SOVIET SPACE STATION FIRED A GUN IN ORBIT
• http://www.popsci.com(in January of 1975)
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Taurid Debris Stream With Bill Napier
• arcleinWhat this statement disguises, however, is that NASA actually has no idea how many Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHA's) exist. It can only report the number it has spotted so far, presently totalling 1,635 (of which 877 have diameters of a kilom
The US has a law to stop NASA from working with China, and scientists hate it
• http://www.globalpost.com, David VolodzkoTwo of the biggest space movies of recent years, "Gravity" and "The Martian," imagine American astronauts turning to China for help. That scenario, once far-fetched, is increasingly likely these days as China rapidly becomes a leader in space explora
Senate Votes To Legalize Space Mining
• popsci.comOne step closer to owning pieces of asteroids?
Inside The Z Machine, Where Scientists Turned Hydrogen Into Metal
• popsci.comTackling an 80-year-old theory
Construction Begins On The Giant Magellan Telescope
• popsci.comWhen it's finished, it'll be the largest in the world, and up to 10x sharper than Hubble
SpaceX just released epic footage of its SuperDraco engines that can take...
• http://www.businessinsider.comSpaceX just released epic footage of its SuperDraco engines that can take a rocket from 0 to 100 mph in 1.2 seconds
US Senate Passes Compromise Commercial Space Bill
• Space.comThe Senate passed Nov. 10 the final version of a commercial space bill that extends two key regulatory provisions and provides limited property rights for resources extracted from asteroids.
BAE Systems, UK Gov't Invest $120 Million in Skylon Space Plane Engine Prototype
• http://spectrum.ieee.orgFor the last quarter century or so, a British company called Reaction Engines has been making slow, steady progress toward a hybrid system that has the potential to bind aircraft and spacecraft together.
"Magic" native Australian tobacco plant could be key to space-based food production
• http://www.gizmag.comScientists at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia have discovered a gene in an ancient Australian native tobacco plant that they say is the key to growing crops in space.
Newest Mars Probe Reveals Clues to the Planet's Watery Past
• WiredMars used to have flowing water, a thick atmosphere, and a crackling magnetic field.
The Spaceship Engineers who Built Their Own Planes
• MotherboardIt's 6:30 AM in Mojave, California. Hundreds of windmills normally churning the air are still, a silent audience as pilots Elliot Seguin and Justin Gillen pull out their experimental airplanes from private hangars.
Virgin Galactic on Road to Recovery After Fatal SpaceShipTwo Crash
• Space.comIt's been one year since Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space plane broke apart during a test flight, a tragic accident that killed the copilot and seriously injured the pilot.
Spacecraft Makes Deepest Dive Yet Through Alien Geyser
• popsci.comClose encounters of the cryovolcano kind, in photos
Spacecraft Makes Deepest Dive Yet Through Alien Geyser
• popsci.comClose encounters of the cryovolcano kind, in photos
Cassini completes plunge through Enceladus' icy plume
• http://www.gizmag.com, CHRIS WOODIt's been a busy year for Cassini, making observations of Hyperion and Dione, before discovering evidence of a global ocean beneath the moon Enceladus' icy surface. Now the probe is back at Enceladus for another flyby, completing its deepest-ever div
New analysis of Apollo lunar samples solves decades-old mystery
• http://www.gizmag.com, CHRIS WOODA NASA-funded research team has confirmed the origin of organic matter found in lunar samples collected during the Apollo missions. It has long been known that the soil samples collected in the late 60s and early 70s contained amino acids, but the te
Russia Plans A Crewed Mission To The Moon By 2029
• popsci.comThe space race is back on
Tiny 'ThumbSats' Aim to Bring Space to All
• Space.comIn the past decade, we've seen that mini-satellites can provide quite a bit of science.
This is the best explanation yet for that 'alien megastructure' 1,400 light-years away
• Business InsiderA curious star more than 1,400 light-years from Earth has completely baffled astronomers.
Spacecraft Will Sniff Enceladus's Underground Ocean On Wednesday
• http://www.popsci.com, By Sarah FechtCould alien life survive on Saturn's moon?
Meet A Real-Life Martian
• http://www.popsci.com, By Lydia ChainJocelyn Dunn survived in a Mars simulation for eight months without going crazy. Here's what we can learn from her experience.
When Robots Colonize the Cosmos, Will They Be Conscious? (Op-Ed)
• Space.comThe first colonizers of the cosmos will be robots, not humans. At some point, they will become self-replicating robots that construct multiple versions of themselves from the raw materials of alien worlds.
Russia and Europe Prepare For Joint Lunar Mission
• popsci.comGoing together where very few have gone before
SpaceShipTwo Bounces Back to Rubber Fuel
• Space.comVirgin Galactic is planning to return to a rubber-like fuel when it resumes powered test flights of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle based on the results of an ongoing series of tests of the spacecraft's hybrid rocket motor.
SpaceX Changes Its Falcon 9 Rocket Return-to-Flight Plans
• Space.comSpaceX on Oct. 16 said it had changed its Falcon 9 return-to-flight plans and would first launch 11 small Orbcomm messaging satellites into low Earth orbit, and then test reignition of the rocket's redesigned second-stage engine......
ESA's GomX-3 CubeSat goes online
• gizmag.comThe European Space Agency has declared that its miniature GomX-3 technology demonstration satellite is in good health and ready to begin its primary mission.
European and Russians to team up to COLONIZE the Moon
• http://www.express.co, By OLI SMITHTHE European and Russian space agencies have announced plans to join forces to build a permanent human settlement on the Moon.
Nautilus-X - A Real Spaceship At Last
• https://www.youtube.com, f r a g o m a t i kInspired by and based on the Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle concept by NASA's Technology Applications Assessment Team presented in 2011.
Are Those Really Alien Megastructures?...
• http://www.popsci.com, By Sarah FechtThere's something weird happening around a faraway star.
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