SpaceX’s SN15 Starship Prototype Nails It!
On the fifth attempt, SpaceX nailed the high-altitude flight test with a Starship prototype! Onward and upward we go!
On the fifth attempt, SpaceX nailed the high-altitude flight test with a Starship prototype! Onward and upward we go!
Jeff Bezos’ recent decision to step down as CEO of Amazon could be good news for Blue Origin, one of SpaceX’s chief competitors!
Elon Musk recently revealed more details about the HLS Starship, which could be taking astronauts back to the Moon.
The craters on the Moon’s poles are in permanent shadow. But they’re also intriguing locations, due to deposits of water ice and other materials. The ESA is developing the idea for a rover that can explore these areas with power provided by lasers.
SpaceX has passed another milestone with their Starship prototype after the successful completion of a static fire test
To kick off the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC), NASA Assoc. Admin. Steve Jurczyk indicated that the first Artemis mission will be delayed a little.
The ESA is working on a system (TRAILER) that will allow two robots to work in tandem and explore the lunar surface.
UK startup Spacebit is looking to democratize space with its Walking Rover mission, which will be the UK’s first lunar mission and the first rover to rely on legs to get around!
In the late 1950’s, before NASA had any intentions of going to the Moon – or needing a computer to get there — the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory had designed and built a small prototype probe they hoped would one day fly to Mars (read the background in part 1 of this story here). This little …
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As NASA prepares to return to the Moon by 2024 as part of its Artemis program, the agency is focusing its efforts on exploring the Moon’s polar regions. These are areas of the Moon which seem to have a lot of water mixed in with the regolith.