February 28th, 2026
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It was quite the day! How best to troubleshoot NASA’s Moonshot program? NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed on February 27 a reconfigured plan for the Artemis program. In sweeping “wait-a-minute” style, Isaacman spelled out a new plan that increases the cadence of launches and adds a step-by-step initiative of an Earth-orbit test flight before […]
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter wildly exceeded every expectation for its performance. Initially intended to demonstrate whether an autonomous helicopter could fly on Mars, one of its navigation processors is now helping guide the NASA Perseverance Mars rover at Jezero Crater. “Ingenuity’s surprising success on Mars led to an unexpected application,” explains Mars Guy. “Its navigation […]
It has been billed as China’s first emergency operation in the country’s human spaceflight program. Crew members of the Shenzhou-20 mission recently detailed their reactions in finding cracks on their return capsule viewport. Chen Dong, commander of the Shenzhou-20 crew, first noticed the damage to the window while conducting final checks on the return […]
China’s first Mars mission, Tianwen-1, landed in southern Utopia Planitia. The mission’s lander deployed the Zhurong rover following a soft landing on the Red Planet on May 14, 2021. Zhurong was outfitted with a Mars Rover Penetrating Radar (RoPeR). Output from the ground penetrating gear indicates that a model incorporating dirty ice mixed with stones […]
The crew of China’s Shenzhou-20 mission has shared details regarding that space debris-created window crack on their return craft. Originally slated to return to Earth last November 5, the crew’s landing was postponed. The taikonuat trio used an alternative spacecraft to get back to the Earth safely. Last week, in a detailed interview with China […]
NASA is troubleshooting an Artemis II rocket upper stage issue, preparing to roll back the mammoth booster to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The problem was observed overnight Feb. 21 – an interrupted flow of helium to the Space Launch System’s Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS). Built […]
It is a wait-a-minute, hard-hitting NASA report issued on the crewed Boeing Starliner mission to the International Space Station in 2024, in redacted form. NASA defines the incident in the same category as the Space Shuttle Columbia and Challenger disasters. An Anomalies Review Investigation Team identifies lessons learned in the flawed Starliner mission, focused […]
Earlier this month, SpaceX leader and his own catapult of vision, Elon Musk, advised newly acquired xAI workers that he sees need for a factory on the Moon to fabricate artificial intelligence (AI) satellites. To churn out those spacecraft he called for a colossal catapult planted on the lunar surface to fling them into space. […]
The high-speed, safe return to Earth from lunar distance of the Artemis II crew depends on the thermal protection system of Orion’s crew module. It must endure blistering temperatures to keep crew members safe. However, following the flight of the uncrewed Artemis I lunar flight test in late 2022, it was found that ablative thermal […]
“Drive Me To The Moon” is a firsthand look at the Colorado-based private group, Lunar Outpost, and its inaugural mission to the lunar surface. Their Lunar Voyage 1 mission is captured in this documentary, offering a rare look at what it truly takes to reach the Lunar South Pole. This is the story of the […]
