Firefly Aerospace scrubs Alpha rocket’s return to flight due to high winds
Firefly Aerospace scrubbed the planned return-to-flight mission of its Alpha rocket on Sunday (March 1) due to high winds. A new target date has not yet been announced.
Snowball Earth’s liquid seas dipped way below freezing
Iron isotopes show that salty seawater pockets beneath the ice were as cold as −15°C.
Moons of the solar system: A space-themed word search
Hunt for the names of the many moons surrounding our solar system’s eight planets.
What time is the blood moon total lunar eclipse on March 3?
A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red for billions across North America, Australia and East Asia.
Best AI games… as in games about AI, not slop made by AI
As AI invades everyday life, we’ve gone back and revisited the best video games with memorable AI characters, evil or otherwise.
CAS Space to launch Kinetica-2 in late March carrying prototype cargo spacecraft
Chinese launch firm CAS Space is preparing for the inaugural launch of its reusable Kinetica-2 liquid rocket in late March, carrying a prototype cargo spacecraft. The post CAS Space to…
Intuitive Machines raises $175 million in stock sale
Intuitive Machines raised $175 million in a stock sale Feb. 25 and plans to use the proceeds to help build out a deep space communications network. The post Intuitive Machines…
Growing Future Meals in Space Will Require Human Waste
Future farmers on the Moon and Mars will have a big challenge: how to grow healthy food in two extremely unhealthy environments. That’s because the soil on both worlds isn’t…
NASA on ‘aggressive’ schedule to complete SLS repairs for April launch
NASA has about three weeks to complete repairs to the Space Launch System’s upper stage to make the next launch window for the Artemis 2 mission in early April. The…
Get Ready For The Rubin Observatory’s Deluge Of Discoveries
We’ve been waiting a long time for the Vera Rubin Observatory to begin its work. The observatory features the largest digital camera ever built. It’ll create a time-lapse of the…