Phys.org – Space

A US commercial mission carrying astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, marking the first time in decades that these nations have sent crew members to space.This […]

Southwest Research Institute has delivered the novel Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument for final integration into NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft. Scheduled to launch in late 2025, IMAP will help […]

Inhabiting Mars has long been a futuristic fantasy fueled by science fiction. However, successful landings over the past half-century have made this seemingly far-fetched idea increasingly plausible.This post was originally published on this site

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon.This post was originally published on this site

In what seemed to be a development that came from nowhere, there’s a new entrant into the reusable launch systems competition—Honda. The giant Japanese industrial conglomerate recently launched a prototype reusable rocket up to 300m […]

SpaceX had reset the countdown clock for its next human spaceflight, but a NASA decision has forced another delay of the private Axiom Space Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station.This post was originally published […]

A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander.This post was originally published on this site

President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Europe must again become a global space power, warning that France risked being squeezed out of the global low-orbit satellite constellation market.This post was originally published on this site

As different nations begin conducting operations on the lunar surface, humanity’s penchant for geopolitical struggles will likely be along for the ride. Tension between nations and/or corporations could grow. There are few rules and treaties […]

A SpaceX Starship upper stage prototype exploded during a routine ground test on a test stand in Texas late Wednesday, the company said, in the latest setback to billionaire Elon Musk’s dream of sending humans […]