The cargo pallet after being tossed by the by the Canadarm2 robotic arm in 2021.Photo: NASA By Ben Turner, Published by Live Science, 2 April 2024 The mysterious cylinder crashed through the home of Alejandro Otero on March 8 A mysterious object that came crashing through a house in Florida
Image: Mars Daily stock illustration By Sarah Knapton, Published by The Telegraph, 27 March 2024 Prof Lord Martin Rees suggests it is easier to solve climate change on Earth than escape to another planet Elon Musk is harbouring a “dangerous illusion” that a colony can be established on Mars, the Astronomer Royal
NASA has awarded funds to Austin, Texas-based ICON, to develop construction technologies that could help build landing pads, habitats, and roads on the Moon using local lunar resources. (Image credit: ICON/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group) By Ian Sample, Published by The Guardian, 25 March 2024 Fears raised that prime lunar locations for
SpaceX's Flight 3 Starship rocket glows red as it heats up during reentry during a test flight on March 14, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 21 March 2024 "Starship, because it's the biggest rocket ever built, is also one of the dirtiest." When the 165-foot-tall (50
(Image credit: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 19 March 2024 The proposed rail system could help humanity set up shop on the moon. Railroads could open the moon to serious and sustained economic development, as they did in the American West in the late
The Cygnus re-supply vehicle, which delivers cargo to the International Space Station, burning up in the atmosphere during its reentry. (Image credit: ESA/Alexander Gerst) By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 15 March 2024 The environmental impacts of spaceflight are becoming increasingly clear as more and more spacecraft are launched into
By Passant Rabie, Published by Gizmodo, 11 March 2024 After three years of uncontrolled descent, the 2.9-ton cargo pallet has finally fallen to Earth. On Friday, March 8, a pallet of used batteries from the International Space Station (ISS) reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the Gulf of Mexico following an unpredictable
ISS batteries orbital ground track (8 March) (ESA) Published by The European Space Agency, 8 March 2024 UPDATE (8 March, 11:00 CET): The reentry of the ISS batteries is now expected between approximately 15:35 CET and 22:25 CET on 8 March. Original text (7 March, 20:00 CET): The European Space Agency
