Do we need highways for space?
In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Luca Rossettini, Founder and CEO of D-Orbit sits down with host David Ariosto. The conversation starts with Luca’s journey from aspiring astronaut to…
Artemis II Insignia Honors All
Robert Markowitz The four astronauts who will be the first to fly to the Moon under NASA’s Artemis campaign have designed an emblem to represent their mission that references both…
Sols 4498-4499: Flexing Our Arm Once Again
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources…
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Assigned to First Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut Christopher Williams poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Chris Williams will embark on his first mission to the…
A Mission That Could Reach Mercury on Solar Sails Alone
An innovative proposal would be a first for planetary exploration. Turns out, it’s as tough to drop inward into the inner solar system, as it is to head outward. The…
Webb Scans Asteroid 2024 YR4, it’s 60 Meters Across
The Torino scale assess’ the risk of a near-Earth object impacting Earth. The list has just had a new addition, asteroid 2024 YR4 which poses a risk to Earth in…
Here are SPHEREx’s First Images
The news is always full of images from the Hubble Space Telescope and more recently the James Webb Space telescope but there is a new kid on the block. NASA’s…
Studying Uranian Moons using Passive Radar Sounding
How can Uranus be used to indirectly study its moons and identify if they possess subsurface oceans? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary…
Galaxies Were Already Dying Just 700 Million Years After the Big Bang
When galaxies run out of primordial hydrogen and helium, they cease star formation, shifting to primarily long-lived red stars. These galaxies are considered “red and dead.” It usually takes billions…