19+ hour, 7+ min ago  (570+ words) Space exploration is filled with setbacks, but the spectacular explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on Thursday night marked a significant blow to not only the company, which was founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, but also NASA, with the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (450+ words) Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a test Thursday on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, though officials said no injuries were reported from the incident. "We experienced an anomaly during today's hotfire test," the company said in…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (462+ words) You can't get much more geopolitical than this. The race for a moonbase is now official, and it's already tricky. NASA's official planning for a permanent moonbase includes 3 phases with a sustained human presence on the south pole of the…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (546+ words) Error correction codes (ECC) are techniques used to detect and fix errors in data. NASA is using this technology for "thinking" spaceships. NASA is testing a next-generation space computer chip that could give spacecraft the ability to operate far more…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (722+ words) China launched its Shenzhou-23 mission on Sunday, which will see a Chinese astronaut spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing's ambition to send humans to the Moon by 2030. The Long March 2-F…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (623+ words) China is launching its Shenzhou-23 mission on Sunday, which will see a Chinese astronaut spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing's ambition to send humans to the Moon by 2030. A Long March…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (580+ words) A Hong Kong astronaut will join a Chinese space mission for the first time as part of a three-person crew launching on Sunday, as Beijing edges closer to its goal of landing people on the Moon. The Tiangong space station…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (476+ words) A US jury found Friday that aerospace giant Boeing was not liable for lost revenue in a lawsuit involving its 737 MAX jets, which were grounded for 20 months following two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019. Polish airline LOT had accused Boeing of…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (419+ words) Elon Musk's Space X will attempt another launch of its mammoth Starship rocket Friday, after the previous evening's try was called off over technical issues. The highly anticipated launch will see the debut of Space X's third generation model of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (339+ words) Space X's blockbuster IPO filing included some out of this world details, including a provision that founder Elon Musk's massive bonus only kicks in if one million humans settle on Mars. The bonus structure, laid out in Space X's prospectus…...