There’s More Water Inside Planets Than We Thought
When you walk across your lawn or down the street, you move on the surface of a surprisingly layered world. Some of those layers are rock, others are molten. A…
Why Did Copernicus Reject Geocentrism?
Popular science history paints a picture of the Greek geocentric model dominating astronomical thought beginning around the 3rd century BCE, and being the favored model for ~1,500 years. Then, suddenly…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 127 —Space Stations Inc.
On Episode 127 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Max Haot of VAST about his company’s first space station.
China Will Launch its Mars Sample Return Mission in 2028
While NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission has experienced a setback, China is still moving forward with their plans to bring home a piece of the Red Planet. This week, officials…
Boeing’s Starliner capsule just landed with no crew aboard. What’s next for this astronaut taxi?
Starliner’s recently completed Crew Flight Test mission faced several technical problems in space. Will NASA certify the spacecraft for long-duration astronaut flights?
See Saturn at its biggest and brightest tonight before its rings ‘disappear’ in 2025
Saturn reaches opposition Sept. 8, appearing bigger and brighter in the night sky. Viewers can also catch a glimpse of the planet’s rings before they turn edge on and “disappear”…
Starliner returns to Earth uncrewed
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully landed in New Mexico early Sept. 7, completing the Crew Flight Test mission but without any crew on board. The post Starliner returns to Earth…
Artemis III Landing Sites Identified Using Mapping and Algorithm Techniques
Where would be the most ideal landing site for the Artemis III crew in SpaceX’s Human Landing System (HLS)? This is what a recent study submitted to Acta Astronautica hopes…
NASA, Boeing Welcome Starliner Spacecraft to Earth, Close Mission
NASA and Boeing welcomed Starliner back to Earth following the uncrewed spacecraft’s successful landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6, 2024, at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.…
NASA removes ESCAPADE from inaugural New Glenn launch
NASA has decided not to launch a pair of Mars-bound smallsats on the first flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn in October out of concerns that the rocket may not…