NASA's moon base plans include landers, buggies and drones for 2028 mission
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA's moon base plans include landers, buggies and drones for 2028 mission

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin​, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost and Firefly Aerospace are awarded with hundreds of millions of dollars in NASA contracts for th...

Source: CBS News

SpaceX Starship Faces Herculean Tech Hurdles In Race To Moon Landing
Artemis Missions 3 weeks ago
SpaceX Starship Faces Herculean Tech Hurdles In Race To Moon Landing

Despite acing a flight test of its newest Starship capsule, SpaceX has to speed through an obstacle course of tech hurdles to win the race to land ast...

Source: Forbes

NASA picks Blue Origin, other space firms for moon missions
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA picks Blue Origin, other space firms for moon missions

May 26 : NASA awarded contracts to space firms including Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Astrolab to send robotic landers, rovers and drones to suppo...

Source: CNA

NASA unveils plans to build permanent base on the Moon by 2032
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA unveils plans to build permanent base on the Moon by 2032

NASA has shared details of its Moon Base plans and aims to have a ‘sustained human presence’ on the lunar surface by 2032

Source: LADbible

SpaceX wins $2B contract to produce satellites for Space Force
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
SpaceX wins $2B contract to produce satellites for Space Force

SpaceX's $2B contract enhances its defense role, potentially reshaping military satellite tech and impacting future government collaborations. Th...

Source: Crypto Briefing

WATCH: NASA shares plans to construct moon base
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
WATCH: NASA shares plans to construct moon base

The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. compan...

Source: PBS

JWST Reveals A Star-Scorched Mercury-Like Planet That's Bigger Than Earth
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
JWST Reveals A Star-Scorched Mercury-Like Planet That's Bigger Than Earth

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a dark, scorched world that may be similar to the Moon or Mercury but about 30 percent larger than ...

Source: ScienceAlert

NASA's mega moon plans unveiled: Drones, landers, rovers, millions of dollars contracts to 4 US companies
Artemis Missions 3 weeks ago
NASA's mega moon plans unveiled: Drones, landers, rovers, millions of dollars contracts to 4 US companies

During April's Artemis II mission, four astronauts flew around the moon, travelling deeper into space than the Apollo moon crews did during the l...

Source: The Times of India

Comet & Asteroid News 3 weeks ago
Tianwen-2 mission target asteroid (469219) Kamoʻoalewa probably develops an Itokawa-compositional but more space-weathered surface

The origin of asteroid (469219) Kamo‘oalewa, target of China’s Tianwen-2 mission, is debated. Here, the authors show that it probably originated from ...

Source: Nature.com

Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
The Weirdness of Early Universe SMBHs Gets Even Weirder

The JWST has shown us some strange things about supermassive black holes (SMBH) in the early Universe. Many of them are far more massive than we think...

Source: Universe Today

Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the Internat...

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Rovers and Drones laying the foundations for NASA Moon Base

NASA has outlined the initial missions under its Moon Base initiative, rebranding existing Commercial Lunar… The post Rovers and Drones layi...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Space Technology 3 weeks ago
Released: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft

The Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) is available for review via SAM.gov.

Source: NASA

NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety

With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers th...

Source: NASA

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Expands Florida Rocket Facility Footprint, Ron DeSantis Touts State's 'Ideal Environment' For Success
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Expands Florida Rocket Facility Footprint, Ron DeSantis Touts State's 'Ideal Environment' For Success

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) announced on Friday that Blue Origin will expand its Rocket Park campus in Cape Canaveral with a $600 million proje...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

Watch: Nasa shows renderings for planned permanent moon base
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Watch: Nasa shows renderings for planned permanent moon base

The plans include permanent human habitation on the Earth's only natural satellite by 2032.

Source: BBC News

Noble Audio’s FoKus Artemis is the first wireless headphone with dynamic and planar magnetic tech
Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
Noble Audio’s FoKus Artemis is the first wireless headphone with dynamic and planar magnetic tech

The headphone competes with premium models like the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2.

Source: Acquiremag.com

NASA announces 3 uncrewed missions to the moon this year to prepare to build a base
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA announces 3 uncrewed missions to the moon this year to prepare to build a base

NASA announced plans for three uncrewed missions to the moon this year that will serve as early steps toward building a permanent base on the lunar su...

Source: NBC News

Rocket Lab Adds Mars-Proven Robotics Capabilities with Completion of Motiv Space Systems Acquisition
Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
Rocket Lab Adds Mars-Proven Robotics Capabilities with Completion of Motiv Space Systems Acquisition

Rocket Lab has acquired Motiv Space Systems, adding Mars heritage for complex planetary missions, plus precision mechanisms for space infrastructure.....

Source: GlobeNewswire

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missions - The Guardian

Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missionsThe Guardian NASA announces 3 uncrewed missions to the moon this year ...

Source: Slashdot.org