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New Shepard Defies The Odds And Sticks Landing
Blue Origin successfully conducted an in-flight test of the New Shepard crew escape system on Wednesday. A live webcast featured…
Schiaparelli & The Problematic History Of Martian Landings
The Schiaparelli lander will attempt it's landing on Mars in 15 days. Will it succeed, or join the long list…
Was SpaceX’s Lost Falcon 9 The Victim Of Sabotage?
In the wake of the explosion that destroyed SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket in September, investigators are looking into possibilities other…
Odds Are Blue Origin Launch Test Will End In Fiery Destruction: Watch Live
The last time an in-flight escape system test for a crew capsule took place was during the Apollo program, in…
The 2016 Nobel Prize In Physics: It’s Complicated
This year's Nobel Prize in physics is expected to be be conferred on the three scientists who invented the process…
The Questions After Musk’s Mars Speech Were Bizarre & Cringeworthy
Some of the questions Elon Musk fielded at his recent presentation were truly embarrassing. But he handled it well.
Ready Or Not, Musk Is Dragging Us Into Interplanetary Species Status
Today, Elon Musk elaborated on his plans to make humanity a planet-faring species. We've known for a long time that…
Mercury Is Tectonically Active & Shrinking
Images taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft have shown features on Mercury's surface that indicate that the planet is still tectonically…
Europa’s Venting Global Ocean May Be Easier To Reach Than We Thought
Today, NASA announced that images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope have shown more evidence of water plumes on Europa's…
More than 100 km of Liquid Water Beneath Pluto’s Surface
What lies beneath Pluto’s icy heart? New research indicates there could be a salty “Dead Sea”-like ocean more than 100…