Category: Space Vehicles

  • The Hunt For New Life

    The Hunt For New Life

    TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) will examine 400,000 stars across the sky to capture a glimpse of a planet moving across its star’s face. The TESS Habitable Zone Star Catalog contains the most promising target stars identified by a team of astronomers from Vanderbilt University, Cornell University, and Lehigh University. The lead author of the…

  • SpaceX’s 20th Station Shipment Arrives With Candy, Science

    SpaceX’s 20th Station Shipment Arrives With Candy, Science

    A SpaceX cargo ship has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering experiments, candy and other goods. By Associated Press, Wire Service Content March 9, 2020, at 7:09 a.m. More SpaceX’s 20th Station Shipment Arrives With Candy, Science More In this image taken from NASA video, NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir use the…

  • Odd Ultima Thule

    Odd Ultima Thule

      Latest findings show that Ultima Thule may resemble two lumpy pancakes floating in space. The celestial object comprising a combination of two parts, officially registered as MU69 and nicknamed ‘’Ultima’’ and ‘’Thule’’ , was discovered in the Kuiper Belt region of the Solar System in 2014. Spacecraft New Horizon of NASA captured shots of…

  • FINDING LIQUID WATER ON MARS MAYBE POSSIBLE WITH CHLORATE-RICH SOIL

    Many experts speculate that there could be liquid water present on Mars. If it does exist, it would be a briny liquid with magnesium chlorate salts. This theory is based on discoveries of NASA’s Curiosity rover and the Viking and Phoenix landers. Scientists from the Department of Earth and Space at the University of Washington…

  • Space Robots Take a Leap in Size for Mars Expedition

    Space Robots Take a Leap in Size for Mars Expedition

      A new robot is traveling the 33.9 million miles from Earth to Mars by 2020. It will feature more advanced technology than the last four robots and have 23 modern cameras to use for taking better pictures! Scientists are excited about the opportunity to create 3D images and improve terrain maps of the Red…

  • Commercial crew vehicles to serve as space lifeboats

    Commercial crew vehicles to serve as space lifeboats

      No longer will the International Space Station’s commercial crew spacecraft be used just to carry astronauts. According to NASA, they will soon be used as temporary shelters or even fly crew home in space emergencies. Crew members presently take shelter in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in space emergencies and head back to Earth in…

  • SpaceX Set to Launch from Historic NASA Launch Pad

    SpaceX Set to Launch from Historic NASA Launch Pad

      SpaceX is set to launch a rocket from the historic Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. If everything goes according to plan, the rocket will lift off on Feb, 18 and it will be the company’s 10th resupply mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX has been modifying the pad for some time…

  • Boeing Air Force Contract

    Boeing Air Force Contract

      Boeing Launches WGS-8 Satellite Nearly 9 billion dollars was added to Boeing’s Wideband Global Satcom contract by the U.S. Air Force. This money will help to maintain and operate the constellation satellite system through 2017. This information was released by Department of Defense on the 19th of December. Currently, constellation is the military’s primary…

  • NASA Aims to Launch New Mars Rover by 2020

    NASA Aims to Launch New Mars Rover by 2020

      Mars is an important planet when it comes to space exploration. It’s the next big target for manned missions, and could even become a research colony in the future, with a possibility that small areas could be terraformed to support human life. Even as the boundaries between science and science fiction continue to blur,…

  • The Young Star – CX330

    The Young Star – CX330

      CX330 was first noticed in 2009. NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory first took note of it while surveying the central region of the Milky Way. CX330 is a young star that is growing by leaps and bounds. Sitting by itself, CX330 is nowhere near any other celestial object. After observing the young star, scientists took…