Space Exploration

Space exploration, the investigation, by means of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft, of the reaches of the universe beyond Earth’s atmosphere and the use of the information so gained to increase knowledge of the cosmos and benefit humanity.

NASA Will Pay You $3 Million To Help Them Take Out The Trash

WASHINGTON DC - As NASA looks toward long-term lunar missions, a few problems have arisen -- specifically, how to create less trash in space and what to do with the trash that people create. That's why the US space agency started the LunaRecycle Challenge. This challenge is a two-phase competition, NASA says, focused on the

By |2024-10-19T11:58:58-04:00October 19th, 2024|Featured, Science, Space Exploration|

NASA To Let International Space State Burn Up In Atmosphere

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fl. - NASA is scaling back its presence in low-Earth orbit as the government focuses on sending humans back to the moon and, eventually, to Mars. As part of that transition, the space agency wants to rent out facilities for its astronauts on new space stations run by private companies. When these stations are ready, NASA

By |2022-01-05T08:02:43-05:00January 4th, 2022|Science, Space Exploration, STEM|

Hypersonic Jet Can Fly From NYC To London In Less Than An Hour

ATLANTA - Supersonic flight is arriving—in a hurry. In the last 18 months, Boom has successfully tested its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft and pre-sold 15 of its still-in-development 30-seat Overture models to United Airlines. Virgin Galactic and Rolls Royce rolled out a partnership to develop a 19-seater. Even the Russian Federation revealed plans to build a supersonic jet for commercial use.

By |2021-08-28T17:22:35-04:00August 28th, 2021|New Products, New Products / Contracts, Space Exploration|