Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2’s Solar Sail. What Does The Future Hold For Solar Sails?
Where you can travel in space depends on how much propellant you’ve got on board your rocket and how efficiently…
Big News! SpaceX’s Starhopper Test Vehicle Completes First Free Flight!
Last night, after multiple delays, SpaceX's Starhopper test vehicle has completed its first untethered test flight.
First Free Flight of SpaceX’s Starhopper Aborted After Engine Fire
SpaceX was forced to abort its first free flight test of the Starhopper yesterday (and again today) due to fires…
Toyota is Building a Pressurized Lunar Rover for Japan
JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is teaming up with the nation's largest company to build a lunar rover. Toyota,…
India’s Chandrayaan-2 is Heading to the Moon
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) has successfully launched their Chandrayaan-2 mission to the Moon. The mission, which includes an orbiter,…
China’s Tiangong 2 was Destroyed Last Week, Burning up in the Atmosphere Over the South Pacific Ocean
China recently successfully conducted a controlled deorbit of its second orbital laboratory, Tiangong-2.
Searching For The Red Edge: How The Earth’s Forests Are Telling The Aliens Where We Live
People are always worried that alien civilizations will detect the transmissions from our old radio shows and television broadcasts, and…
Drama In Low-Earth Orbit As LightSail2 Deploys Its Sails
LightSail 2 has successfully deployed its solar sails. Shortly after 12:00 pm PST The Planetary Society tweeted that the sails…
VP Pence Unveils the Spacecraft that will Take Astronauts Back to the Moon in 2024!
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing, VP Pence recently unveiled the the Orion capsule that will take…
Chris Kraft, Legendary NASA Flight Director, Dies at 95
The man known as the ‘father of flight control’ – Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. – has died at the age…