NASA Asks for Help in Bringing Back Mars Samples After Mission Becomes Too Expensive
NASA is calling on industry players to come up with an alternative plan to return rocky samples from Mars at a lower cost and an earlier date. Wagner Moura on…
Everything We Noticed During Starship’s Remarkable Third Test Flight
Screenshot: SpaceX The Starship upper stage continued on its journey through space, attaining, for the first time, an orbital velocity exceeding 16,156 miles per hour (26,000 kilometers per hour). Technically,…
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Breaks a Blade and Will Never Fly Again
After nearly three years of flying across the Martian terrain, the Ingenuity helicopter has finally ended its mission. NASA declared Thursday that Ingenuity had sustained damage to a blade during…
Future Moon-Orbiting Space Station Takes Shape With New Airlock Plans
An artist’s depiction of the Lunar Gateway (left) and airlock (right).Illustration: NASA The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is contributing to the lunar outpost that will be built around the Moon,…
California Legislators Slam ‘Rash’ NASA Cuts to Marquee Mars Mission
Six California lawmakers wrote to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson last week to oppose the agency’s recent cuts to the Mars Sample Return mission, which aims to bring samples collected by…
16 Takeaways From the Explosive Second Test of SpaceX’s Starship Megarocket
Starship explosion Off English Starship explosion. Video: C&J Images However, the Super Heavy booster unexpectedly exploded around three minutes and 17 seconds into the mission, potentially due to the extra…
In Images: Remembering Legendary NASA Astronaut Frank Borman
Photo: NASA On September 17, 1962, the Manned Spacecraft Center of NASA in Houston showcased nine new crew members. In the front row, from left to right, are Charles Conrad,…
Blue Origin Reveals Full-Scale Model of Future Lunar Cargo Lander
Blue Origin has revealed a life-sized model of its upcoming lunar cargo lander, Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1), achieving a significant step in its plans to facilitate cargo transport to…
NASA to Rewrite Mars Sample Return Mission So It Can Actually Happen
NASA is considering alternative ways to bring back samples from Mars after its budget and schedule for the sample return mission was deemed unrealistic in a recent report by an…
NASA’s Plan to Return Samples From Mars Is Pure Science Fiction, Report Finds
The findings from an independent review board suggest that NASA’s quest to return samples from Mars is riddled with challenges and seemingly impossible to accomplish under the current cost and…