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…
Category: Space
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…
TONIGHT: Watch NASA Slam A Spaceship Into an Asteroid to Test Planetary Defense
At 7:14 PM U.S. Eastern Time tonight, a small American spacecraft will smash itself to pieces against the asteroid…
More Space Telescopes: Nancy Grace Roman to Search For Dark Matter and Exoplanets in 2027
Story at a glance… The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was just awarded its launch contract. Set to debut…
Tomorrow the James Webb Telescope Will Show the World What It Can Do
In just over 24 hours, the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images will be shown to the public. On…
Perseverance Rover Spots Balancing Rocks and Natural Snake-Headed Sculpture
PICTURED: NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance snapped this photo of a balancing boulder and snake-head rock on June 12, 2022,…