Trio of Orion spacecraft prepped for NASA moon missions
NASA/Lockheed Martin NASA has shared an image of three spacecraft that will play a central role in its next three Artemis missions to the moon. Having already successfully tested the…
Triple-Core Rockets and ‘Donuts’ on Mars: Marvel at the Best Spaceflight Imagery From June
Liftoff of United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket on June 22, 2023.Gif: ULA/Gizmodo There’s plenty of smoke in the air—and not just from Canada’s raging wildfires. Indeed, the past month…
Wild Webb Telescope Image Uncovers Never-Before-Seen Carbon Molecule in Distant Star System
The Webb Space Telescope recently peered into a gassy region of the Orion Nebula and managed to spot a carbon-based molecule that could be a “cornerstone of interstellar organic chemistry,”…
NASA Wants to Mine Resources From the Moon by 2032
After more than 50 years, NASA’s pending return to the Moon could encompass more than just leaving footprints on its surface, as it could entail efforts to mine the Moon…
NASA Picks Blue Origin to Build Second Moon Lander for Artemis Missions
In 2021, Bezos unsuccessfully sued NASA over the agency’s decision to grant the first contract to SpaceX, but today’s news should put him in a better head space. Blue Origin…
The Death of the Chevy Bolt Is Bad News for Earth
Long ago, they paved paradise and put up a parking lot. That was the compromise of progress. Now, Chevy is taking what could’ve, at least, been a proverbial parking lot…
NASA’s Blueprint for Sustainably Exploring the Moon and Mars Passes First Review
As NASA inches closer to returning humans to the Moon and reaching Mars for the first time, the space agency has developed a comprehensive blueprint to establish a long-term human…
Artemis Astronaut Christina Koch Can’t Wait to See the ‘First Female Footprints’ on the Moon
Artemis astronaut Christina Koch has a knack for making history. In recent years, she was part of the first all-women spacewalk and set the record for the longest single spaceflight…
Upper Stage of NASA’s Artemis 2 Megarocket Is Ready for Tests
NASA’s Artemis 2 is feeling realer by the minute. The next upper stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket is now ready for tests at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in…
Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen Will Be Among the Next Humans to Fly to the Moon
On April 3, NASA announced the crew for Artemis II, which will see astronauts spending up to three weeks on a flyby trip to the moon in 2024. This mission…