Blue Origin targeting Nov. 22 for next space tourism launch
Blue Origin is targeting Friday (Nov. 28) for its NS-28 tourism mission, which will take “Space Gal” Emily Calandrelli and five other people to suborbital space.
NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 90 Launch, Space Station Docking
The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress spacecraft pictured on Feb. 7, 2023, from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft…
Rocket startup ABL Space Systems ends orbital launch plans, pivots to missile defense
ABL Space Systems, founded in 2017, will pivot from orbital launch sector to U.S. missile defense programs.
This Black Friday Sony camera deal at Walmart has everyone else beat
Walmart’s Sony camera Black Friday deal price beats Adorama, Amazon and Best Buy by hundreds of dollars.
Pentagon UFO office testifies to US Senate on Tuesday. Watch it live here (video)
The Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office will testify before the U.S. Senate on Tuesday (Nov. 19) about its latest report starting at 4:30 p.m. ET (2130 GMT).
Station Science Top News: Nov. 15, 2024
Anthocyanins protect seeds in space After exposure to space outside the International Space Station, purple-pigmented rice seeds rich in anthocyanin had higher germination rates than non-pigmented white rice seeds. This…
November Transformer of the Month: Ariel Vargas
When Ariel Vargas joined NASA in 2023, he knew he wanted to make an impact. Despite his relatively short tenure, he has earned the reputation of a Digital Transformer in…
The Large Magellanic Cloud Survived its Closest Approach to the Milky Way
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a small galaxy, just a tenth of the Milky Way’s mass. It is about 160,000 light years away, which is remarkably close in cosmic terms.…
The New Mars Landing Approach: How We’ll Land Large Payloads on the Red Planet
Back in 2007, I talked with Rob Manning, engineer extraordinaire at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he told me something shocking. Even though he had successfully led the entry, descent,…
Three More “Galactic Monster” Ultra-Massive Galaxies Found
One of the surprise findings with the James Webb Space Telescope is the discovery of massive galaxies in the early Universe. The expectations were that only young, small, baby galaxies…