When is it OK to kill an alien life-form? In the movies, the answer is usually pretty simple: It’s OK in self-defense, especially if it inspires a rousing speech about human exceptionalism. But in the real world, the choice is neither straightforward nor abstract. Many missions to neighboring worlds could, accidentally or intentionally, disrupt extraterrestrial … Read more
A small West Coast company is helping astronauts return to the moon in 2026. ALUULA Composites has signed on to provide its durable, lightweight fabric to build space habitats. The Max Space inflatables can be transported in very small packages and then expanded to create a much larger workspace. “Max Space is doing the design … Read more
Photo: Joel Kowsky/NASA (Getty Images) Despite the development delays and a drastically elongated mission, NASA stated on Wednesday that it’s aiming to return the Boeing Starliner from the International Space Station by the end of July. The space agency also stated the spacecraft could evacuate to Earth right now should an emergency arise. Like the … Read more
The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex seen in a composite of separate exposures acquired by Webb Telescope Washington: NASA released on Friday a pair of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope showing two galaxies – one nicknamed the Penguin and the other the Egg – in the process of merging in sort of a … Read more
The astronauts aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft are confident they’ll get back to Earth safely aboard the vessel, despite weeks of malfunctions and glitches that have left them stuck in space much longer than expected. Test pilots Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore appeared in a NASA-hosted livestream Wednesday from the International Space Station (ISS) looking happy … Read more
Photo: NASA The Boeing Starliner is still docked to the International Space Station on its debut crewed mission. Due to issues with the spacecraft, the mission surpassed the 26-day mark on Friday. The NASA flight test was initially scheduled to last 10 days. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams don’t have a set date when … Read more
(NewsNation) — China’s recent moon mission that retrieved rock samples from the dark side of the moon may be raising red flags over a future territorial fight in space. “China has made extraordinary strides, especially in the last 10 years, but they are very, very secretive,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told a House panel in … Read more
(NewsNation) — NASA has awarded a contract that would potentially be valued at $830 million to Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to develop a vehicle capable of deorbiting the International Space Station. NASA announced on Wednesday that SpaceX had been awarded the contract to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that would have the ability to … Read more
(NewsNation) — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were forced to take shelter on Wednesday after a decommissioned Russian-owned satellite broke up in space, causing more than 100 pieces of debris to be sent into orbit. U.S. Space Command confirmed the breakup of RESURS-P1 just before noon ET on Wednesday. In a post on its X … Read more
Almost exactly two years ago, as it prepared for the next generation of human spaceflight, NASA chose a pair of private companies to design and develop new spacesuits. These were to be new spacesuits that would allow astronauts to both perform spacewalks outside the International Space Station as well as walk on the Moon as … Read more
