3D printing tested for emergency spacecraft and medical supplies in space
Recently a team from the University of California, Berkeley, sent a new 3D printer to space on a Virgin Galactic mission......»»
Russian space chief says country will fly on space station until 2030
"Space is an area of activity where there is never a 100 percent guaranteed result." In a wide-ranging interview with a Russian television station, the chief executive of Russia's.....»»
Japanese startup"s space rocket launch fails
A space rocket built by a Japanese startup blasted off on Wednesday but was later seen spiraling downwards in the distance as the company said the launch had to be terminated......»»
NASA again delays return of astronauts stranded on space station
Two US astronauts stranded for months on the International Space Station will remain there at least until late March, NASA said Tuesday as it announced another delay in the mission to bring them home......»»
This is the coolest video you’ll see of a SpaceX Dragon capsule heading home
Watch a spacecraft depart the space station in a way that you've never seen before......»»
SpaceX aims for 3 rocket launches, 1 Dragon landing in 20 hours
In a span of about 20 hours, SpaceX could manage three rocket launches and one landing of a Dragon spacecraft......»»
Brain cells mature faster in space but stay healthy: ISS study
Microgravity is known to alter the muscles, bones, the immune system and cognition, but little is known about its specific impact on the brain. To discover how brain cells respond to microgravity, Scripps Research scientists, in collaboration with th.....»»
Submarines for space exploration
Submarines are emerging as a unique research platform to study human adaption to extreme environments—from ocean depths to outer space......»»
NASA sees progress on Starlab commercial space station development
A NASA-funded commercial space station, Starlab, recently completed four key developmental milestones, marking substantial progress in the station's design and operational readiness......»»
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet: everything we know so far
Naughty Dog is heading into uncharted space with its new game set in a sci-fi world called Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Here's all we know so far......»»
NASA finalizes strategy for sustaining human presence in low Earth orbit
As part of the agency's efforts to enable broader use of space, NASA has released its final goals and objectives for low Earth orbit, defining the long-term approach toward advancing microgravity science, technology, and exploration for the benefit o.....»»
Image: Artemis II core stage moves to High Bay 2
In this image from Dec. 11, 2024, the 212-foot-tall SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is lowered into High Bay 2 at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With the move to High Bay 2, NASA and Boeing technicians n.....»»
China orbits first Guowang Internet satellites, with thousands more to come
China launched the first 10 spacecraft in a planned constellation of 13,000 Internet satellites. The first batch of Internet satellites for China's Guowang megaconstellation launc.....»»
TikTok ban: Supreme Court asked for emergency injunction; Trump meeting
The TikTok ban is once again in doubt, despite an appeals court rejecting the company’s argument that it was protected by the First Amendment. Parent company ByteDance has applied to the US Supreme Court for an emergency injunction against the l.....»»
China orbits first Guowang internet satellites, with thousands more to come
China launched the first 10 spacecraft in a planned constellation of 13,000 internet satellites. The first batch of internet satellites for China's Guowang megaconstellation launc.....»»
Mars orbiter spots retired InSight lander to study dust movement
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) caught a glimpse of the agency's retired InSight lander recently, documenting the accumulation of dust on the spacecraft's solar panels. In the new image taken Oct. 23 by MRO's High-Resolution Imaging Science.....»»
Why do we get headaches from drinking red wine?
It's not the tannins or sulfites after all. Medical accounts of red wine headaches go back to Roman times, but the experience is likely as old as winemaking—something like 10,00.....»»
Webb finds planet-forming disks lived longer in early universe
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope just solved a conundrum by proving a controversial finding made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope more than 20 years ago......»»
Why does red wine cause headaches? Research points to a compound found in the grapes" skin
Medical accounts of red wine headaches go back to Roman times, but the experience is likely as old as winemaking—something like 10,000 years. As chemists specializing in winemaking, we wanted to try to figure out the source of these headaches......»»
Anthropologists call for tracking and preservation of human artifacts on Mars
Are human spacecraft, landers, rovers and other space-exploration debris little more than trash littering the surface of Mars, or the modern equivalent of Clovis points—treasured artifacts marking Homo sapiens' lust for new frontiers?.....»»
Antimatter propulsion is still far away, but it could change everything
Getting places in space quickly has been the goal of propulsion research for a long time. Rockets, our most common means of doing so, are great for providing lots of force but are extraordinarily inefficient. Other options like electric propulsion an.....»»