Spacelopnik

Last year, NASA had narrowed down to three possible candidates to build the lunar landing vehicle for the Artemis…

In case you weren’t aware, today is the 60th anniversary of humans first leaving the Earth and venturing out into…

Normally, NASA likes its probes to make contact with other objects in space in a very controlled manner. You want to …

SpaceX’s latest test of their prototype Starship upper stage came to an exciting and unfortunately familiar end…

Folks on the West Coast were treated to an awe-inspiring sight Thursday night, with some posting video and leaving…

We’ve been writing so much about Mars lately that we almost forgot about another familiar friendly face in the sky:…

At the moment, there are no crewed space stations orbiting the Moon, but it looks like the future may have two: one…

Allan McDonald lived an incredible life dedicated to exploration and the pursuit of truth. In 1986, McDonald had a…

29-year-old physician assistant and cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux is the latest member to join SpaceX’s…

SpaceX has been performing launch-flip-and-land tests of its new beyond-Earth-orbit launcher and spacecraft…

Japanese businessman Yusaku Maezawa has a modest proposal: He’d like to take you to the moon. Well, someone like…

China has been in the process of developing a modular space station for years, and the core module of such a station…

Hyundai is back with another robot, but this one won’t sell you a car. This creation wants to go to space, and I’m a…

Both China and the United Arab Emirates reached Mars orbit this week in what promises to be a fascinating month for…

SpaceX may be a lot of things conflicting things, but you have to admit one thing: NASA approves. So much so that…

The Biden White House released a statement today reaffirming the U.S. commitment to return to the moon via the…

You may recall back in December when SpaceX was doing a short up-and-down test of their colossal new Starship that en…

If you think that having to deal with Spectrum or Comcast is a pain in the neck, just ponder how much worse it will…

The space shuttle Challenger exploded and broke up over the Atlantic Ocean 35 years ago today, a national tragedy…

Curiosity, the rover that’s been exploring the planet Mars since it touched down on the Red Planet on August 6,…