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Blue Origin delays launch of New Glenn rocket carrying NASA Mars probes, may seek exemption from FAA order for next try (Image Credit: Space.com) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin called off the launch of its giant New Glenn rocket carrying twin NASA Mars probes on Sunday (Nov. 9) due to bad […]
Photo by Satnews. “The Nation God Navigates” launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 19:51 UTC on November 5, 2025, deploying QPS-SAR-14, nicknamed YACHIHOKO-I for the Japanese god of nation-building, to a 575km circular Earth orbit. This satellite joins the rest of the QPS-SAR constellation in providing high resolution synthetic […]
Bezos’s Blue Origin set to launch NASA mission to Mars (Image Credit: Phys.org) Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New Glenn, the towering rocket built by Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin, is set to take off on its second mission Sunday as competition intensifies with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket has […]
Europe wants to make space food out of thin air and astronaut pee (Image Credit: Space.com) While space agencies have their eyes set on astronaut missions to the moon, Mars and beyond, there are quite a few hurdles in the way — and one of the biggest is food. As it stands, […]
Office of Space Commerce faces an uncertain future amid budget cuts and new oversight (Image Credit: Space.com) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. When I imagine the future of space commerce, the first image that comes to mind […]
Watch Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket launch a NASA ‘ESCAPADE’ to Mars today (Image Credit: Space.com) Watch live! Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket to launch NASA Mars mission – YouTube Watch On CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After a year of delay, NASA’s next Mars mission is ready to launch on […]
SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida’s Space Coast (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites early this morning (Nov. 9). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 29 Starlink spacecraft lifted off today at 3:10 a.m. EST (0810 GMT)from storied Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy […]
The ‘anti-weather’ of Venus (Image Credit: Phys.org) Surface of Venus, as seen by Venera 13. Credit: Venera 13/Don P.Mitchell Conditions on Venus’s surface have largely remained a mystery for decades. Carl Sagan famously pointed out that people were quick to jump to conclusions, such as that there are dinosaurs living there, from […]
Astronauts can get motion sick while splashing back down to Earth – virtual reality headsets could help them stay sharp (Image Credit: Space.com) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. When learning about the effects of spaceflight on human […]
