NASA Contracts SpaceX to Build a Deorbit Vehicle for the Space Station
SpaceX was chosen by NASA to build a spaceship that will be utilized to complete the last stages of the International Space Station’s deorbiting at the end of the current decade. On June 26, NASA declared that SpaceX had been…
NASA’s Second Shoebox-sized Climate Satellite Is Launched By Rocket Lab
Tuesday night (June 4) saw the launch of the second cubesat by Rocket Lab for NASA’s PREFIRE climate change mission. At 11:15 p.m. EDT (03:15 GMT and 3:15 p.m. local New Zealand time on June 5), an Electron rocket topped…
NASA Ought to Allow a Private Expedition to Preserve Hubble
The billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman, who is responsible for the successful commercial space mission Inspiration4 as well as the next private space voyage Polaris Dawn, wants to preserve the Hubble Space Telescope on his own cash. All he needs is…
Dream Chaser is About to Be Shipped from Sierra Space to Florida
After completing a series of environmental testing at a NASA facility in Ohio, Sierra Space claims that the Dream Chaser freight spaceplane is ready to be shipped to Florida for a launch later this year. The Dream Chaser spacecraft, called…
NASA Affirms the Dragonfly Project in Spite of Increased Expenses
Despite the fact that the mission’s cost has increased since NASA decided to pursue it over five years ago, the agency has authorized the trip to Titan, the moon of Saturn, for development. NASA said on April 16 that the…
NASA Reevaluates its Strategy to Get Rare Mars Samples Back to Earth
However, due to its complexity, cost, and postponed return date—which was initially scheduled for 2031 but was postponed following evaluations by an impartial review board—there have been worries that the program is too cumbersome. The program is at jeopardy due…
A New Business that Turns CO2 Into Sustainable Rocket Fuel Via Photosynthesis
In recent years, there has been an increasing push to make rocket launches more environmentally friendly. This is a critical step in lessening space exploration’s negative environmental effects. The goal of Brooklyn-based startup AIR COMPANY is to improve the sustainability…
First Astronaut Moon Kit After Apollo Released by NASA
A new age of lunar exploration will begin when the Artemis 3 astronauts set foot on the moon for the first time in over 50 years. With the purpose of evaluating the viability of a prolonged human presence on the…
NASA’s Voyager 1 Tells the Story of Deep Space Detective
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has been continuously transmitting a radio signal to Earth since November 2023, but the broadcast is devoid of useful data. The flight data subsystem (FDS), one of the three onboard computers in charge of encapsulating the…
The White House’s Budget Request for NASA For 2025 Includes $25.4 Billion
In its federal budget request for the fiscal year 2025, the White House included $25.4 billion for NASA, which was made public on March 11. That represents a 2% increase over the $24.9 billion the agency is expected to get…
