Humanity’s 3rd Visit to Mercury Kicks Off with the Successful Arrival of BepiColombo Mission
On September 3rd, the European Space Agency marked the successful arrival of its BepiColombo mission to Mercury, just the…
Category: Space
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Survives Attempted Budget Cuts to Launch 9 Months Early
9 months ahead of schedule, and surviving attempts in both Trump Administrations to cut its budget in half, the…
NASA and SpaceX to Launch Sentinel-6B to Track Rising Seas in Near Real Time
NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch Sentinel-6B, a next-generation satellite designed to monitor Earth’s oceans and sea level…
House and Senate Committe Poised to Reject Trump’s NASA Budget Cut
The Senate Appropriations Committee is currently engaged in markup of an appropriations bill for Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS),…
As Japan Retires Reliable Rocket, Honda Motors Blasts Off into the Space Sector with Surprise Rocket Test
Surprising investors and industry experts alike, Honda Motor Company announced on June 17th that it had successfully tested its…
Global Space Economy Rockets Towards Half-Trillion Valuation Led by SpaceX’s 138 Launches Last Year
Space is no longer the domain of dreams and fiction. Particularly regarding the Earth’s orbital zones, it’s a domain…
SpaceX Cancellation, Dragon Capsule in Limbo, and US Space Policy Completely Upended
When the SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule was certified to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in 2020,…
NASA’s 25% Budget Cut Cancels Dozens of Science Projects to Fund Mars Exploration
The atmosphere of confusion and disarray communicated generally from several peripheral government agencies and departments since the second Trump…
America’s Weaponization of Space Continues Whilst NASA Sees Budget Cuts
Story at a glance… NASA is seeing flagship missions stall from lack of funding at the same time the…
On the Potential Upcoming Asteroid Colliding with Earth: We’ve Deflected Them Before and Can Do So Again
In January, an analysis was released by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) that concluded the planet faced…
SpaceX Polaris Dawn Success Heralds New Age in Spacesuit Innovation
Early Thursday morning at 7:58 a.m. ET, members of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew successfully completed the world’s first…
Lava Tubes and Water Frost Found on Mars Offer Double Opportunity in Search for Life
Yet more evidence for liquid water on Mars has been uncovered by a European space probe in the form…
Beijing Announces Date for Manned Mission to the Moon’s Surface in Rare Public Statement
Officials with the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO), who rarely comment on the details of future space missions,…
This Tiny Moon of Saturn Is the Smallest Case of a Subsurface Ocean Ever Found in the Solar System
It’s been known for a decade that Saturn’s icy moon of Enceladus almost certainly hides a subsurface ocean beneath…
Locked in a 4 Billion-Year-Old Dance, Six New Exoplanets Demonstrate the Cosmic Beauty of ‘Resonant Orbits’
Scientists have discovered 6 exoplanets orbiting in perfect resonance around a star, meaning their orbits are synchronized. Such a…
Webb Detects Water Vapor Just Hanging Out in Space in a Fascinating Star’s Goldilocks Zone
In a fascinating star system 370 light-years from Earth, scientists studying with the James Webb Space Telescope have found…
Perserverance Rover Captures First Ever Photos of a Powerful River on Another Planet
In its most recent discovery, NASA’s Perseverance rover is surveying the curvilinear flow of a wild river that bears…
As Above So Below: China Attracts International Coalition for Moon Base Project
After announcing an international coalition to build and operate a moon base in April, China has attracted numerous nations…
What Can Ground Squirrels Teach an Astronaut? How to Hibernate
Even with so many future space research missions slated for takeoff this half-decade, a new line of space suits…
China’s Newly-Completed Space Station Hosting 6 Astronauts in National First
6 Chinese astronauts smiled for the camera when after arriving in their Shenzhou 15 spacecraft, China’s newly-finished space station…