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NASA's Curiosity rover has begun investigating one of the most interesting regions so far on its seven-year journey. Scientists call the area the "clay-bearing unit," and sure enough, that name has turned out to be very apt.
Aspiring Martian Colonist and Astrophysics PhD candidate Ryan MacDonald covers the progress in SpaceX's plans to send people to Mars. Updates include: construction and testing of Starhopper, launch of the Starlink Constellation, and the Crew Dragon D
By combining moondust and lasers, Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) and the Institute of Space Systems (IRAS) of the Technical University of Braunschweig are experimenting with ways to use 3D printing to build lunar colonies. Slated to fly in 2021, the ne
Gilmour Space Technologies 3D-printed a rocket. Everything hinges on the success of its first launch. long Australia's northeastern edge, the Pacific Ocean laps at sparkling yellow sands. This pristine 35 miles of shoreline is known as the Gold Coa
Although oxygen is common throughout the cosmos, most of it isn't in the form that we as humans need to breathe – molecular oxygen, or O2. Now, researchers at Caltech claim to have created a reactor that can turn carbon dioxide into molecular oxyge
UFOs over Cairns. Lights over Leiden. Glints above Seattle. What's going on? The launch of 60 Starlink satellites by Elon Musk's SpaceX has grabbed the attention of people around the globe. The satellites are part of a fleet that is intended to prov
It's been one day since SpaceX launched its first 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit, and a skywatching sleuth has already spotted them soaring across the night sky. Netherlands-based satellite tracker Marco Langbroek stunned space fans tonig
An overview of a few common types of rocket engine cycles then compare the Raptor to a few other common rocket engines, like SpaceX's current work horse, the Merlin, The Space Shuttle's RS-25, the RD-180, Blue Origin's BE-4 and the F-1 engine.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch launched the sixty Starlink satellites in 2.5 hours at 10:30 EDT - 7:30 PDT time. The launch is successful and they landed the first stage. The second burn will start in about six minutes to get to the right orbit.
The third time could be the charm for Starlink's first 60 operational satellites.
NASA astronauts could one day live inside caves under the moon's surface formed long ago by lunar lava.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explained on Wednesday how the company's Starlink satellite network will serve as the company's key money-maker, unlocking his vision of sending astronauts to Mars.
NASA reveals top picks to develop prototypes under $45M award including SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Boeing
SpaceX and Blue Origin are among the awardees.
SpaceX is building two competing versions of the new Starship rocket in Texas and Florida. The two SpaceX construction teams will cooperate but also compete on the construction of reusable Starships.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX's first batch of Starlink satellites need to wait another 24 hours before taking flight due to "excess upper level winds."
Revealed: Jeff Bezos' futuristic vision of self-sustaining habitats that could house a TRILLION people in space
Elon Musk has shown a stack of sixty Starlink Satellites in a SpaceX Falcon 9 that will soon be launched. SpaceX will be able to start operating the Starlink network with 800 Starlink satellites.
Jeff Bezos and his spaceflight firm Blue Origin have announced their lunar ambitions--joining the global race for this prime extraterrestrial real estate.
event in Washington D.C. and suggests his firm will hit VP Pence's 2024 deadline for putting humans back on the surface
Jeff Bezos may be ready to bring Blue Origin, his secretive space company, out of the shadows.
SpaceX COO Gwynn Shotwell said that SpaceX will launch dozens of Starlink Satellites on May 15, 2019.
The US Air Force has, traditionally, done a terrible job of buying new rockets.
The US Air Force has, traditionally, done a terrible job of buying new rockets. Now, as lawmakers consider a total reorganization of the US military's space operations, the Pentagon's latest attempt to purchase new launch vehicles has become a
Breaking a nearly two week's long silence about what it called an "anomaly" - a massive explosion by any other name - SpaceX has finally confirmed the "explosion and destruction" of an astronaut capsule during testing on April 20.
The mosaic image includes 265,000 galaxies captured by Hubble It includes ancient galaxies formed only 500 million years after the Big Bang Looking deeper into space means looking earlier into the universe's history The farthest galaxies are 1 i
NASA is already beginning preparations for the arrival of the asteroid called "The God of Chaos." The asteroid is said to be approaching Earth and will come close to our planet in 2029.
Last month, Vice President Mike Pence announced that we are headed back to the moon. I am with him, in spirit and aspiration. Having been there, I can say it is high time we returned.
Liftoff is set for 3:59 a.m. EDT (0759 GMT).
A team of British astronomers believe they may have located the lunar module from NASA's Apollo 10 mission - fifty years after the crew released the probe into a perpetual orbit around the Moon.
