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Europe just landed its first lunar lander on a fake Moon in Germany to prep for the real thing
Europe has officially just landed its first lunar lander on a fake moon in Germany. It is part of a wider push by the Europeans to perform their own space exploration. To that end, Europe has begun investing heavily in its infrastructure. And the continent’s space program has just placed a lunar lander on a […]
NASA balloon studying black holes crash lands in Texas field after launching in New Mexico
A Texas woman was hanging out at home when she saw something strange floating from the sky. Not a plane. Not a UFO. Something huge. And it was heading straight for her neighbor’s field. Turns out, this wasn’t the beginning of an alien invasion – it was a NASA science balloon that had just crash-landed. […]
From Civics to spaceflight, Honda’s rocket landed with pinpoint accuracy on its first try
The rocket landed inches from where it took off
How much faster Voyager 1 is than a bullet or a space shuttle will make you rethink speed
The speed is impossible to comprehend
Mind-altering simulation shows how much faster NASA spacecraft launched to study the Sun is compared to everything else
A mind-altering simulation shows just how fast a NASA spacecraft launched to study the Sun truly is. The Parker Solar Probe was launched by NASA in 2018 to get closer to the Sun than any other previous man-made object. A new simulation, created by YouTube channel RED SIDE, has created a speed comparison test. Check […]
Prototype system for getting satellites into space is essentially a big catapult
Modern problems require medieval solutions…
Team of astronomers tracking interstellar object think it could be a 10,000,000,000-year-old time capsule
An interstellar object that is currently flying through the Milky Way could be a 10-billion-year-old time capsule, according to a team of astronomers. Outside of our little Earth-bound bubble, the stars are constantly dancing through the galaxy like endless specs of paint on the best canvas in the universe. But while Orion’s Belt is jousting […]
Firefly is ready to launch a new rocket again after its last rocket exploded mid flight
Things are being set in motion
An asteroid the size of a ship is heading for a near miss with earth and we’re sending a spacecraft to meet it
The European Space Agency has released exciting details about a huge asteroid that is heading towards us in a matter of years. In a new, exciting announcement video, the ESA explained that on Friday, 13 April 2029, a whopping 375m-wide asteroid is set to bypass Earth, less than 32,000km away. The asteroid is named Apophis, […]
Jeff Bezos led expedition to recover Apollo rocket engines that once powered astronauts to the Moon from ocean floor
It’s a true piece of space history
SpaceX completed its 11th Starship test flight bringing us closer to getting to Mars
SpaceX is hoping to head to Mars in the future
Breathtaking POV footage from a spacewalk on the ISS shows the kind of cinema astronauts get to see
It will take your breath away
NASA launches three new satellites as defense against solar storms threatening Earth
The missions will provide critical insights
China's space probe which is halfway to asteroid grabs stunning selfie as Earth glows tiny in the background
It was the pic that broke the internet
One or two Starlink satellites burn up every day in the Earth's atmosphere
Starlink satellites, launched by SpaceX, are reportedly burning up every day in the Earth’s atmosphere. In a bid to provide the world with remote internet access, SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites have already proven to be quite effective. The on-the-go dishes give internet access to people up mountains, down in the canyons, or in the middle of […]