Tom Hanks’ ‘The Moonwalkers’ makes US premiere at Space Center Houston
It is not unusual to see a Saturn V launch while viewing a film at Space Center Houston. Now, with “The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks,” that spectacle stretches…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites on record-setting 26th flight (video, photos)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for the 26th time this morning (Feb. 15), setting a new reuse record for the company.
Construction of Roman Continues With the Addition of its Sunshade
NASA continues to progress with the development of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (RST), the next-generation observatory with a target launch date of 2027. As the direct successor to…
A Flaming Flower in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Our neighbour, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), is rich in gas and dust and hosts regions of extremely robust star formation. It contains about 700 open clusters, groups of gravitationally…
Eutelsat adapts GEO strategy as Starlink reshapes satellite connectivity
Eutelsat is taking another step away from consumer broadband as Starlink’s sprawling low Earth orbit network continues to erode demand for geostationary services. The post Eutelsat adapts GEO strategy as…
Boeing Starliner astronauts on the ISS set the story straight: ‘We don’t feel stranded’
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore say they aren’t stranded aboard the space station. They’ll be happy to come home but sad when their spaceflight journey comes to an…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin laying off 1,000 employees: reports
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is laying off about 1,000 employees, according to media reports. That’s about 10% of the aerospace company’s workforce.
A Bola Robot Could Provide Stable Jumping Capability on Low-Gravity Bodies
New research on locomotion techniques that could be used in space exploration is constantly coming out. A lab from UCLA known as the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) is presenting…
NASA Inspires High School Engineering Club
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The engineering club from Palmdale High School in Palmdale, California, visits NASA’s Armstrong Research Flight Center in Edwards, California.…
White Dwarfs Could Be More Habitable Than We Thought
White dwarfs are the remnants of once brilliant main sequence stars like our Sun. They’re extremely dense and no longer perform any fusion. The light they radiate is from remnant…