“When you turn off those spacecraft’s radio receivers, there’s no way to turn them back on.” A life-size replica of […]
Category: Space
Rocket Report: Russia’s rocket engine predicament; 300th launch to the ISS
North Korea test-fired a powerful new solid rocket motor for its next-generation ICBM. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket is propelled by kerosene-fueled […]
NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?
NASA’s interim administrator Sean Duffy was fired up on Wednesday when he joined a teleconference to talk about new scientific […]
Pentagon begins deploying new satellite network to link sensors with shooters
“This is the first time we’ll have a space layer fully integrated into our warfighting operations.” A SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
After early struggles, NASA’s ambitious mission to Titan is “on track” for launch
So how is Dragonfly doing now? In recent years the Dragonfly mission has started to receive the funding and resources […]
SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.”
SpaceX is targeting an orbital Starship flight with a next-gen vehicle next year. SpaceX’s 10th Starship test flight ended with […]
On a day of rebranding at the Pentagon, this name change slipped under the radar
A Space Force spokesperson echoed these sentiments in a statement Friday. The spokesperson said the command’s mission “is to generate, […]
Congress and Trump may compromise on the SLS rocket by axing its costly upper stage
There are myriad questions about how NASA’s budget process will play out in the coming weeks, with the start of […]
GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites
Before satellite measurements, researchers relied on estimates and data from a smattering of air and ground-based sensors. An instrument on […]
Ted Cruz reminds us why NASA’s rocket is called the “Senate Launch System”
All of the original US senators who created and sustained NASA’s Space Launch System rocket over the last 15 years—Bill […]