Intersecting Sand Dunes on Mars By Nancy Atkinson In our exploration of Mars, we’ve seen some strange, naturally occurring shapes...Read More

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