September 30th, 2026
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Earth’s orbital environment is a finite resource. That being the case, some Earth orbits are so crowded and carry deadly, high-velocity pieces of defunct satellite litter and rocket stages they jeopardize humanity’s future in space. Today’s scenery in space is not a pretty picture. And that’s the output from experts at the European Space Agency […]
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As posted by SpaceX, here’s a summary of Starship’s 14th flight from launch to orbit and return to Earth: On Monday, September 28 at 7:48 a.m. CT, Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas on its 14th flight and first attempt to go to orbit. This was the first orbital Starship flight and the first to […]
The SpaceX Starship Flight 14 onboard camera imaged an interesting, very high altitude “cloud-like” feature. Is it associated with the launch…or? Any ideas from readers, please advise. Video replay at: https://x.com/SpaceX
This is a wait-a-minute collection of discussion regarding finding life on Mars. A program from William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia took on the questions: Is there life outside of the Earth? This is a fundamental question that will impact all areas of human knowledge and human understanding. Two NASA Viking landers launched in 1975 successfully […]
Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX fame and fortune advises that stronger coordination between the United States and China could avoid potential satellite collisions, one area for bilateral space cooperation. Musk was interviewed last week by the China Media Group (CMG) in Silicon Valley, California. “In space I think the most important thing to achieve […]
Commercial biotech research in microgravity got another boost by the expansion of an agreement between Exobiosphere and Voyager Technologies. Two additional research campaigns will be carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Exobiosphere’s Orbital High-Throughput Screening in Microgravity (OHTS) platform is a mid-deck-locker-class system for automated drug screening. The OHTS is scheduled for installation […]
No need for a quick spray of Windex to get a clear view of this situation. There’s a growing need for windows for rubbernecking space travelers, be it from suborbital hops, stays in Earth orbit and far-flung sojourns to the moon and beyond. Retrofire back decades ago when the first Mercury space capsule offered a […]
The development of China’s Moon-landing spacesuit Wangyu, meaning “gazing into the cosmos,” is progressing smoothly, with dozens of key technologies now in place, said Zhang Wanxin, an expert at the Astronaut Center of China, at an aerospace medical engineering conference in Tianjin. Since suit development began in 2020, efforts on Wangyu have focused on meeting […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is examining wind-formed, long, narrow, large ripples, even performing a wheel scuff on top of an undisturbed ripple. Over the past several weeks, and after some 14 years exploring Gale Crater/Mt. Sharp, the Mars machinery has gained one kilometer of elevation since landing. Here are some recently taken images of its […]
Moon Base inhabitants take note of a newly discovered crater formed on the lunar surface, the largest, ever found in the solar system. As noted by NASA, the crater has officially been named McGetchin after pioneering lunar scientist Tom McGetchin. This crater formed on the Moon’s eastern edge sometime between April 11 and May […]
