February 12th, 2026
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They are mean and malicious – and could mess up your day big time here on our home planet. It is a cosmic roll of the dice. There’s no doubt that a major asteroid strike could cause widespread devastation and profoundly impact life on Earth. To thwart an incoming object that has Earth in its […]
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China’s Long March 10 booster successfully conducted on February 11 a low-altitude demonstration and verification flight, a test that included an uncrewed Mengzhou spacecraft using its abort escape flight system. The China Manned Space Engineering (CMSE) website noted that the February 11 test follows (1) the tethered ignition of the Long March-10 carrier rocket, (2) […]
One step closer on the Stairway to Seven! Firefly Aerospace successfully completed a full duration 20-second static fire at the company’s SLC-2 launch complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The team is now preparing to launch the Alpha Flight 7 test flight no earlier than February 18. “Alpha Flight 7 is the last flown in […]
I am saddened to learn that my good friend for decades, Steve Durst, has passed away. Steve was the founding director of the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA), a dedicated leader in furthering international space cooperation. He was publisher and editor at Space Age Publishing Company since 1976, operating from both Hawai’i and California offices. […]
In the journal Astrobiology, researchers report on the prospect that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover may have found evidence for life on the Red Planet. Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument analyzed the “Cumberland” rock sample back in May 2013. Investigators now say that non-biological sources could not fully account for what SAM found in […]
China’s Shenzhou-21 astronauts continue to carry out multiple in-orbit tasks, from performing scientific experiments, space station upkeep, equipment maintenance, to health management over the past week, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Mission commander Zhang Lu and astronauts Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang have spent over three months in orbit. The Shenzhou-21 crewed […]
After some 50 days on the job, the NASA chief-in-charge visits every NASA center, wraps up a dozen town hall meetings, and reviewed thousands of workforce submissions, Isaacman says it is clear there is much NASA can do to better empower people and focus resources on the most pressing objectives. Worth a read: Jared Isaacman […]
China has lofted a reusable experimental spacecraft on Saturday via a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. This mission by China reportedly marks the fourth flight related to harnessing reusable spacecraft technology – similar in nature to the U.S. Space Force X-37B program. As reported by the state-run China Daily, a […]
Polaris Spaceplanes is a German aerospace startup developing a reusable space launch and hypersonic transport system. The group has received a Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support contract for manufacturing and operating a two-stage, horizontal take-off and fully reusable hypersonic research vehicle. This two-stage system is to serve as a hypersonic […]
It is not an inside secret that the private space company, Axiom Space, has been troubled by its development of a new spacesuit for Artemis moonwalkers. As the new spacesuit is needed for any Artemis III astronauts working on the Moon, the sluggish development of appropriate apparel is a wait-a-minute moment in space expooration. Meet […]
