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NASA ERNEST Rover: The 10x Faster Space Explorer
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (288+ words) The prototype rover completed a 37-hour autonomous run in the Southern California desert. Finding new ways to traverse rugged alien environments is a major priority for space agencies. Notably, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently completed field tests for the new…...
Deep Synoptic Array Is Headed to Nevada
1+ week, 2+ day ago (387+ words) Caltech says the 1, 650-dish Deep Synoptic Array has cleared final design review and is headed for Nevada. Caltech is moving ahead with a giant radio telescope in Nevada. The project could give astronomers a live view of the radio sky....
NASA X-59 Breaks the Sound Barrier for the First Time
2+ week, 1+ day ago (350+ words) Test pilot Jim 'Clue' Less took the quiet supersonic jet to Mach 1. 1 over Edwards Air Force Base, with a Mach 1. 4 mission-conditions flight just days away. The NASA X-59 just went supersonic for the first time. In an update from NASA, the…...
Artemis III Crew Named for NASA's Critical 2027 Flight
2+ week, 1+ day ago (385+ words) Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio will fly NASA's 2027 orbital test that clears the way for the Artemis IV Moon landing. The Artemis III crew finally has names and faces. In a news release on Tuesday, NASA…...
Noble Fo Kus Artemis Uses Three Drivers And ANC
2+ week, 6+ day ago (302+ words) Noble's $899 flagship adds a balanced armature driver to its dynamic-plus-planar headphone formula. Noble Fo Kus Artemis is not a cheap pair of wireless headphones. Noble Audio is asking $899, and the pitch is a three-driver design that pushes the Fo Kus…...
Star Citizen 1 Billion Funding Milestone
4+ week, 2+ day ago (392+ words) Cloud Imperium Games has a record-sized crowdfunding number and a familiar alpha caveat. Star Citizen 1 billion funding is now the headline around Cloud Imperium Games" long-running space sim. The official Roberts Space Industries funding tracker shows the project has crossed…...
Space X Mars mission gets Chun Wang for Starship flyby
1+ mon, 17+ hour ago (372+ words) Space X says Fram2 commander Chun Wang will fly on Starship's first planned human interplanetary mission to Mars. Space X Mars mission plans now have a private astronaut attached, but this is not a Mars landing ticket yet. Space X announced…...
NASA Psyche Mars Flyby Sends Mission Toward Asteroid
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (23+ words) NASA Psyche Mars flyby gives the spacecraft a gravity assist and helps calibrate its instruments before it reaches its metal-rich asteroid target....