Today, NASA announced plans to develop a second human lunar lander for its Artemis program, the agency’s major spaceflight initiative to send humans back to the Moon. To build the vehicle, the space agency is calling on commercial space companies to propose concepts for landers that can take people to and from the Moon’s orbit and the lunar surface, with the goal of having them ready by 2026…
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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter and Asteroid-Monitoring System Honored
The team behind the agency’s history-making rotorcraft soars, picking up high-profile awards alongside a new-and-improved system to assess asteroid orbits.
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Starlink hikes prices for monthly service and starter kit, even if you put down a deposit
March 23, 2022
SpaceX’s internet-from-space program Starlink is increasing prices for both the purchase of Starlink kits and for the monthly service, according to a new email sent out to customers this afternoon reviewed by The Verge. The company says the “sole purpose of these…
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International Sea Level Satellite Takes Over From Predecessor
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, the newest addition to a long line of ocean-monitoring satellites, becomes the reference satellite for sea level measurements.
On March 22, the newest U.S.-European sea level satellite, named Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, became the official reference satellite…
Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets
March 22, 2022
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Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets
The count of confirmed exoplanets just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey of discovery led by NASA space telescopes.
Not so long ago, we lived in a universe…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hightails It to Martian Delta
March 19, 2022
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hightails It to Martian Delta
The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be put to the test this month as it begins a record-breaking series of sprints to its next sampling location.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars…
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NASA Spots Giant Debris Cloud Created by Clashing Celestial Bodies
Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars.
Most of the rocky planets and satellites in our solar system, including Earth and the Moon, were formed or shaped by massive…
Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson is no longer scheduled to fly on Blue Origin’s space flight later this month, the space tourism venture has announced. No reason was given for Davidson’s departure, only that the date of the launch has shifted from its original…
Alongside its Galaxy A53 5G and A33 5G, Samsung also snuck out an announcement for the Galaxy A73 5G, a new top-tier phone in the midrange A-series with a high resolution 108-megapixel camera. According to the company’s press release, the Galaxy A73 5G will be available in…
This afternoon, NASA will begin the very slow process of rolling out its brand new rocket, the Space Launch System, transporting the fully stacked vehicle out to its primary launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It’s a major moment for the rocket, which has been in development for the last decade, but after numerous delays and hiccups, the vehicle’s launch may finally be on the…
