Urban Sky raises $9.75 million for stratospheric imaging platform
WASHINGTON — Urban Sky, a startup offering high-resolution imaging from small stratospheric balloons, has raised $9.75 million in a Series A round.
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University of California and NASA Ames unveil plans for $2 billion Berkeley Space Center
SAN FRANCISCO – The University of California, Berkeley, and the NASA Ames Research Center unveiled plans Oct. 16 for a $2 billion Berkeley Space Center in Mountain View, California.
China to launch Queqiao-2 moon relay satellite in early 2024
NEW DELHI, India — China is preparing to place a new communications satellite in lunar orbit to facilitate ambitious upcoming moon landing missions.
Blue Origin unveils plans for orbital transfer vehicle
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin formally announced plans Oct. 16 to develop an orbital maneuvering vehicle, confirming a year’s worth of comments and speculation about the project.
India sets 2040 target for crewed moon landing
NEW DELHI, India — India will aim to put astronauts on the moon by 2040 and construct a space station in the middle of the next decade, the government said Tuesday.
How James Webb Space Telescope’s studies of TRAPPIST-1 flares could aid the search for alien life
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken a closer look at a volatile star at the heart of a system of seven potentially Earth-like worlds, some of which might be able to support life as we know it.
NASA astronaut walks on the ‘moon’ to get ready for Artemis landings (photos)
Eerie new pictures make it look like astronauts are back on the moon already.
NASA’s Psyche metal asteroid mission launches this week: Here’s what you need to know
NASA is preparing to launch its Psyche spacecraft on the first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid up close. The Psyche mission is set to blast off on Thursday (Oct. 12) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:16 a.m. EDT (1416 GMT) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
International Space Station leaks coolant into space, but astronauts are not in danger
Space station astronauts were “never in any danger” following a coolant leak Monday (Oct. 9) on a Russian module, NASA officials have said.
NASA launches Psyche mission to metal world
WASHINGTON — A NASA spacecraft is finally on its way to a metallic main belt asteroid after a successful Falcon Heavy launch Oct. 13.
Evolution Space to develop solid rocket motors at NASA Stennis
WASHINGTON — Evolution Space, a startup developing solid rocket motors, has signed an agreement to establish production and testing operations at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
Astrobotic resumes flights of Xodiac suborbital vehicle
WASHINGTON — A year after acquiring the assets of Masten Space Systems, Astrobotic has resumed flights of that company’s suborbital vehicle and plans to continue development of a larger rocket.
New AI algorithm can detect signs of life with 90% accuracy. Scientists want to send it to Mars
Can machines sniff out the presence of life on other planets? Well, to some extent, they already are.
What would colors look like on other planets?
The human brain is remarkably good at adjusting to different light conditions. Think about wearing a pair of tinted sunglasses: At first, the tint is noticeable, but after a while, colors begin to look “normal” again.
FAA closes investigation of Blue Origin launch failure
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has closed its investigation of the failure suffered by Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle more than a year ago.
Blue Origin CEO Smith to step down
KAHULUI, Hawaii — Bob Smith, chief executive of Blue Origin, will resign from the company in December and be replaced by Dave Limp, the Amazon executive who had been overseeing development of its Project Kuiper constellation.