NASA Awards Liquid Hydrogen Supply Contracts

NASA has selected Plug Power, Inc., of Slingerlands, New York, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply up to approximately 36,952,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen for use at facilities across the agency. The NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid Hydrogen awards are firm-fixed-price requirements contracts that include […]

Michael’s Miscellany: Observing Lists

Among the many amateur astronomers I have known, far too few actually think about their observing session before they head out. Oh, they make sure they have the right equipment, power, even food. But not many of them take a list of the objects they want to view. But more […]

What is BioSentinel?

Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 21, 2025 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked three years of operation in deep space. Astronauts live in a pretty extreme environment aboard the International Space Station. Orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth in the weightlessness of microgravity, they rely on commercial cargo missions about every […]