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Lunar exploration is entering a new era. Long after the Apollo missions, a renewed international interest comes with ambitious plans for a long-term presence on the moon. NASA’s Artemis program is leading efforts to return […]

China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country’s first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them home for research, the Xinhua state news agency reported.This post was originally published on […]

Raman spectroscopy uses scattered light to identify a substance’s chemical ingredients and is one of the most widely used scientific methods in space exploration. It is used for lunar exploration to identify volcanic minerals, water […]

Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) has stood as a promising potential alternative propulsion technology for decades. Chemical rockets have begun to reach their theoretical maximum efficiency, and their developers have switched their focus to making them […]

The next time astronauts land on the moon, we will watch it in high-definition. The transmission will be in color, digital and at up to 60 frames per second.This post was originally published on this […]

SpaceX’s prototype Starship exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping another bumpy test flight for the rocket central to billionaire Elon Musk’s dream of colonizing Mars.This post was originally published on this site

SpaceX looks to get its developmental Starship back into space, this time with fewer explosions, and for the first time flying with a reused Super Heavy booster.This post was originally published on this site

SpaceX is set Tuesday for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket—the linchpin of founder Elon Musk’s Mars ambitions—after the vessel’s last two outings ended in fiery explosions.This post was originally published on this […]

Sometimes, space enthusiasts blind themselves with techno-optimism about all the potential cool technological things we can do and the benefits they can offer humanity. We conveniently ignore that there are trade-offs: If one group gets […]

SpaceX’s last two efforts to make progress on its Starship and Super Heavy rocket ended with streaks of debris hurtling across the sky. The Federal Aviation Administration, though, is now satisfied it’s safe for SpaceX […]