Phys.org – Space

The upper stage for Europe’s newest rocket Ariane 6 passed its final tests at ESA’s facilities in the Netherlands last week, qualifying the upper stage for a launch on the most powerful, four-booster, variant of […]

Astronauts on the International Space Station generate their share of garbage, filling up cargo ships that then deorbit and burn up in the atmosphere. Now Sierra Space has won a contract to build a trash […]

SpaceX has a pair of launches on tap Monday from its two launch pads on the Space Coast that could lift off within four hours of one another.This post was originally published on this site

The Pentagon’s first batch of new and more capable GPS satellites is as much as eight to 11 months behind the desired delivery schedule because contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. is having difficulty manufacturing some complex […]

Better catch this week’s supermoon. It will be a while until the next one.This post was originally published on this site

Placing a mass driver on the moon has long been a dream of space exploration enthusiasts. It would open up so many possibilities for the exploration of our solar system and the possibility of actually […]

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space station mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month declined to say Friday which one of them was sick.This post was originally published on this site

ESA’s Hera mission has completed the first critical maneuver on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since launch on 7 October.This post was originally published on this site

Blue Origin hauled the immense first stage booster for its upcoming debut launch of its New Glenn rocket to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 30th.This post was originally published on this site

In the past, spaceflight was the preserve of government-funded astronauts who had to meet stringent physical, cognitive, psychological and social requirements for selection. But in recent years, that has all been changing.This post was originally […]