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NASA Wants Another Moon Lander For Artemis Astronauts, Not Just SpaceX"s Starship

NASA plans to encourage the development of another commercial vehicle that can land its Artemis astronauts on the moon. Space.com reports: In April 2021, NASA picked SpaceX to build the first crewed lunar lander for the agency's Artemis program, whic.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotMar 24th, 2022

A lot of people are mistaking Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites for UAPs

"We were able to assess that they were all in those cases looking at Starlink flares." SpaceX's Starlink Internet satellites are responsible for more and more public reports of un.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News12 hr. 35 min. ago

Starliner astronauts are healthy and not losing weight, NASA says

NASA has denied rumors that two of its astronauts are losing weight on the ISS, saying they are in outstanding health......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News16 hr. 35 min. ago

Ending NASA’s Chandra Will Cut Us Out of the High-Resolution X-Ray Universe

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is facing closure. Shutting it down would be a loss to science as a whole.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated News17 hr. 34 min. ago

SpaceX knocks out another Space Coast launch

SpaceX kept the launch machine rolling with another Starlink mission from the Space Coast on Thursday morning......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News21 hr. 4 min. ago

China tests building moon base with lunar soil bricks

China is expected to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base on Friday, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the station's bricks could be made from the moon's own soil......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 15th, 2024

NASA tests new AI chatbot to make sense of complex data

NASA has partnered with Microsoft to develop an AI-powered chatbot aimed at making sense of vast amounts of Earth-related science data......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 15th, 2024

Elon Musk teases sixth Starship flight test with video of spectacular catch

Ahead of the Starship's sixth test flight, SpaceX boss Elon Musk has shared a spectacular video showing the massive booster being caught on its return to Earth......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 15th, 2024

Jonny Kim’s Third Act: NASA Astronaut

Jonny Kim—a former Navy SEAL and ER doctor—is now a NASA astronaut who will soon launch to the International Space Station as flight engineer for the crew of Expedition 72/73.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024

Don’t miss the last supermoon of 2024 this week

If you’re a fan of stunning night skies, Friday night is your last chance to witness a supermoon in 2024. Known as the Beaver Moon, … The post Don’t miss the last supermoon of 2024 this week appeared first on BGR. If you’re.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024

Telescope for NASA"s Roman mission complete, delivered to Goddard

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one giant step closer to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. The mission has now received its final major delivery: the Optical Telescope Assembly, which includes a 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) primary mirror,.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024

Don’t miss the Beaver Moon, the last supermoon of 2024

Keep a look out tomorrow night for the moon to appear bigger and brighter in the sky......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024

See SpaceX’s mighty Starship on the launchpad ahead of sixth test flight

SpeceX is gearing up for another test flight of the Starship on Monday, November 18......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024

Swift Observatory studies a pair of gas-churning monster black holes

Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas in the center of a galaxy......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024

For the second time this year, NASA’s JPL center cuts its workforce

"If we hold strong together, we will come through this." Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its workforce. On Wednesday, the.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

There are some things the Crew-8 astronauts aren’t ready to talk about

"I did not say I was uncomfortable talking about it. I said we're not going to talk about it." The astronauts who came home from the International Space Station last month experie.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

A trash compactor is going to the space station

Astronauts on the International Space Station generate their share of garbage, filling up cargo ships that then deorbit and burn up in the atmosphere. Now Sierra Space has won a contract to build a trash compactor for the space station. The device wi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

How to watch SpaceX’s sixth test flight of Starship megarocket

Fans of spaceflight development won't want to miss SpaceX's sixth test flight of the Starship megarocket. Here's how to watch ........»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

Starship’s Next Launch Could Be Just Two Weeks Away

The SpaceX rocket will launch during the late afternoon so its descent into the Indian Ocean is visible......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsNov 11th, 2024

SpaceX aims for double Space Coast launch within four hours today

SpaceX has a pair of launches on tap Monday from its two launch pads on the Space Coast that could lift off within four hours of one another......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 11th, 2024

Russia: Fine, I guess we should have a Grasshopper rocket project, too

On this timeline Russia is nearly a decade and a half behind SpaceX. Like a lot of competitors in the global launch industry, Russia for a long time dismissed the prospects of a r.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 11th, 2024