Demand for oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients is spiking during the latest pandemic surge, leaving liquid oxygen in short supply for other uses, including water purification and rocket launches. As supplies get redirected to hospitals, other industries are scrambling to figure out alternatives.
“We’re actually going to be impacted this year with the lack of liquid oxygen for launch,” Gwynne…
Elon Musk: ‘Bezos retired in order to pursue a full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX’
August 27, 2021
Elon Musk has criticized fellow centibillionaire and space cowboy Jeff Bezos for filing lawsuits against the former’s aerospace company SpaceX.
Earlier this month, Bezos’ space firm Blue Origin sued NASA after it lost a critical government contract to put astronauts on…
United Launch Alliance won’t be selling any more of its workhorse Atlas V rockets, and it has stopped buying the launch vehicle’s Russian-made rocket engines for good, the company’s chief executive told The Verge. ULA’s decision sets up the retirement of one of the…
.
My Favorite Martian Image: Helicopter Sees Potential Rover Road Ahead
Perseverance scientist impressed with aerial images of location considered for rover exploration.
Ask any space explorer, and they’ll have a favorite photograph or two from their mission. For Ken Farley, the project scientist for NASA’s Perseverance rover, one of his current…
.
NASA’s MISR Instrument Sees California Wildfire Smoke Plumes From Space
Smoke from several large wildfires burning in Northern California can be seen traveling miles into the atmosphere.
As of Aug. 24, wildfires in Northern…
SpaceX’s $3 billion contract to build a lunar lander for NASA was put on hold for a second time on Thursday after Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sued over the award, according to court filings. NASA voluntarily agreed to temporarily suspend the contract until November 1st while…
.
NASA Helps Celebrate Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry’s Centennial
The program includes a panel discussion moderated by Rod Roddenberry, son of Gene Roddenberry, with Star Trek actor George Takei participating.
NASA is helping the legacy of inspiration, hope, and diversity fostered by the creator of Star Trek to live long and prosper. The…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Explores a Changing Landscape
August 18, 2021
.
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Explores a Changing Landscape
A new video rings in the rover’s ninth year on Mars, letting viewers tour Curiosity’s location on a Martian mountain.
Images of knobbly rocks and rounded hills are…
.
Astronomers Find a ‘Break’ in One of the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms
The newly discovered feature offers insight into the large-scale structure of our galaxy, which is difficult to study from Earth’s position…
.
Fizzing Sodium Could Explain Asteroid Phaethon’s Cometlike Activity
Models and lab tests suggest the asteroid could be venting sodium vapor as it orbits close to the Sun, explaining its increase in brightness.
As a comet zooms through the inner solar system, the Sun heats it, causing ices below the surface to vaporize into space. The venting vapor…
