Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes outlandish ideas about how to tinker with…
Producing Oxygen From Rock Is Harder In Lower Gravities
One of the challenges engineers face when developing technologies for use in space is that of…
Astronaut Eileen Collins, NASA’s First Female Shuttle Commander
Astronauts Eileen M. Collins, STS-93 mission commander, and Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot, peruse checklists on Columbia’s…
NASA Sponsors New Research on Orbital Debris, Lunar Sustainability
As part of NASA’s commitment to foster responsible exploration of the universe for the benefit of…
Lunar exploration ground sites will enhance the Near Space Network’s communications services
LEGS will directly support the Artemis campaign, including the Lunar Gateway, human landing system (HLS), and…
S1 – Minor solar radiation storm in progress
An S1 – Minor solar radiation storm has been in progress since 02:50 UTC on July…
25 Years On, Chandra Highlights Legacy of NASA Engineering Ingenuity
By Rick Smith “The art of aerospace engineering is a matter of seeing around corners,” said…
Boneyard Airplane Sees New Life as a NASA X-66 Simulator
NASA’s X-66 aircraft, the centerpiece of its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, is taking the term “sustainable”…
For Parts: Lunar Rover, Never Used
Why is NASA canceling VIPER? It comes down to money and NASA science’s lack thereof. VIPER…
If we want to settle on other planets, we’ll have to use genome editing to alter human DNA
Kate Rubins was the first person to sequence DNA in space. Credit: NASA When considering human…