NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent future upper stage lunar collisions
With a Falcon 9 upper stage set to hit the moon this week, SpaceX says it is working with NASA on ways to prevent similar collisions in the future. The…
Interstellar Travel: the Birth of Fusion Drives
During the Space Age and Cold War, fusion-powered spacecraft systems were investigated as a possible means of reaching another star system within a human lifetime. Many of the proposed ideas…
CNN dives into how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are backing NASA’s race to the moon against China (exclusive clip)
The great technological leaps in American history have often featured influential industrialists who step forward as vanguards, leading the way to a better tomorrow while emerging as major players in…
A SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon this week. Why is it on a collision course?
This rocket wasn’t supposed to die so dramatically. On Wednesday (Aug. 5) at about 2:35 a.m. EDT (0635 GMT), the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam…
Jack in for a cyberpunk jolt with this energized first trailer for Apple TV’s ‘Neuromancer’
Cyberpunk is back in a big way, baby! This summer, we’ve gotten two big doses of dystopian sci-fi: first with the recent San Diego Comic-Con trailer launch for Prime Video’s…
Louisiana Students Loft Payloads from NASA Balloon Facility in Texas
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty…
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have signs of life in its buried ocean — but can we get to them?
NASA’s Europa Clipper is currently on a 1.8-billion-mile journey to Jupiter, tasked with assessing whether the icy moon of its namesake, Europa, could support life. Based on data from the…
Guinea-Bissau Tidal Waters
NASA/Lauren Dauphin, USGS Twice each day, tides ebb and flow through a maze of sandy channels, mudflats, and mangrove forests that flank the 88 islands and islets of Guinea-Bissau’s Bijagós…
3 moons of Neptune may be remnants of ice worlds shattered in a catastrophic crash
Three of Neptune’s moons might have been born from the remnants of ancient icy worlds shattered by Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, a new study finds. These findings suggest further research…
Hughes files for bankruptcy after GEO business loses ground to Starlink
EchoStar’s Hughes geostationary satellite broadband business has filed for bankruptcy in the United States after years of mounting competition from SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. The post Hughes files for bankruptcy after…