Flying to Mars on a Fusion Rocket
The vacuum chamber, circled by high strength magnets, could produce the first fusion-based propulsion prototype (Credits: University of... Read more →
ESA Opens Space Weather Coordination Centre in Brussels
ESA's SSA Space Weather Coordination Centre (Credits: ROB/Royal Observatory Belgium). The European Space Agency (ESA) has opened a new Space... Read more →
SEXTANT: NASA’s “Cosmic Beacon”
Rendition of the 56 X-ray telescope array that comprises SEXTANT, mounted on ISS (Credits: NASA). A sextant is an old-fashioned tool used for... Read more →
Black Sky Training Obtains FAA Approval
A flight simulator from Black Sky's training curriculum (Credits:Black Sky Training). Commercial spaceflight took another step forward on March... Read more →
Antares Rolled Out for April 17 Flight Test
Antares on board the TEL vehcile, to be placed at the launch pad (Credits: NASA). Orbital Sciences Corporation has confirmed that the Antares... Read more →
Is It Space Junk? Texan Electrician Finds Mysterious Sphere in his Backyard
The mysterious metal sphere found in Buna, Texas, bears signs of extreme heat exposure as if having undergone reentry (Credits: Dean Gentz). It... Read more →