Space Exploration Technologies
NASA Tests Water Powered Spacecraft in Orbit
Picture two tissue box-sized spacecraft orbiting Earth. Then picture them communicating, and using a water-powered thruster to approach each other.…
The Light Sail is Working… It’s Working!
Good news from The Planetary Society: LightSail 2's solar sail is functioning as intended. After launching on June 25th, then…
Check Out This Super-Cool Quad Video of the Falcon Re-Entry. Two Sonic Booms!
Elon Musk has posted a four-panel video of the Falcon re-entry on his Twitter feed and it's driving even jaded…
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,…
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…
The Lunar Gateway Will be in a “Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit”
After months of discussion, the space agencies behind the Lunar Gateway have decided how the space station will orbit the…
LightSail 2 is Sending Home New Pictures of Earth
LightSail 2, the brainchild of The Planetary Society, has gifted us two new gorgeous images of Earth. The small spacecraft…
The ESA’s SpaceBok Robot Will Hop Its Way Around Low-Gravity Worlds
The ESA is helping a group of students from Zurich test and develop their hopping exploration robot. Called SpaceBok, the…
MOONRISE: Melting lunar regolith with lasers to build structures on the Moon
A team of German scientists have invented a new laser system that could be used to build a lunar base…
Prototype of a Future Interstellar Probe was Just Tested on a Balloon
Researchers with the UCSB Experimental Cosmology Group recently conducted a successful stratospheric test of their wafercraft, which could be traveling…