South American Space Programs: No Cooperation, No Gains
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:31
Large space cooperation projects are sometimes the visible tip of a geopolitical iceberg. ESA is the tip of the iceberg of European political and economic integration. Russia's association with the ISS in 1993 was the tip of the iceberg of non-proliferation of nuclear and ballistic technologies, giving Russia in the 1990s (and its thousands of unemployed space and nuclear engineers) a new purpos Trump vows to plant flag on Mars, omits mention of Moon return
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:31
US President Donald Trump vowed Monday to "plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars" but made no mention of NASA's planned return to the Moon, heightening speculation about his space strategy.
During his first term, the Republican launched the Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon as a stepping stone to the Red Planet - yet even then he expressed doubts about the Moon's nec Galactic Energy launches five satellites into orbit
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:31
Galactic Energy, a Beijing-based private rocket manufacturer, successfully completed a mission on Monday afternoon, deploying five satellites into orbit.
According to the company's statement, the Ceres-1 rocket launched at 6:11 pm from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The mission placed five remote-sensing satellites into a sun-synchrono Shenzhou XIX crew completes second spacewalk
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:31
Members of the Shenzhou XIX mission aboard China's Tiangong space station successfully completed their second round of extravehicular activities (EVAs) early Tuesday morning, as confirmed by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The EVA concluded at 1:12 am Beijing Time.
During the 8.5-hour operation, astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong, and Wang Haoze accomplished multiple tasks, includin General Atomics tests advanced nuclear thermal propulsion fuel at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:31
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced a major step forward in nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) technology with successful testing of its reactor fuel at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). This progress supports the development of rapid and flexible cislunar transportation and deep space missions, including human exploration of Mars. The collaborative effort with NAS SpaceX again scrubs launch of more satellites from California
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:31
SpaceX for the third time on Monday scrubbed plans to launch 27 more Starlink internet satellites into low-earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with an earlier one postponed because of a Delta jet flying nearby.
No reason was given for the latest delay.
The private company is now targeting a Falcon 9 launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 7:24 a.m. Tuesd The video games bedeviling Elon Musk
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:31
Skepticism rages about whether Elon Musk actually put in the hours to become a top player of video games "Diablo IV" and "Path of Exile 2."
The fourth main installment in the Blizzard Entertainment series "Diablo" came out in 2023 and a "Vessel of Hatred" expansion pack was released late last year.
Role-playing title "Path of Exile 2," available to those who pay for early access, is expe Signatures of Ice-Free Ancient Ponds and Lakes Found on Mars
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:31
Researchers have discovered two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, signatures of long-dried bodies of water preserved in the rock record. Wave ripples are small undulations in the sandy shores of lakebeds, created as wind-driven water laps back and forth. The two sets of ripples indicate the former presence of shallow water that was open to the Martian air, not covered by ice as some climate Towards low-cost missions to Mars
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 07:58
Two decades after Mars Express, ESA is returning to small-scale missions aimed at exploring the Red Planet. With a completely different landscape of technologies available this time around, new opportunities for interplanetary missions open up. As part of ESA's LightShip initiative, four consortia will conduct independent parallel studies to define what a small low cost Mars satellite-platform could look like as a LightShip passenger.
The Mars Pivot
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 03:55
Just two weeks ago, in these very pages, I outlined what seemed then a bold prediction about America's space strategy. President Trump's inaugural declaration to 'pursue our manifest destiny into the stars' and 'plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars'- is not anymore campaign rhetoric it's the ultimate cosmic mic drop! Second Trump administration begins with confusion on acting NASA leadership
Monday, 20 January 2025 20:35
The second Trump administration started with soaring rhetoric about sending humans to Mars but confusion about who was leading NASA on an acting basis.
NASA Kennedy ground systems prepping hardware for Artemis II and beyond
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Malargüe—A satellite dish best served cold: Cryogenic upgrade boosts capacity by almost 80%
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Astronauts on NASA's Artemis mission to the moon will need better boots. Here's why
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Trump’s second term: the space priorities and players
Monday, 20 January 2025 16:50
Our guide for a second Trump administration as it relates to space.
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