Elon Musk: SpaceX Makes Starship Raptor Rocket Every 2 Days; Completes Orbital-Duration Static Fire Test in Texas

SPACE 05.31.2021 01:39 AM

Elon Musk said interplanetary transport engines can generate 500,000 pounds of thrust. This is critical to SpaceX's intentions to assist NASA in its plan to bring Americans back to the moon and then even moving on to Mars.

Is Nvidia Supercomputer Making the Largest 3D Map of the Universe?

05.30.2021 21:52 PM

The Perlmutter will use data from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) to create the world's largest 3D map of the Universe. DESI is a deep-space imaging equipment that can catch more than 5,000 galaxies in a single image.

NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Sends Photos of Clouds with Ice Crystals on Red Planet

05.30.2021 05:02 AM

NASA Curiosity Rover first noticed clouds appearing earlier than expected in 2020 and prepared to photograph them this year.

NASA Tracks Five Near-Earth Asteroids Flying Past Earth Soon, But There’s No Need to Worry: Checkout Their Sizes

05.30.2021 00:48 AM

Five near-Earth objects are set to make a close approach to Earth this week. One of them is as big as the Washington Monument.

“Find Starlink” Portal Lets You Locate SpaceX Satellites in the Sky: Here’s How to Use the Fan-Made Website

05.30.2021 00:37 AM

As SpaceX grows its constellation of Starlink satellites for global Internet access, more and more of these space objects can be spotted across the night sky - and a superfan has developed a portal to help everyone track these satellites.

SpaceX Broadband Project: Starlink Constellation Impractical And Not Sustainable, Competitor Warns

05.29.2021 22:28 PM

Arianespace, European launch provider, says SpaceX's Starlink complete satellite constellation could cause catastrophic satellite collisions in low Earth orbit.

Milky Way Galaxy Picture: Violent 'Downtown' Shown in NASA's New Stunning Cosmic Image

05.29.2021 01:35 AM

"Downtown" space is just about 25,800 light-years away, a short hop in cosmic distances. A light year is the number of years that light travels, in this case to reach the Earth.

MOXIE Makes It Big in Producing Breathable Oxygen on Mars

05.29.2021 01:07 AM

MOXIE's main objective is to show how explorers could produce oxygen in the Martian atmosphere and make it breathable. The process will include the breaking down Mars' carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen.

SpaceX Satellite Monopoly a Challenge to Humanity's Access to Space, Arianespace Warns

05.29.2021 00:43 AM

SpaceX has asked the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch up to 42,000 satellites for the development of its Starlink system, putting pressure on its competitors. As of now, SpaceX has about 1,600 Starlink satellites orbiting the Earth.

VIPER Rocket Launched to Look at How Satellites Affected by Lightning Storms on Earth

05.28.2021 22:47 PM

Scientific evidence so far suggests that VLF radio waves interact with the charged particles in that region and could drain the belts after lightning storms have filled them up, creating an impenetrable barrier against radiation that protect spacecraft.

Largest, Most Accurate Image to Date of the Universe Mapped by Dark Energy Survey

05.28.2021 22:03 PM

The largest -ever sample of galaxies studied over one-eight of the sky is the largest sample of galaxies observed so far and shows how the appearance of the evolution of the universe -- as we know it -- looks like.

Microgravity Refrigerator Could Store Food for Astronauts in the Future

05.28.2021 08:41 AM

One of the main challenges of space travel has been food storage. While mankind has been sending people to space as early as 1961, there has never been any refrigerator to keep food cold and fresh during long missions.

Mars Touch Down: Wheels of Chinese Space Rover Zhurong Successfully Landed on the Red Planet

05.28.2021 08:41 AM

The Zhurong rover will officially begin its mission on Mars. The Chinese craft started to transmit the first images captured on the Red Planet after the landing phase.

Day 6 of HI-SEAS Lunar Mission: Unfavorable Weather Forces Crew to ‘Low Power Mode” Commander Reports

05.28.2021 01:37 AM

HI-SEAS is an analog martian and lunar exploration research station operated by the International MoonBase Alliance 8,200 feet above sea level. The HI-SEAS habitat is a 1,200 square foot dome on the Mars-like site at the Mauna Loa mountain range in Hawaii.

Mars Helicopter Ingenuity in Trouble on 6th Flight, Demonstrates Toughness

05.27.2021 23:59 PM

The helicopter deployed from the belly of the Perseverance rover in April, kicking off a five-flight, month-long campaign designed to demonstrate that powered aerial flight is possible above Mars. The sixth flight encountered problems.