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…
SpaceX Crew-8 of NASA Takes Off for the International Space Station
Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida successfully launched an international crew of four into orbit after reaching the International Space Station at 10:53 p.m. EST on Sunday. The eighth commercial crew rotation trip that NASA has…
How To Watch The March 2 Free Webcast Of SpaceX’s Crew-8 Astronauts’ Launch Into The Space Station
On the company’s Crew-8 mission for NASA, SpaceX is set to launch three astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station (ISS) this week. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour, carrying the spacecraft of the crew members, will launch from…
Asteroid like football stadium sized just sped by Earth and will returning in 2032
On Friday, an asteroid the size of a football stadium streaked by Earth; it will return in less than ten years. NASA estimates that the enormous space rock is around 890 feet in size. (That is larger than the Empire…
NASA Selects Astronauts for SpaceX’s Crew-9 ISS Mission
The four astronauts that will travel on SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission this summer to the International Space Station have been named by NASA. NASA announced on Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 31) that Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, Stephanie Wilson, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov…
After a dramatic journey, the Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer arrives to Earth
After an exciting 10 days in space, the Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS) has returned to Earth, catching fire as it re-enters Earth over the Pacific Ocean. The instrument, which was quickly developed by RAL Space, the Open University,…
