Space Exploration
Is Space-Based Solar Power Ready for Its Moment in the Sun?
Around the world, researchers are betting that beamed power from space could be the next big thing for clean energy on Earth
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Filmmakers Find Section of Destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger on Ocean Floor
Divers working on a television documentary were searching for a downed World War II aircraft when they instead discovered the NASA artifact
Space Exploration
Chinese Rocket Will Crash to Earth on November 5: Here’s What We Know
Yet another Chinese rocket is set to tumble uncontrollably back to Earth this week
Space Exploration
China’s Space Station Is Almost Complete—How Will Scientists Use It?
China’s Tiangong orbital outpost will host more than 1,000 experiments, some of which will augment results from the International Space Station
Engineering
NASA’s Saturn V Rocket, the Moon Rock Box and the Woman Who Made Them Work Properly
Yvonne Y. Clark, known as Y.Y. throughout her career, had a lifetime of groundbreaking achievements as a Black female mechanical engineer. In the third episode of the third season of the Lost Women of Science podcast, we see how Y.Y.’s brilliance helped make Project Apollo a success...
Space Exploration
NASA’s Artemis Delays Fuel Controversy over Rocket Design
The first test flight of the space agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft is plagued by delays decades in the making
Space Exploration
The FCC Is Finally Taking Space Junk Seriously
A new potential rule from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission would set a five-year deadline for defunct satellites to be removed from space
Space Exploration
NASA’s Next Launch Attempt for Artemis I Will Occur on September 3
Technical glitches and questionable weather forecasts continue to delay liftoff for NASA’s landmark lunar mission
Space Exploration
Rocket Woes Delay Launch of NASA’s Artemis I Mission
A problem with one of the Space Launch System’s main engines has postponed the test flight until at least September 2
Space Exploration
The ‘Program Is Precarious’: Lori Garver on NASA’s Artemis I Moonshot
A former NASA deputy administrator speaks candidly about the troubled history and radical potential of the space agency’s lunar return
Space Exploration
NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission Is ‘Go’ for Launch
The U.S. is preparing to send astronauts to the moon for the first time in 50 years
Space Exploration
NASA’s Moon-Bound Megarocket Will Send a Spacecraft to an Asteroid, Too
The launch of NASA’s Artemis I mission will also be the start of the first deep-space rendezvous to be conducted by a solar-sail-propelled spacecraft
Space Exploration
NASA Unveils Candidate Landing Sites for Artemis Astronauts
When humans return to the moon, they’ll likely visit one of these 13 regions near the moon’s south pole
Space Exploration
NASA’s Giant SLS Rocket Rolls to Launchpad for Artemis 1 Moon Mission
The Space Launch System rocket could lift off on its voyage to lunar orbit as early as late August
Space Exploration
A New Private Moon Race Kicks Off Soon
Commercial spacecraft are vying to land on the lunar surface, but can they jump-start a new space economy?
Space Exploration
Don’t Fear China’s Falling Rocket—Fear the Future It Foretells
Long considered trivial, the effects of rocket launches and reentering space debris on global warming and ozone loss could soon become too large to ignore
Space Exploration
Russia Plans to Leave the International Space Station after 2024
The announcement comes as NASA and Roscosmos are laying plans to transition to other orbital habitats
Astronomy
Behold, Some Hidden Gems from JWST’s First Images
Astronomers and the public alike are delighting in the glittering depths of the universe revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope
Space Exploration
Astronauts Will Wear These Spacesuits on the Moon—And Maybe Mars, Too
The suits, supplied by Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace, will be used in NASA’s upcoming Artemis lunar missions and will protect space travellers from micrometeoroids, moon dust and even vomit...
Space Exploration
NASA’s Tiny CAPSTONE CubeSat Launches on Pioneering Moon Mission
The spacecraft will arrive in lunar orbit in mid-November to help prepare for a future moon-orbiting outpost
