The Soaring Highs and Stark Lows of 2023 in Spaceflight
It’s time to look back at spaceflight in 2023, a real “two steps forward, one step back” kind of year, filled with highs, lows, and everything in between. China’s Plan…
NASA-Funded Space Ventures Set for Back-to-Back Moon Landings in Early 2024
Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines are all set with their Moon landers. Now they just need their rockets prepped and the launch windows to swing open. But once underway, these NASA-funded…
The Most Captivating Spaceflight Images of 2023
A view of Starship’s 33 Raptor engines during its second test flight on November 18.Image: Photo: SpaceX Experimental rockets, Moon landers, planetary flybys, breathtaking spacewalks, and vintage boosters—these are just…
NASA’s Moon-Bound Astronauts Prepare for Emergency Ahead of 2024 Launch
Four astronauts are getting ready to travel to the Moon and back for NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, and the space agency is making sure that the crew is well-prepared in…
The Soaring Highs and Stark Lows of Spaceflight in 2023
It’s time to look back at spaceflight in 2023, a real “two steps forward, one step back” kind of year, filled with highs, lows, and everything in between. China’s Plan…
Why 2024 Will Be an Epic Year in Spaceflight
A Martian moons mission, a plethora of private lunar landers, probes to Venus and Jupiter, and reusable heavy-lift rocket tests are among the many highlights we’ll be watching in the…
SpaceX May Test Key Technique for Moon Mission on Starship’s Third Flight
SpaceX is actively preparing for the third test of its Starship launch system, a mission that may feature the inaugural attempt at in-flight propellant transfer. This capability is essential for…
SpaceX Starship Version 2, Life Extension for Dogs, and More Top Science News of the Week
If you told a person on the street in the 1970s that humans would have no base on the Moon by the year 2000, they’d probably laugh in your face.…
NASA’s First Crewed Lunar Landing Since Apollo May Not Happen Until 2027
Fresh footprints on the Moon aren’t likely to happen in 2025 as NASA hoped. A new report warns of significant delays to the Artemis 3 mission, the result of two…
Pesky Heat Shield Issue Threatens to Delay NASA’s First Crewed Moon Journey in Decades
Nearly a year after an uncrewed Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, NASA anticipates it still needs a few more months to resolve a lingering issue with the capsule’s…