SpaceX Starship SN10 prototype rocket explodes after successful flight and landing in high-altitude test
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/03/spacex-lands-starship-sn10-rocket-after-a-high-altitude-flight-test.html
New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month trips to Mars
https://newatlas.com/space/nuclear-thermal-propulsion-ntp-nasa-unsc-tech-deep-space-travel/ Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech) has developed a concept for a new Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) engine and delivered it to NASA. Claimed to be safer and more…
HiRISE Catches an Avalanche on Mars
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25210/hirise-catches-an-avalanche-on-mars/ August 12, 2020 The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Hi-RISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this avalanche plunging down a 1,640-foot-tall (500-meter-tall) cliff on May 29, 2019. The…
Crew Dragon Docks with ISS
WASHINGTON — A Crew Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station May 31, less than a day after making history as the first human orbital spaceflight from the United…
Manned Launch from US for first time since 2011 coming 5/27/2020
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/dm2/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-spacex-launch/nasa-sets-launch-date-for-spacex-u-s-manned-mission-to-space-station-idUSKBN21Z31H
Deep within Mars, Liquid Water Offers Hope for Life
Radar observations have revealed what appears to be a buried lake on Mars, the first-ever stable reservoir of liquid water found on the Red Planet Source: Deep within Mars, Liquid…
Finding a star to call home
We live on a rocky little planet perfectly situated around a middle-aged G2 spectral type yellow star. In many ways, a very boring and ordinary star, but with an extraordinary…
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Nails Debut Flight
http://aviationweek.com/space/falcon-heavy-nails-debut-test-flight
In Breakthrough, Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation From Genes in Human Embryos
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/science/gene-editing-human-embryos.html
SpaceX Launches Iridium NEXT-2, Lands Offshore and Pulls Off ‘Double-Header’ Weekend
Source: SpaceX Launches Iridium NEXT-2, Lands Offshore and Pulls Off ‘Double-Header’ Weekend