Calculating the energy requirements for using moon dust to create rocket fuel
An international team of engineers and space scientists has used a variety of assumptions, techniques, and math principles to ...
'Goodbye Earth, hello moon': What Blue Ghost lander has been up to in NASA mission
The lander, Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes Thursday to propel the spacecraft into lunar orbit ahead of a ...
Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power
On its own, 24 kWh doesn't seem like a lot of power. The problem is that we will need a lot of kilograms. The researchers ...
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There was nearly 1 rocket launch attempt every 34 hours in 2024 — this year will be even busier
2024 set spaceflight records for the fourth consecutive year with 259 launches worldwide and one launch attempt roughly every ...
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How Do Spacecraft Orbit Earth? Angular Momentum Explained By NASA
How is it possible for the ISS to stay in orbit? Learn more about the science behind orbiting Earth and more in this NASA "STEMonstrations" video. Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center ...
NASA nominee previews his vision for the agency: Mars, hard work, inspiration
However, Isaacman made some of his most in-depth remarks yet on his vision to lead the space agency this weekend on the ...
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Gravitational waves could turn colliding neutron stars into 'cosmic tuning forks'
Scientists have discovered a new way to probe the interiors of neutron stars by using gravitational waves to turn them into ...
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Black holes could 'bend it like Beckham' to reveal hidden asymmetries of the universe
By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mimics the moon’s gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity Tuesday, without straying too far from home. Blue Origin launched the 29 lunar technology experiments to the edge of space from ...
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Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, NASA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral
would easily surpass last year's annual record of 93 orbital rocket liftoffs. Will the 2025 launch total set another new record? Stay tuned. Crews at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring ...