February 12th, 2025
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China’s Moon exploration plans, including placing humans on the lunar landscape before 2030, continues to progress. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) unveiled today the names of the lunar landing spacesuit and human-carrying lunar rover. The Moon walking spacesuit is named “Wangyu”, meaning “gazing into the cosmos.” “Tansuo” is the name selected for the rover, […]
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A Chinese research team is developing a lightweight robotic drone with a targeted special mission scenario of Mars exploration. The air-ground dual-purpose unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) weighs only 300 grams, equivalent to the weight of an apple. The development team is at the School of Astronautics of Harbin Institute of Technology. Shifting center of gravity […]
A candid video details the spacewalking tribulations by China’s Shenzhou-18 crew back in May of last year. During an 8.5-hour spacewalk, astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu successfully installed space debris protection devices, among other tasks. Ye and Li Guangsu made the spacewalks then returned to the station’s Wentian lab module after their […]
NASA’s Acting Administrator, Janet Petro, has requested space agency employees “to lean into this opportunity” that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) seeks to maximize efficiencies. “I know the recent executive orders and subsequent guidance are weighing on many of you,” Petro explains in a February 7 NASA update. “Speculation from all areas has contributed […]
Uncertainty exists associated with operating in cislunar space, as well as on and around the Moon – so much so that a “security dilemma” between countries can evolve. There is need to provide an opportunity for transparency, coordination, cooperation, and collaboration a new report suggests. It calls for inclusive engagement and decision-making concerning cislunar space, […]
Albeit a hell hole of a world, the planet Venus is a tantalizing, cloud-enveloped cool place for scientific scrutiny to ferret out its history, evolution and gauge its present state. At the forefront of tackling what that puzzling place can teach us is the Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VExAG), a community-based forum to help NASA […]
A signal is detected from other star folks. But what happens now? The International Academy of Astronautics has outlined protocols for what to do if we discover extraterrestrials. The major points of the protocol fall into three areas: The detection of alien life should be carefully verified by repeated observations. The discovery should be publicized. […]
An annual safety report to NASA has both praise and also underscores a number of cautionary woes, including the space agency’s undertaking of the Artemis back-to-the-Moon with humans campaign. The annual report from the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) has been released. The report observes that NASA has made impressive progress. Challenges remain, however, and […]
The Center for Security and Emerging Technology within Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service has issued a new report: Shaping the U.S. Space Launch Market Key Takeaways from the document are: The United States finds itself in the position of world leader in launch, with a relatively consolidatedmarket. The United States conducts 50% more […]
LITTLETON, Colorado – A university-led lunar orbiter is nearing takeoff that will operate in patrol mode to detect signatures of ice in reflected light, pinpointing the locales of ice or water trapped in rock at the Moon’s surface. The Lunar Trailblazer is now in Florida and slated to be stacked atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
