February 5th, 2026
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The use of expandable space technology is being bolstered by a new strategic partnership between Voyager Technologies and Max Space. “Expandable structures represent a step change in how surface infrastructure can be delivered and deployed,” said Saleem Miyan, co-founder and CEO of Max Space. Miyan said that expandable technology offers increased capability, scalability and versatility, […]
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Born to Explore – John Casani’s Grand Tour of the Solar System by Jay Gallentine; Nebraska Press; 400 pages; Hardcover, $39.95. This fascinating read centers on one of the most valued leaders that worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and managed a slew of NASA projects, including Voyager, Galileo, and the Cassini mission to Saturn. […]
Recall those uplifting lyrics from “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” crooned by B.J. Thomas in the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? Consider this 21st century-style downside. Due to the increasing number of “megaconstellations” of satellites being tossed into Earth orbit, what are the chances of being conked in the head by […]
NOTE: Agency leaders will discuss initial results from the wet dress rehearsal during a news conference, now set for 1 p.m. Eastern time today, February 3. Go to: https://www.youtube.com/@NASA/streams “With the conclusion of the wet dress rehearsal today, we are moving off the February launch window and targeting March for the earliest possible launch of […]
Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are conducting a prelaunch test to fuel the Artemis II Space Launch System—a vital step in ensuring this rocket is ready for its upcoming trip around the Moon. During the rehearsal, teams will demonstrate the ability to load more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants into the […]
Yet another “close call/near miss” in Earth orbit. On Christmas Day 2025, a European non-operational payload (SPOT 3) passed within roughly 65 feet (20 meters) of a fragment from a Soviet payload that exploded in 1996. “This conjunction involved two objects left in orbit last century,” said Darren McKnight, a senior technical fellow for LeoLabs […]
The countdown for the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal is underway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The countdown clock began January 31 at 8:13 p.m. EST, or L-48 hours, 40 minutes before the opening of a simulated launch window at 9 pm. Mon, Feb. 2. The test is expected to go […]
Mars Guy details how driving a rover on Mars requires humans on Earth to plan the route. “Self-driving cars on Earth can take advantage of GPS to navigate,” Mars Guy points out, “but Mars has no global positioning system, so rover drivers have to set waypoints manually.” AI navigation Now Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been […]
SpaceX has announced a Space Situational Awareness system called Stargaze. The space-based Stargaze system uses data collected from nearly 30,000 in orbit star trackers mounted on Starlink satellites. The safety and sustainability of satellite operations in low Earth orbit (LEO) will benefit by Stargaze operations, the company explains, and its screening data will be made available to the broader satellite […]
China has announced its intention to send its Xihe-2 probe to the Sun-Earth L5 point between 2028 and 2029. Xihe-2 would carry out three-dimensional observations of the sun from entirely new wavelengths and perspectives, explains Fang Cheng of the School of Astronomy and Space Science at Nanjing University. The probe would maintain orbital stability without […]
