Can Asteroids be Mined for Space Mining?
As the resources on Earth dwindle, the need for natural resources grows exponentially. Naturally, people look out toward space to fill these needs. Many scientists agree that asteroids contain all sorts of valuable minerals and natural resources including gold, iron, nickel, aluminium as well as some trace elements used in microelectronics. It would be prudent […]
Japan aims to beat US and China Space Agencies to bring Martian soil to Earth
Sending missions to Mars have been one of the forefronts of many space agencies across the world. Naturally, especially NASA has been busy sending various Mars missions including the latest Perseverence mars mission that has the world’s first Martian helicopter exploring the terrain. In addition, Russians during the soviet era have sent various Mars missions […]
BepiColombo records solar winds at Venus Atmosphere
Venus has been an important planet that has been the focus of scientists and science fiction writers alike. Understanding the hellish atmosphere of Venus including the hot temperatures and the incessant, powerful lightning in the Venusian atmosphere would go a long way into understanding our solar system and its creation. There may also be signs […]
Indian Rocket Suffers Launch Failure for the First Time Since 2017
India’s first launch of 2021 has ended in failure. An Indian rocket carrying a new Earth-observation satellite for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) suffered a catastrophic failure shortly after launching early Thursday (Aug. 12) from the country’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island in eastern India. The liftoff occurred at 5:43 a.m. local […]
NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity had its 10th flight reaching higher then before
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, a tissue-box-sized rotorcraft that landed with the Perseverance rover in February, completed its 10th flight over the red planet on Saturday. Each Ingenuity flight has been more daring than the last. So Saturday’s flight was likely the helicopter’s riskiest yet: If everything went according to plan, Ingenuity climbed 40 feet […]
Boeing will launch its 2nd Starliner test flight for NASA on July 30
Boeing is set to launch its Starliner spacecraft on a crucial uncrewed flight to the International Space Station next week. The liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled for 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT) next Friday (July 30) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. You’ll be able to watch […]
Jeff Bezos to Launch into a historic flight to space with the oldest and the youngest astronaut in history
Jeff Bezos will make history today with the Blue Origin’s commercial spaceflight that will take the oldest astronaut (82 years old) as well as the youngest astronaut (18 years old) into space past the Karman line. After the Virgin Galactic flight, this flight will solidify commercial spaceflight and space tourism for decades to come. You […]
History was made for Space Tourism and Commercial Spaceflight with Richard Bronson and his Spaceship 2 Flight
Today history was made when Richard Bronson with his Spaceship Two Unity 22 spaceship launched from New Mexico spaceport. Richard Bronson, who is the owner of the famous commercial space tourism company Virgin Galactic, flew to the edge of space (before low earth orbit begins) with his company officials to demonstrate the space flight capability […]
China’s Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft has docked with the Tianhe space station module
China’s Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft docked with the Tianhe space station module in low Earth orbit Saturday, eight hours after launch from Wenchang spaceport. The uncrewed Tianzhou-2 spacecraft completed automated rendezvous and docking maneuvers with Tianhe at 5:01 p.m. Eastern May 29. Tianzhou-2 is tasked with delivering propellant and supplies ahead of a first crewed mission […]
Europa may Contain Deep Sea Volcanoes
Jupiter’s moon Europa has been the focus of space scientists for decades. Europa has been of interest to science fiction writers with its potential to host alien life. Sci-fi book such as 2001 and 2010 have focused on Europa. Europa is also the second body in the solar system known to have oceans and many […]