On Wednesday, humanity will be treated to a celestial trifecta: A supermoon (meaning it's relatively close to Earth), but also simultaneously a blood moon (it'll be orange or red), but also simultaneously a blue moon (the second full moon in one
February 6th is the target window with a back up date the following day. Not only is SpaceX looking to launch the Heavy but they will also land the three boosters!
Yesterday Rocket Labs successfully launched their Electron rocket into orbit carrying test satellites. The Electron is small cheap rocket which uses a 3D Printed engine, Electrically driven pumps and composite fuel tanks. All features which are new t
power a human base on Mars... (Natural News) One way or another, humans are going to visit other planets. The dream, according to many scientists, is to land on the one that's orbiting the sun right next to us: Mars. The most experienced and most k
A human settlement on Mars is rapidly moving from science fiction to fact, with Elon Musk envisioning Battlestar Galactica-style fleets blasting off to the Red Planet in coming decades.
A blue moon--the second full moon to occur in one calendar month--isn't as rare as the common saying suggests. But on January 31, skygazers will be in for a much rarer lunar event: For the first time in 35 years, a blue moon coincides with a tota
It's ALIVE!!!!! For the very first time, the Falcon Heavy has successfully lit all 27 of its mighty Merlin engines in preparation for its maiden launch.
THE LONG-AWAITED FALCON Heavy rocket roared to life on Wednesday at 12:30 pm Eastern, as SpaceX fired up the 27 Merlin engines that power the triple-booster rocket at Kennedy Space Center.
The International Space Station's live feed caught a UFO on its video, and soon after, NASA cut the feed. This has led many to believe that the government-run space agency is either covering up the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence or fee
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy hold-down firing could at pad 39A could occur between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. EST (1700-2300 GMT), assuming tomorrow's countdown and fueling rehearsal goes according to plan according to Space Flight Now.
while a single smallsat won't give a small company or nation-state all-seeing powers, if you put a bunch of them together to form a constellation, you can get rapidly refreshed information on the planet.
Rocket Lab has successfully reached orbit with the test flight of its second Electron orbital launch vehicle, Still Testing. Electron lifted-off at 14:43 NZDT from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the M?hia Peninsula in New Zealand.
Robert Zimmerman boils the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel to key parts of a one-page summary. NASA's current bureaucratic framework demands a risk-free space effort, more money and schedule delays. NASA is supposed to be exploring the unknown
it will spot alien life...(Natural News) The James Webb Telescope has successfully concluded a series of tests prior to its proposed launch in the year 2019. After being subjected to 100 days of cryogenic testing -- to prove that it can remain opera
he parallels between the whaling industry and deep human spaceflight are striking. Voyages to the South Seas usually lasted between two and four years, mirroring almost exactly the timeframes associated with a roundtrip journey to Mars. Whalers worke
2002 was the last time the USA led the number of space launches, but following the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster, Russia topped the list every year from 2003 to 2015.
Researchers from the Information and Navigation College, Air Force Engineering University and the Institute of China Electronic Equipment System Engineering Company performed computational analysis for using a space-based laser to remove space junk.
The huge rocket described as "the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two" is in position on a launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center as SpaceX engineers make the final preparations for what promises to be a spectacular st