Space Exploration
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…
SpaceIL Scraps its Plans to go Back to the Moon. Instead, it’s Got a New Secret “Significant Objective” for Beresheet 2
Mystery. Secrecy. A Need-To-Know Basis. These are the hallmarks of science. Wait a minute: no they're not. So what's with…
LEGO’s New Apollo 11 Lunar Lander has been Released
The 50th anniversary of You-Know-What is coming up and LEGO is getting in on the celebration. The much-beloved company has…
The Blue Origins Founder Wants to Get to the Moon by 2024
Blue Origin is going to the Moon. In an hour-long presentation in Washington DC on May 9th, Jeff Bezos spelled…
Voyager and Pioneer’s Grand Tour of the Milky Way
A new study takes a look at where the Voyager and Pioneer probes might one day venture to as they…
Beresheet Crashed.
The Israeli Beresheet spacecraft has crashed into the Moon. The craft, whose name is Hebrew for "in the beginning" made…
Using Black Holes to Conquer Space: The Halo Drive!
According to a new study, black holes could be used as a gravitational slingshot, allowing for interstellar space exploration.
Ho-Hum. More Boring Success for SpaceX as Crew Dragon Splashes Down
A few hours ago, the SpaceX Crew Dragon splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, about 200 miles off the coast…
How Big Would a Generation Ship Need to be to Keep a Crew of 500 Alive for the Journey to Another Star?
In their latest in a series of studies concerning generation ships, the team addresses how large the ship would need…
Steam-Powered Spacecraft Could Explore the Asteroid Belt Forever, Refueling Itself in Space
A partnership between Honeybee Robotics and the University of Central Florida has produced the first steam-powered spacecraft for asteroid mining.