Blue Origin traces origin of huge New Glenn rocket explosion to oxygen valve, CEO says
Blue Origin is close to figuring out why its New Glenn rocket went boom a few months ago. The explosion — which destroyed the rocket and some key pieces of…
Lessons for the future of NASA Mars exploration from a 1970s mission
July 20 marked the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest robotic spaceflight achievements in NASA’s history: the landing of the Viking 1 spacecraft on Mars. It was the first…
Redwire to fly dedicated Starfall mission for microgravity research
A Redwire subsidiary working on space biotech and pharmaceutical applications has signed an agreement to fly microgravity research payloads on SpaceX’s Starfall reentry vehicle. The post Redwire to fly dedicated…
Three companies building the tech to grow crops on the moon
Rockets, rovers and landers have dominated the attention of the commercial space industry as the United States focuses on sending humans back to the moon, but a handful of companies…
Rocket Lab launches 8th iQPS satellite
Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar-imaging satellite Aug. 6, more than a month after the previous launch attempt was aborted. The post Rocket Lab launches 8th iQPS satellite appeared first…
Venus Isn’t Dead After All
Simulations conducted by researchers at ETH Zurich suggest a strong likelihood that Venus’s rift valleys are still geologically active rather than being mere relics of a bygone era, as had…
Scientist Constructs “Big Picture” of Mars Water from Rover Data
Rover data from more than 20 years ago has revealed clues to the existence of liquid water on ancient Mars. The NASA Spirit Rover carried a specialized instrument called a…
NASA and Roscosmos continue seat barter agreement
NASA and Roscosmos have agreed to continue exchanging seats between Soyuz and Crew Dragon spacecraft, but that agreement does not yet extend to Starliner. The post NASA and Roscosmos continue…
New Glenn explosion linked to rocket engine valve
Blue Origin has traced the explosion of its New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test in May to a valve in the rocket’s BE-4 engine. The post New Glenn explosion…
‘Warhammer 40,000’ animated series coming to Prime Video, with Henry Cavill onboard as executive producer
It’s always the way; you wait 40,000 years for a Warhammer series from Amazon Prime Video, and then two come along at once. Spinning off of Prime Video’s animated video…