Scaling Propellant Production on Mars is Hard
Putting humans on Mars has been one of NASA’s driving missions for years, but they are still in the early stages of deciding what exactly that mission architecture will look…
Is an ‘Off-Year’ Leonid Outburst in the Cards For November?
There are good reasons to keep an eye on the Leonid meteors this year. It’s still one of the coolest things I ever saw. I was in the U.S. Air…
Shonnel Malani, Advent International – Commercial Space Transformers
In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with Shonnel Malani, Managing Partner, Advent International. The post Shonnel Malani, Advent International – Commercial Space…
Mysterious, city-size ‘centaur’ comet gets 300 times brighter after quadruple cold-volcanic eruption
The cryovolcanic “centaur” comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually bright in the process. It is the most powerful outburst from the city-size oddball…
Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Undergoes Testing
Teams with NASA and Lockheed Martin prepare to conduct testing on NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in the altitude chamber inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and…
Millennium Space delivers two spacecraft for upcoming NASA mission
The TRACERS mission scheduled to launch in 2025 will investigate the drivers behind space weather activity The post Millennium Space delivers two spacecraft for upcoming NASA mission appeared first on…
A black hole’s secrets could hide in its dizzying light ‘echoes’
Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing.
Improving Space AI: Ground-to-orbit efforts aim to advance satellite intelligence
AI-driven technologies are on the cusp of unlocking true autonomy in orbit, with the potential to enable spacecraft to operate independently and deliver more customized, intelligently managed data to Earth.…
SPHEREx remains on track after reaction wheel issue
A NASA astrophysics mission remains on schedule to launch in April after teams went “above and beyond” to fix a problem with one component of the spacecraft that could also…
Reaction Engines Goes Into Bankruptcy, Taking the Hypersonic SABRE Engine With it
Rarely does something get developed which is a real game changer in space exploration. One example is the Skylon reusable single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane. Powered by the hypersonic SABRE engine it operates…