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California company may drastically cut Mars travel time with breakthrough tech
A space trip might be closer than you expect
Traffic in space? China’s 100,000 satellites have that covered
Traffic in space? China’s 100,000 satellites have that covered. Given that space traffic has increased fourfold in just five years – up from approximately 2,900 in 2019 to over 10,000 as of last year – collision woes are becoming bigger and bigger with every particle passed. That trend would see nearly 50,000 spacecraft leaving our […]
New Mexico researchers create fascinating new 'spacecraft speedometer' device
New Mexico researchers have created a fascinating new ‘spacecraft speedometer’ device which is set to revolutionize how we track thousands of satellite orbits. In the last five years, the number of spacecraft in the Milky Way has quadrupled. With individual companies around the world competing to take the next leg of the space race, the […]
Man exploring Florida Everglades finds massive abandoned NASA facility with 1960s rocket left behind
He was stunned to discover what NASA had left behind
A NASA astronaut's spacesuit costs the same six-figure sum as a 2017 Lamborghini Huracán
Supercar Sergi in space
NASA's oldest astronaut has just celebrated his 70th birthday twice, once in space, once on Earth
Happy birthday(s), Don Pettit!
Astronomers claim to have 'strongest evidence' yet of potential life beyond Earth
Could there be life on other planets?
Katy Perry was taking last-minute astronaut lessons just before heading into space
Katy Perry was one of six women to participate in the Blue Origin flight
Katy Perry is heading to space as part of first all-women crew in over 60 years
Katy Perry is going to be part of history
NASA releases images of mysterious Mars landmarks that could prove past life on the Red Planet
NASA images of mysterious Mars landmarks have ‘proved’ past life on the Red Planet, as one expert claims that the structures are ‘art’. For as long as 32,500 years, humans have tried to grasp an understanding of stars and planets, even engraving constellations on mammoth tusks. To this day, though, the furthest that any of […]
NASA astronaut’s wife revealed the biggest change in him since being in space for 286 days
It was a nine-month stint
NASA’s Curiosity Rover just found the best ‘proof of life’ on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Rover may have just found the strongest proof of life on Mars we’ve seen so far. The quest for life on Mars started way before the legendary David Bowie song, although sigificant proof has been thin on the ground. But a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences […]
Before and after photos of astronauts back on Earth show the impact of being in space for nine months
The record stay on the International Space Station lasted 286 days
American rover set to unlock one of the Moon’s greatest unsolved mysteries
Nobody can explain it – yet
NASA’s Curiosity Rover makes discovery on Mars that changes our understanding of the red planet
A groundbreaking discovery
NASA’s Curiosity Rover accidentally cracked open a rock on Mars and found something that shouldn’t be there
The rover made an unusual discovery