Expending the Expendables: More launch companies are betting their future on reusability
Almost no one thought SpaceX would make the catch, at least not on the first try. On the fifth integrated…
Month: November 2024
Oral History with R. Walter Cunningham
Selected for NASA’s third astronaut class in 1963, Cunningham served as the backup Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 1. He…
SpaceX lands Falcon 9 booster for a record 23rd time amid Koreasat-6A mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Launch Complex 39A to begin the Koreasat-6A mission for KT Sat. The satellites…
Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'
Elon Musk will have a place in the second Trump administration. The SpaceX founder and CEO will lead the new…
Colorado Students to Connect with NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Students from Colorado will have the opportunity to hear NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams answer their prerecorded questions…
Extreme heat weakens land’s power to absorb carbon
Applications 13/11/2024 196 views 10 likes A new European Space Agency-backed study shows that the extreme heatwaves of 2023, which…
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce
NASA’s chief center for robotic planetary exploration is conducting another round of layoffs. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern…
How we made history by landing on a comet
On 12 November 2014, after a ten-year journey through the Solar System and over 500 million kilometres from home, Rosetta’s…
Sierra Space clears design review in military satellite program
WASHINGTON — Sierra Space has cleared an early design review for its missile-warning satellites intended for a military low Earth…
Canadian Lunar Rover and Utility Vehicle on Display
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) recently invited media for an early evening viewing of the Canadensys Aerospace lunar rover at…