Paraguay signs the Artemis Accords
Paraguay signed the Artemis Accords May 7, the sixth country to do so in the last two and a half weeks.
The Material Science Behind A Spacecraft’s Impact Armor
Aerospace engineers have to consider numerous factors when designing a spacecraft, but one that comes up more and more often is the need to design against Micro-Meteoroids and Orbital Debris…
Rocket Lab announces large launch contract and plans to acquire space robotics company
Rocket Lab announced May 7 the largest launch contract in the company’s history as it also moves to acquire a space robotics company.
SatVu zooms in energy facilities in Cuba, India and Australia
SAN FRANCISCO – British startup SatVu released imagery from HotSat-2, a thermal satellite built to keep tabs on energy infrastructure. HotSat-2, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., is the second…
Lunar Outpost raises $30 million
Lunar Outpost, a developer of lunar rovers, has raised $30 million as it works to revamp designs to meet NASA’s revised Artemis architecture.
“Simplified Proteins” Reveal the Biochemical Dawn of Early Earth
When researchers look up at the sky and wonder if we’re not alone, they also realize the origins of life here on Earth might hold the key to finding out.…
Meet the Fleet: NASA Armstrong Continues Legacy of Flight Research
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above Palmdale and Edwards, California, during its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28,…
A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part I: “Where is Everybody?”
The history of SETI is long and varied, with countless contributions made by some of the most brilliant minds humanity has ever produced. In this series, we will look into…
The Asteroid Hunter
Somewhere out there, hurtling through space in the darkness, is an asteroid with our name on it. We just don’t know which one yet. NASA’s answer to that uncomfortable truth…
Rocket Lab joins Raytheon on space interceptor program for Golden Dome
The company also announced a new contract to fly hypersonic test flights for Anduril