Tag: space
Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
“There’s now policy certainty that we didn’t have before,” she adds. “Last but not least, the private sector is not only interested in using...
See 6 Planets Align in the Night Sky This August
On August 10, six planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets—Mercury,...
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission ends in disappointment
The Lunar Trailblazer mission to the moon officially ended on July 31, but it wasn't a complete journey. NASA today that its teams...
The first African and Arab woman to go to space reveals her brutal routine to get the job: 4:30 a.m. training, while juggling a full-time tech gig
Sara Sabry became the world’s first Egyptian astronaut after flying to space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket on Aug. 4, 2022—marking the first...
NASA’s latest mission to the ISS features a bacterial experiment
Scientists are sending several strains of disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station as part of the Crew-11 mission. This experiment isn't the plot...
A Secretive US Space Plane Will Soon Test Quantum Navigation Technology
The X-37B, the US Space Force’s secretive space plane, will soon take flight again.On Monday, the Space Force announced that it will fly the...
Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Influence on DC?
Zoë Schiffer: Totally. Okay. I need to shift us to a new topic because I'm already feeling quite depressed. This one is about outer...
This Star System Contains 5 Potentially Habitable Planets
A team of astronomers from the University of Montreal has discovered a new potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star L 98-59, 35...
NASA may lose close to 4,000 employees after latest deferred resignation round
The second round of deferred resignations for NASA staff closed on Friday, and the agency says roughly 3,000 employees applied to leave, according to...
Starlink outage: Service returns after over two hours down
SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service experienced a global outage on Thursday that lasted for over two hours. Reports of connectivity issues started around 3:20PM...
