China launches 13 satellites on a single Long March 6 rocket
China launched a Long March 6 rocket early Friday (Nov. 6), successfully sending 13 satellites into orbit.
Titan’s Atmosphere Has All the Ingredients For Life. But Not Life as We Know It
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of scientists has identified a mysterious molecule in Titan’s atmosphere. It’s called cyclopropenylidene (C3H2), a simple carbon-based compound that has never been seen in an atmosphere before. According to the team’s study published in The Astronomical Journal, this molecule could be […]
Airbus, Raytheon protest Space Development Agency satellite contract awards
Airbus U.S. Space and Defense filed its protest Oct. 28. Raytheon’s protest was filed Nov. 3.
‘The Right Stuff’ recap: We are all asleep down here (‘Vostok’)
As the race to launch the first astronaut into space heats up, NASA faces more challenges — and delays — in the sixth episode of National Geographic’s “The Right Stuff.”
Asteroid Mining to Shape the Future of Our Wealth
What it will take to make asteroid mining a reality and what lies in the future.
NASA is Looking for Ideas on How to Jump-Start a Lunar Economy!
In less than four years, NASA intends to send the first woman and the next man to the Moon as part of Project Artemis. This will be the first crewed mission to the lunar surface since Apollo 17, the last mission of the Apollo Program, in 1972. It’s also the […]