spaceflight
Titan Dragonfly is Go!…. for Phase C
The surface exploration of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, just got one step closer to reality as NASA’s much-anticipated Dragonfly mission…
Sit on the Toilet while you Gaze at the Earth from the Edge of Space
You’re an excited, spacefaring passenger strolling about a pressurized cabin approximately 30 kilometers (20 miles) above the Earth. Your trip…
40th Rocket Lab Electron Mission, “We Love The Nightlife”, Launches From New Zealand with Reused Engine
Private space company, Rocket Lab, launched its 40th Electron mission on their lauded Electron rocket, dubbed “We Love The Nightlife”,…
A New Shepard Exploded. Fortunately, There Wasn’t Anyone on Board
On September 12, Blue Origin New Shepard mission, NS-23, failed just over one minute into an uncrewed flight, forcing the…
Flying to (Hypothetical) Planet 9: Why visit it, how could we get there, and would it surprise us like Pluto?
In a recent study submitted to Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, an international team of researchers discuss the various mission design…
More Rocket Launches Could Damage the Ozone Layer
There are few things in this world that brings feelings of awe and wonder more than a rocket launch. Watching…
It’s Official, William Shatner Will be Flying to Space With Blue Origin
Star Trek meets star reality as William Shatner, the iconic 90-year-old actor, will fly on the next Blue Origins suborbital…
Don’t Be Surprised if EmDrive Experiments Never Work
Every few years the "EmDrive", a proposed method of generating rocket thrust without any exhaust, hits the news. Each time,…
Report Suggests That Astronauts Shouldn’t get More Than 600 Millisieverts of Radiation Exposure During Their Career. We get 2-3 a Year Down Here on Earth
Space may be pretty, but it's dangerous. Astronauts face a much higher dose of ionizing radiation than us Earth-bound folks,…
In a Comprehensive new Test, the EmDrive Fails to Generate any Thrust
The EmDrive is a hypothetical rocket that proponents claim can generate thrust with no exhaust. This would violate all known…