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The idea of building settlements on Mars is a popular goal of billionaires, space agencies and interplanetary enthusiasts.This post was originally published on this site

Bad weather on Monday forced SpaceX to postpone the latest launch of its massive prototype Starship rocket, key to founder Elon Musk’s dreams of colonizing Mars and NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon.This […]

You know, if you think about it, and trust me we’re about to, the moon is kind of weird. Of all the terrestrial worlds of the solar system, we’re the only one with a substantial […]

SpaceX is gearing up for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket on Monday after a technical issue on the launchpad forced a 24-hour delay.This post was originally published on this site

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is headed for its 50th rendezvous with the International Space Station, bringing cargo and a new reboost capability after having launched from the Space Coast early Sunday.This post was originally published […]

How can thermoelectric generators (TEGs) help advance future lunar surface habitats? This is what a recent study published in Acta Astronautica hopes to address as a team of researchers from the Republic of Korea investigated […]

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at Venus on 31 August, following the successful resolution of a spacecraft communication anomaly that temporarily severed contact with […]

Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and cargo for the agency are bound for the International Space Station.This post was originally published on this site

SpaceX was poised to launch another critical test flight of its massive Starship rocket on Sunday, a mission that comes with heightened stakes following a series of explosive setbacks this year.This post was originally published […]

SpaceX delayed a planned test flight for its Starship megarocket by 24 hours until Monday, saying it needed time to troubleshoot problems, in the latest setback for Elon Musk’s behemoth after a series of explosive […]