This Trio Of Robots Could Explore Lunar Caves
Seeking refuge in caves is natural. Animals do it, and so did our ancestors. Future lunar astronauts may do the same when they visit the Moon. Lunar caves can provide…
US Air Force selects Blue Origin and Anduril for rocket cargo delivery project: report
Blue Origin and Anduril each received AFRL contracts to deliver rocket-flown cargo to any point in the world within one hour, according to a media report.
NASA’s X-59 Moves Toward First Flight at Speed of Safety
5 Min Read NASA’s X-59 Moves Toward First Flight at Speed of Safety NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen at dawn with firetrucks and safety personnel nearby during…
NASA, War Department Partnership Tests Boundaries of Autonomous Drone Operations
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Researchers in the Verification and Validation Lab at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley monitor a simulated…
Mars shines red next to blue Spica at sunset on Sept. 13
Red Mars meets bright Spica in the sunset sky this week.
A Brief Outburst
The Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period on Feb. 24, 2015. Because this occurred way over near the…
How carrying enough water to make return-trip propellant simplifies a Starship mission to Mars
The idea of a human mission to explore Mars has been studied repeatedly over the past 75 years. More than 1,000 piloted Mars mission studies were conducted inside and outside…
Apex reaches billion-dollar valuation with Series D funding round
Satellite manufacturer Apex has raised $200 million in a new funding round that values the company at more than $1 billion. The post Apex reaches billion-dollar valuation with Series D…
Cailabs raises $67 million to scale up production of optical ground stations
Cailabs, a French company that manufactures optical ground stations for satellite communications, has raised 57 million euros ($67 million) to scale up production. The post Cailabs raises $67 million to…
SpaceX launches powerful satellite to orbit for Indonesian telecom company
SpaceX launched a mission for an Indonesian telecom company tonight (Sept. 11), sending the Nusantara Lima satellite to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast.