If You’re Going to Visit Venus, Why Not Include an Asteroid Flyby Too? May 31, 2023If You’re Going to Visit Venus, Why Not Include an Asteroid Flyby Too? By Laurence Tognetti A recent study submitted to Acta Astronautic...Read More
ESA is Testing How Iron Burns in Weightlessness May 31, 2023ESA is Testing How Iron Burns in Weightlessness By Carolyn Collins Petersen What happens when you burn iron in space? The European Space ...Read More
Here's How You Could Get Impossibly Large Galaxies in the Early Universe May 31, 2023Here's How You Could Get Impossibly Large Galaxies in the Early Universe By Matt Williams One of the most interesting (and confoundin...Read More
Florida Space Coast selected as home of U.S. Space Force training command May 31, 2023Florida Space Coast selected as home of U.S. Space Force training command By Sandra Erwin The Department of the Air Force announced May ...Read More
The Kepler Mission’s Final Three Planets? May 31, 2023The Kepler Mission’s Final Three Planets? By Evan Gough NASA’s Kepler spacecraft ended its observations in October 2018 after nine and a...Read More
U.S. Space Command takes over responsibility for protecting homeland from missile strikes May 31, 2023U.S. Space Command takes over responsibility for protecting homeland from missile strikes By Sandra Erwin U.S. Space Command has officia...Read More
China looks to Long March 8 rocket to help launch its answer to Starlink May 31, 2023China looks to Long March 8 rocket to help launch its answer to Starlink By Andrew Jones China is looking to greatly expand its satellit...Read More
A New Place to Search for Habitable Planets: “The Soot Line.” May 30, 2023A New Place to Search for Habitable Planets: “The Soot Line.” By Evan Gough The habitable zone is the region around a star where planets ...Read More
JWST Spies a Gigantic Water Plume at Enceladus May 30, 2023JWST Spies a Gigantic Water Plume at Enceladus By Nancy Atkinson The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a huge water vapor plume ema...Read More
One Spacecraft Could Visit All of Saturn's Inner Large Moons May 30, 2023One Spacecraft Could Visit All of Saturn's Inner Large Moons By Brian Koberlein If you’ve ever played Kerbal Space Program , you know...Read More
North Korea May Launch Spy Satellite Soon May 30, 2023North Korea May Launch Spy Satellite Soon By David Dickinson Enigmatic North Korea may attempt to put a satellite in orbit, as early as t...Read More
China is Planning to Have Humans on the Moon by 2030 May 30, 2023China is Planning to Have Humans on the Moon by 2030 By Nancy Atkinson As NASA prepares to return astronauts to the Moon with Artemis III...Read More
DARPA launches initiative to help tech companies work on classified programs May 30, 2023DARPA launches initiative to help tech companies work on classified programs By Sandra Erwin DARPA's Strategic Technology Office lau...Read More
NASA inspector general faults agency on SLS booster and engine overruns May 30, 2023NASA inspector general faults agency on SLS booster and engine overruns By Jeff Foust Conversion of shuttle-era solid rocket boosters an...Read More
Shenzhou-16 astronauts arrive at China’s space station May 30, 2023Shenzhou-16 astronauts arrive at China’s space station By Andrew Jones A crew of three astronauts including the first Chinese civilian a...Read More
NASA Seeks Industry Proposals for Next-Generation Lunar Rover May 29, 2023NASA Seeks Industry Proposals for Next-Generation Lunar Rover By Laurence Tognetti As Artemis II gets ready to launch in November 2024, N...Read More
China sets sights on crewed lunar landing before 2030 May 29, 2023China sets sights on crewed lunar landing before 2030 By Andrew Jones China’s human spaceflight agency has stated its goal to land astro...Read More
NASA and Boeing say preparations continue for July Starliner test flight May 27, 2023NASA and Boeing say preparations continue for July Starliner test flight By Jeff Foust NASA and Boeing said May 26 they are still workin...Read More
Juice is Fully Deployed. It’s Now in its Final Form, Ready to Meet Jupiter’s Moons in 2031 May 27, 2023Juice is Fully Deployed. It’s Now in its Final Form, Ready to Meet Jupiter’s Moons in 2031 By Laurence Tognetti Launched on April 14, 202...Read More