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NASA: International Space Station ‘largely isolated’ from tensions over Ukraine
Even as tensions between the two nations rise over the Ukraine crisis, the long-standing partnership between the US and Russia in running the International Space Station (ISS) looks to be on stable ground. NASA is continuing in discussions with Roscosmos, its Russian equivalent, on a new “crew exchange” arrangement seven weeks after the Biden administration […] More
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in FeaturedElon Musk’s Starship is going to Revolutionize the Space-Business forever!
Elon Musk, the billionaire and creator of SpaceX, will provide an update on Starship, a powerful rocket that some predict may alter the space business in ways that many can not yet comprehend, on Thursday night at a launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. And that lack of creativity might be a concern for others […] More
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NASA Gives Green Light To The First Private Crew Mission to ISS on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket!
The International Space Station (ISS) has hosted over 244 astronauts who have completed 403 separate trips in its 24 years of operation. Except for a few tourists, they were all astronauts on NASA and its allies’ publicly-funded missions, such as Russia, Japan, Canada, or the European Space Agency. However, the first-ever commercial expedition to the […] More
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in FeaturedThe Pentagon is looking for Companies to Clean Space-Junk from Low Earth Orbit
The Pentagon wants to de-pollute space. That is, not all of it. At least in low Earth orbit, where hundreds of pieces of junk, wasted rocket stages, and dead satellites swirl about wildly like flotsam. All of that garbage from decades of space flight is not only unsightly, but it also presents a major threat […] More
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in FeaturedTom Cruise’s forthcoming space movie producers sign deal with Axiom to build Film Studio in Space
On Thursday, the producers of Tom Cruise’s next space film unveiled plans to connect a studio to the International Space Station, which is now being built by Houston-based firm Axiom. The module was commissioned by Space Entertainment Enterprise, a U.K.-based company co-founded by creators Elena and Dmitry Lesnevsky. SEE-1 would be “the world’s first multimedia […] More
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in FeaturedNew NASA research brings Warp Speed inches closer to reality: Looks more promising than ever
In our everyday lives, we may take light for granted, yet for decades, the idea of measuring its attributes and overcoming its obstacles has piqued our interest. First discovered in 1676 by Danish astronomer Ole Roemer; scientists had previously considered the speed of light was either impossible to measure or unlimited. Light travels at a […] More
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in FeaturedA group of scientists tests the limits of science by claiming that Octopuses came from Space
Considering a synthesis of decades of study on a somewhat “out-there” concept involving viruses from space, it is reasonable to wonder how scientific we can be when speculating about the history of life on Earth. The scientific fringe is simple to describe with terms such as “cracker,” “rogue,” and “maverick,” but then publications like this […] More
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in FeaturedNASA delays the launch of its new space telescope due to bad weather
NASA has postponed the launch of its James Webb Space Telescope until at least Christmas Day because of bad weather at the launch location on South America’s northeastern coast, the agency announced on Tuesday (Dec 21). In addition to the two-day delay from an earlier intended launch window of December 22, NASA said electrical communications […] More
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in FeaturedNew DARPA project aims to advance space-based biomanufacturing using microbes
The Pentagon’s future-oriented research agency has initiated a new initiative to see whether bio-manufacturing can be done in space, a capacity that may drastically cut the logistical costs of operations in the cislunar orbit and beyond. B-SURE is for Biomanufacturing: Survival, Utility, and Reliability beyond Earth, and it aims to “address basic concerns regarding the […] More
