SpaceX Receives Contract to Send First Two Lunar Gateway Components into Orbit
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will carry the first two of four components of the Lunar Gateway into space,…
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Spacecraft Set to Swap Toxic Hydrazine for New “Green” Propellant
PICTURED: An Aerojet Rocketdyne researcher examines a container of the Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic (ASCENT) monopropellant during preparation for…
Harvard Astronomer Publishes Book on Extraterrestrials After Famous 2017 Oumuamua Paper
In 2017, our solar system was visited by a strange object whose origin lay far beyond the reach of…
At 18,000 Square Feet NASA Approves Solar Cruiser the Largest Solar Sail to Study the Sun
PICTURED: Solar Cruiser approaches the Sun in a concept illustration from NASA. Photo credit: NASA. As part of a…
Chinese Return to Earth With Lunar Rocks for the First Time Since 1976
PICTURED: The Chang’e-5 return module sits on the snow-covered ground in Inner Mongolia, smoldering from its reentry into Earth’s…
Astronaut Grows Radishes on the International Space Station for the First Time
PICTURED: The Plant Habitat-02 radish growing station aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kate Rubins. ISS, November 30th,…
China Launch Chang’e-5 to Bring Back First Lunar Geology Samples in 45 Years
PICTURED: The Chang’e-4 lunar lander gathers information from the far side of the moon. The Chang’e-5 lander which was…
TransAstra Enters Phase III for Prototyping Revolutionary Asteroid Mining Technologies
Plans continue going well for the Trans Astronautica Corporation, who have patent-pending technology for asteroid mining on a massive…