NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) mega-rocket, following its successful first mission, seems ready for its next challenge – launching astronauts. On November 16th, the SLS completed its inaugural flight, launching the Artemis
A $1.5 million expedition is being planned by Avi Loeb, the Harvard physicist who first identified interstellar object Oumuamua, to recover what he believes is a potential alien artifact. The highly scrutinized
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a virtual flight over Jezero Crater on Mars, enabling people to travel to space from the comfort of their homes. The 3D animated video created
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Rocket Lab is developing a reusable launch vehicle named Neutron to compete with SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Neutron is scheduled to debut in 2024 and will have a launch price near $50 million,
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Space weather forecasters were surprised to witness the most powerful solar storm hitting the Earth on March 24 after nearly six years, and it triggered auroras in many regions, including the USA.
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Artur Davoyan, the aerospace engineer from the University of California, Los Angeles, recently proposed a pellet-beam propulsion concept that has the potential to send a large spacecraft into interstellar space. The concept,
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UK scientists have proposed a new experiment to make a traversable wormhole using counterportation, a concept based on counterfactual communication that would be the first of its kind. Quantum physicist Hatim Salih
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Relativity Space’s 3D-printed rocket failed three minutes into its debut flight, falling far short of orbit. The rocket was carrying nothing except for the company’s first metal 3D print made six years
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A Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket was launched by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, sending four meteorological satellites into orbit. The solid-propellant rocket took off at 5:09
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Space Pioneer has announced new funding & will soon attempt to become China’s first privately-funded company to reach orbit with a liquid-propellant rocket. The company has raised nearly 3 billion yuan ($438
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NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace to design a commercial lander for the far side of the moon as part of its plans to study Earth’s satellite. The lander, named Blue Ghost, will
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