Astronauts that hibernate on long spaceflights is not just for sci-fi. We could test it in 10 years.
The first hibernation studies with human subjects could be feasible within a decade, a European Space Agency (ESA) researcher thinks.
Four for the moon! NASA names Artemis 2 astronaut crew for 1st lunar mission since Apollo
The Artemis 2 crew will become the 25th through 28th people to voyage to the moon.
Japanese lander enters lunar orbit
WASHINGTON — A lunar lander developed by Japanese company ispace has entered orbit around the moon, setting up a lunar landing attempt by the end of April.
South Korea’s Innospace succeeds in test launch
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean rocket startup Innospace successfully launched a suborbital rocket from Brazil over the weekend, demonstrating a hybrid motor it plans to scale up into a small orbital launch vehicle.
The next space frontier: your backyard
Once upon a time, space was a business of two superpowers. Since the end of the Apollo era, a growing number of state and non-state actors have joined the club, with commercial space recently driving much of the expansion of space activities.
Getting real about space business models
Innovation is happening in space. There is an exciting profusion of new ideas, companies, and funding in the space market. At the same time, we are also seeing pressures as investors seek to better understand their likely returns, driving more rigorous examination of space business models.
Designing a drone that can search for life on other planets
More than 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle is a small island called Devon, home to the Haughton impact crater. Haughton is a cold, dry and windy Arctic desert that is nearly always light in the summer and always dark in the winter. Its average temperature over the year is 1 degree Fahrenheit (minus 17 degrees Celsius).
Surprising newfound ocean bacteria could aid search for alien life
In the deep waters of Earth’s oceans, scientists have discovered a new species of bacteria flourishing in the plumes from submarine hot springs.
The early universe was crammed with stars 10,000 times the size of our sun, new study suggests
The first stars in the cosmos may have topped out at over 10,000 times the mass of the sun, roughly 1,000 times bigger than the biggest stars alive today, a new study has found.
Space industry deals with launch shortage
WASHINGTON — Even as the space industry complains of a shortage of launch capacity, SpaceX said it has room to increase an already surging pace of launches.
NASA weighing continuing VERITAS versus future Discovery mission
WASHINGTON — Budget pressures in NASA’s planetary science program could force the agency to choose between continuing a mission to Venus that has already been delayed or requesting proposals for a future mission.
We are going to the Moon!
The Minister for Industry and Science, the Hon Ed Husic MP, along with dignitaries from the Australian Space Agency and NASA announced the EPE & Lunar Outpost Oceania Consortium as one of two successful groups to receive Stage 1 grant funding from the Australian Government’s Moon to Mars Trailblazer Initiative. The project received grant funding from the Australian Government through the Australian Space Agency.
SpaceX launches final two satellites in SES C-band clearing plan
TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX launched the last two satellites March 17 that SES needs to claim C-band spectrum clearing proceeds worth nearly $4 billion in total.
Mars Sample Return cost growth threatens other science missions
NASA, in its fiscal year 2024 budget proposal, requested $949.3 million for Mars Sample Return (MSR), the program that will send missions to Mars to take samples collected by the Perseverance rover and return them to Earth. MSR is a joint effort with the European Space Agency, with NASA leading work on a lander and ESA an orbiter.