Spaceflight

NASA’s Proposed Plasma Rocket Would Get Us to Mars in 2 Months

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The future of space travel depends on our ability to reach celestial pit stops faster and more efficiently. As such, NASA is ...

No, You Can’t Actually Eat A Michelin Star Meal in Space

Technology
Michael Johnson

Space tourism has unlocked a new brand of luxury travel, one which promises expensive meals and designer flight suits with views of ...

ISS Space Junk Reenters Earth Atmosphere Battery Pallet

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The cargo pallet after being tossed by the by the Canadarm2 robotic arm in 2021.Photo: NASA On Friday, March 8, a pallet ...

Doing the impossible: harvesting solar power from space

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

It’s an idea straight out of science fiction: A space station orbits around Earth, harvesting energy from the sun and beaming it ...

NASA Is Still Fighting to Save Its Historic Voyager 1 Spacecraft

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

For more than 45 years, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has been cruising through the cosmos, crossing the boundary of our solar system ...

This is what it looks like to reenter Earth’s atmosphere from a space capsule’s POV

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Incredible footage released by Varda Space Industries gives us a first-person view of a space capsule’s return trip to Earth, from the ...

NASA’s Fire-in-Space Experiment Ends in Flames

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

After eight years of experimenting with flames in space, NASA lit a fire inside a cargo spacecraft for the last time and ...

2024 in SPACEFLIGHT: The incredible missions set to take off next year, revealed

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

There’s no shortage of both robotic and manned missions to space in 2024 READ MORE: All you need to know about NASA’s ...

SpaceX’s record-setting rocket booster lost at sea

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

SpaceX’s historic B1058 Falcon 9 booster during one of its 19 flights. SpaceX It turns out that for SpaceX, landing a rocket ...

The Skyhook Could Slingshot Mankind Across The Solar System

Technology
Michael Johnson

The International Space Station is due for decommission in the 2030s. NASA is currently evaluating how to go about retiring the station: ...