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NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean Room
Congratulations to the OSIRIS-REx team on a picture-perfect mission – the first American asteroid sample return in histor
Concerns Over Interstellar SUVs: Greenhouse Gas Fears Reach a Cosmic Scale
It might not be long before we see the Milky Way’s first interplanetary carbon tax
Space Based Solar Power: Like Terrestrial Solar, but More Expensive
“… we think we can build and commission a 2GW power station every year. …”
Apollo 17: 50th Anniversary of the Most Successful Manned Space Mission… So Far
Guest “What a field trip!” by David Middleton On December 7, 1972 (a date which should no longer solely “live in infamy”) at 12:33 a.m. EST astronauts Gene Cernan, Harrison…
String Pollution Crisis
“I am forever being plagued by finding bits of string and twine and yarn in odd places in my home, yard, boat and car. Now, pollution by odd bits of…
NASA Seeks Public’s Designs to Throw Shade in Space
To further this exploration, NASA is supporting the early-stage study of a concept for a hybrid observatory that would combine a ground-based telescope with a space-based starshade.
China Rejects NASA Claim They Want to Take Over the Moon
A fascinating war of words has erupted between NASA and the CCP, over China’s space intentions.
NASA Launch: Australia Joins the Commercial Space Race
Australia’s first ever commercial space launch, from our near Equatorial Arnhem Space Centre, will occur 10.44pm ACST (06:14am Sunday California Time).
Lunar Soil has the Potential to Generate Oxygen and Fuel
Soil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, scientists in China report May 5 in the journal Joule.
NASA Goddard Scientists Begin Studying 50-year-old Frozen Apollo 17 Samples
For Elsila, “it’s very cool to think about all the work that went into collecting the samples on the Moon and then all the forethought and care that went into…
DART Mission Launched to Test “Armageddon” Asteroid Deflection Capability
Following recent concerns that the risk of dangerous Asteroid impacts may have been underestimated, NASA appears to be stepping up its plans to develop the capability to deflect inbound space…
Exotic Non-Rocket US Launcher Conducts a Successful 20% Power Test
US based SpinLaunch has performed their first 20% power launch, flinging a test payload “10s of thousands” of feet into the sky.
NASA Scientists Present Asteroid Deflection Research
NASA Scientists performing experiments on actual Asteroid fragments have presented conclusions about the limits of inbound Asteroid deflection, and the need to plan for multiple “bumps” if the Asteroid is…
China is Constructing an Experimental Orbital Solar Power Satellite
China has announced an energy roadmap which includes plans to build a megawatt solar power satellite by 2030, and a gigawatt scale space based solar power satellite by 2050. If…
Dark matter is slowing the spin of the Milky Way’s galactic bar
For 30 years, astrophysicists have predicted such a slowdown, but this is the first time it has been measured.
Front-row view reveals exceptional cosmic explosion
Scientists have gained the best view yet of the brightest explosions in the universe: A specialised observatory in Namibia has recorded the most energetic radiation and longest gamma-ray afterglow of…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Shining Clouds on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these clouds just after sunset on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s mission. The image is made up of…
Magnetized Threads Weave Spectacular Galactic Tapestry
The new panorama of the Galactic Center builds on previous surveys from Chandra and other telescopes. This latest version expands Chandra’s high-energy view farther above and below the plane of…
Salts Could Be Important Piece of Martian Organic Puzzle, NASA Scientists Find
“The fact that there’s organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old rocks, and we found it at the surface, is a very promising sign that we might be able to tap more…
NASA’s Webb to Study How Massive Stars’ Blasts of Radiation Influence Their Environments
In a nearby stellar nursery called the Orion Nebula, young, massive stars are blasting far-ultraviolet light at the cloud of dust and gas from which they were born. This intense…
China’s Tiangong space station: what it is, what it’s for, and how to see it
The station orbits Earth every 91 minutes. Once you find the time of the station’s next pass over your location (at night – you won’t be able to see it…
Another 21 Ton Chinese Rocket Booster Set to Land Somewhere Random
A serious breach of space etiquette; According to Business Insider, China neglected to add a controlled re-entry package to their recent launch mission. An uncontrolled descent means large pieces of…
NASA’s New Horizons Reaches a Rare Space Milestone
New Horizons is just the fifth spacecraft to reach this great distance, following the legendary Voyagers 1 and 2 and their predecessors, Pioneers 10 and 11. It’s almost 5 billion…
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