Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikNASA’s SLS Spending Spree Could Jeopardize Its Return To The Moon: ReportNASA is hemorrhaging money on its Space Launch System, which is now $6 billion over budget and six years behind…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedMay 26, 2023Comments (4)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikChill Out About DeSantis Signing Musk-Friendly Liability Law For Private Space FlightsThe bill was passed unanimously in both the house and senate before reaching the governors desk.ByErin MarquisPublishedMay 26, 2023Comments (8)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikFailed Virgin Orbit Program Sold For Less Than Stranger Things’ BudgetSure, Netflix could make a fifth season of Stranger Things; it could also buy a whole damn rocket companyByOwen BellwoodPublishedMay 24, 2023Comments (3)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikNASA Wants To Melt Martian Soil Into 3D-Printable Building MaterialBuilding materials take so much work to move around. Why not use what's already there?BySteve DaSilvaPublishedMay 23, 2023Comments (4)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikNASA Wants To Go To Mars On A Nuclear-Powered RocketA rocket using low-enriched uranium could cut travel time to the Red Planet by a third.ByErin MarquisPublishedMay 23, 2023Comments (14)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikCompany Wants to Launch Mission to Resurrect Space Telescope 185 Million Miles From EarthThe ambitious plan is the first attempt of a private company to revive expired astronomical tools so far way.ByErin MarquisPublishedMay 15, 2023Comments (22)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikEarth Is Getting Easier for Aliens to FindWe're screaming ever louder into the void, hoping that something —anything — answersBySteve DaSilvaPublishedMay 10, 2023Comments (17)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikEuropean Space Agency Is Funding the Worst Acronym in Space TravelIn its pursuit of nuclear-powered space flight, the European Space Agency funded RocketRoll, a company whose full…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedMay 4, 2023Comments (23)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikNext Starship Launch Will Try to Fix All of That“Obviously not a complete success, but still nonetheless successful,” Elon Musk said.ByErin MarquisPublishedMay 4, 2023Comments (14)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikSpace Tourists Might Need Zero-Gravity Sex Ed Before Launching Into OrbitAstronaut training for anyone heading to a space hotel of the future could include lessons on conceiving in space.ByOwen BellwoodPublishedMay 2, 2023Comments (19)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikRussia Isn’t Leaving the Space Station Anytime SoonAfter threatening to pull out of the International Space Station following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedApril 28, 2023Comments (4)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikVirgin’s Other Space Project Is Back Testing Its Space PlaneAfter two years of refinement, Virgin Galactic finally took to the skies once again with its VSS Unity spacecraft.ByOwen BellwoodPublishedApril 27, 2023Comments (4)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikWatch a Company Attempt the World's First Commercial Lunar Landing [UPDATE]Touchdown is expected for 12:40 p.m. EST this TuesdayByErin MarquisPublishedApril 25, 2023Comments (12)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikSpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes During Launch TestThe rocket entered a spin after launch, and detonated before its first stage could separate.BySteve DaSilvaPublishedApril 20, 2023Comments (134)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikYou Have a 1 in 2,467 Chance of Being Hit by a Satellite TodayA retired NASA satellite is expected to fall back to Earth around 9:30 p.m. Eastern time tonight, and there’s a slim…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedApril 19, 2023Comments (34)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikEurope’s Juice Spacecraft Began 8-Year Flight to Jupiter’s MoonsThe Juice spacecraft took off this morning onboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the European Space Agency’s launch pad in…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedApril 14, 2023Comments (2)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikA Spacecraft Called 'Juice' Is Heading to Jupiter's MoonsThe mission seeks to learn more about Callisto, Europa and Ganymede, icy moons thought to have more water than all…ByAndy KalmowitzPublishedApril 12, 2023Comments (4)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikNASA Is Now Tracking Air Pollution From SpaceThe agency is using its air and space mandate to help the Earth.BySteve DaSilvaPublishedApril 10, 2023Comments (4)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikRichard Branson’ Virgin Orbit Files for BankruptcySending anything to space is expensive. After Virgin's space tourism branch failed to launch, the company laid off…ByLawrence HodgePublishedApril 4, 2023Comments (5)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikThese Are the Astronauts Who Will Fly to the Moon in 2024The Artemis II mission will bring humans back in orbit of the moon for the first time since 1972.ByErin MarquisPublishedApril 3, 2023Comments (6)