The X-37B spaceplane sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, and its mysterious past is equally evocative. What does the military put in this long-term orbital vehicle? Turns out it’s exactly the kind of neat, […]
Air Force gives a rare look at the research going to orbit in its X-37B spaceplane Continue »
NASA has awarded Maxar an estimated $142 million contract to demonstrate in-orbit spacecraft refueling and assembly of new components using a custom robotic platform in space. The space infrastructure dexterous robot, or SPIDER, program will be
Maxar and NASA will demonstrate orbital spacecraft assembly with a new robotic arm Continue »
NASA is looking for liquid gold on the Moon — not oil, but plain-old water. If we’re going to have a permanent presence there, we’ll need it, so learning as much as we can about it
NASA’s VIPER lunar rover will hunt water on the Moon in 2022 Continue »
The next Americans to set foot on the Moon will do so in a brand new spacesuit that’s based on, but hugely improved from, the original Apollo suits that last went up there in the ’70s.
NASA’s new Moon-bound spacesuit is safer, smarter and much more comfortable Continue »
VCRs didn’t really exist when the first men walked on the moon, but NASA was ahead of the curve and recorded the event for posterity on videotapes — which just sold at auction for $1.8 million.
Original Apollo 11 landing videotapes sell for $1.8M Continue »
If you’re driving your car from Portland to Merced, you probably rely on GPS to see where you are. But what if you’re driving your Moon rover from Oceanus Procellarum to the Sea of Tranquility? Actually,
With the Artemis mission scheduled to put boots on lunar regolith as soon as 2024, NASA has a lot of launching to do — and you can be sure none of those launches will go to
NASA picks a dozen science and tech projects to bring to the surface of the Moon Continue »
NASA has just announced its next big interplanetary mission: Dragonfly, which will deliver a Mars Rover-sized flying vehicle to the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn with tantalizing life-supporting qualities. The craft will fly from
NASA’s Dragonfly will fly across the surface of Titan, Saturn’s ocean moon Continue »
NASA’s X-59 QueSST experimental quiet supersonic aircraft will have a cockpit like no other — featuring a big 4K screen where you’d normally have a front window. Why? Because this is one weird-looking plane.
NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet will have a 4K TV instead of a forward window Continue »
NASA has announced the recipients of its most recent round of highly experimental projects it deems promising enough to fund. These NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts aren’t guaranteed to go all the way, but are rather sort
Stellar echoes, Venusian automatons and more gain NASA moonshot funding Continue »
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