June 6th, 2026
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China successfully launched on June 1 the Long March-12B Y1 carrier rocket into space from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone. According to China Central Television (CCTV) it took 21 months for the carrier rocket to go from the concept validation stage to the completion of product development. In doing so, it set a […]
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“Drilling always keeps the rover in place for a little while, and our 47th successful drill, ‘Campo Marte,’ was no exception,” reports Susanne Schwenzer, a professor of planetary mineralogy at The Open University in the United Kingdom. “The team used the time wisely and on top of the drilling, we also have many observations,” adds […]
In the micro-gravity of space, the human body loses muscle and bone density. Not only that but eyes change and fluids shift to the brain, among other issues. The European Space Agency (ESA) is deep diving into dry-immersion baths as a way to recreate aspects of living in microgravity, part of their human spaceflight research. […]
A research team advocates use of Earth’s moon as a secure site for biocontainment of extraterrestrial samples, particularly from Mars, but also from other exploration locales, like Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. For more details, go to my new Space.com story – “Should we store Mars samples on the moon to keep alien germs away […]
BOULDER, Colorado – Increased attention is being given to the rising intrusion of exotic materials into Earth’s atmosphere from satellite and space hardware re-entry. Exasperating the situation is the ongoing proliferation of satellite “megaconstellations” being undertaken by multiple nations. Atmospheric impacts of spacecraft launches and re-entries, what is known and unknown, along with research priorities […]
Voyager Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Astrobotic Technology, Inc., the Pittsburgh-based commercial lunar delivery, lunar power and reusable rockets firm. “We are building the infrastructure foundation that will make America’s permanent presence on the Moon a reality,” said Dylan Taylor, Chairman & CEO, Voyager. “With Astrobotic, Voyager is now a lunar platform that […]
SpaceX filed on May 20 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission key documentation for an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. An IPO signals that a private company sells shares of its stock to the public on a stock exchange. This long-anticipated public offering could become the largest IPO in history, roughly a […]
A new episode of Mars Guy looks at the accumulation of dust donuts on the color calibration targets used by cameras on NASA’s Perseverance rover. “Martian dust is behaving as expected. It also reveals a fundamental difference between dust on Mars and Earth. Our dust doesn’t behave this way.” This video is available […]
The recent loss of Blue Origin’s New Glenn booster that blew up during an on-the-pad engine test drew NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to visit the blast zone in Florida. “We go where we need to be, and today that was NASA Kennedy,” Isaacman posted on X. He and several senior engineers spent time at Blue […]
A novel approach to scouting about over the sand dunes of Mars is the Valles Marineris Explorer – or VaMEx in probing Red Planet terms. VaMEx is a project of the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The goal of the VaMEx initiative is to blueprint an autonomous, heterogeneous robot swarm for […]
