A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace’s first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff. Continue ReadingWatch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)
It’s a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we (almost) missed. This year, we’re experimenting with a monthly collection of such stories. March’s list includes fascinating papers on such topics as how the brain responds to speaking Klingon (or Dothraki, or Navi), the discovery of creepy preclassic Salvadoran puppets, the effectiveness of “dazzle camouflage,” and how male blue-lined octopuses manage not to be cannibalized by their chosen mates. Wind Cave’s rocks fluoresce under black light Continue ReadingResearch roundup: 2,400-year-old clay puppets; this is your brain on Klingon
Blue Origin says its next New Glenn launch will be as soon as late spring after completing an investigation into the failed booster landing on the vehicle’s first flight. The post Investigation into failed New Glenn landing completed appeared first on SpaceNews.
The FAA has closed its investigation into the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 mishap, accepting the company’s findings and verifying its corrective actions. Continue ReadingFAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion
NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for what went wrong on their space sprint-turned-marathon and would fly on Boeing’s Starliner again.
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Monday (March 31), on the first of the company’s two planned liftoffs for the day. Continue ReadingSpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st half of spaceflight doubleheader (video, photos)
The ice-giant planet Uranus, which travels around the sun tipped on its side, is a weird and mysterious world. Now, in an unprecedented study spanning two decades, researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered new insights into the planet’s atmospheric composition and dynamics. This was possible only because of Hubble’s sharp resolution, spectral capabilities, and longevity.
Two NASA rockets launched into auroras over Alaska last week, and the results were gorgeous. Continue ReadingNASA launches rockets into auroras, creating breathtaking lights in Alaskan skies (photos)
In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, an international team of researchers describes the circumstances of the fall and show that mudball meteorites are not necessarily weak.
Space robotics specialist GITAI has completed a concept study for a mechanical arm that would be ready to support Japan’s crewed lunar rover early next decade. The post GITAI finalizes robotic arm study for Japan’s crewed lunar rover appeared first on SpaceNews.
The clouds were cruel on the Bay of Fundy coast, but a memorable experience was had. Continue ReadingWhat it was like to experience the sunrise solar eclipse in New Brunswick
Europe’s physics lab CERN is planning to build a particle-smasher even bigger than its Large Hadron Collider to continue searching for answers to some of the universe’s tiniest yet most profound mysteries.
Find out the latest about SpaceX’s private Fram2 polar astronaut mission for cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang. Continue ReadingSpaceX Fram2 1st polar astronaut mission: Live updates
NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which concluded on March 16.
The first flight of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket didn’t last long on Sunday. The booster’s nine engines switched off as the rocket cartwheeled upside-down and fell a short distance from its Arctic launch pad in Norway, punctuating the abbreviated test flight with a spectacular fiery crash into the sea. If officials at Isar Aerospace were able to pick the outcome of their first test flight, it wouldn’t be this. However, the result has precedent. The first launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 1 rocket in 2006 ended in similar fashion. “Today, we know twice as much about our launch system as yesterday Continue ReadingThe first flight of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket lasted just 40 seconds
NASA’s Orion crew module test article is framed by the well deck of the U.S. Navy’s USS Somerset as teams practice Artemis 2 recovery ops. Continue ReadingNASA practices recovering its next moon astronauts: Space photo of the day
The name Beyond Gravity sounds like a startup. Can you explain who your company is? André Wall: We have more than 50 years of experience supplying key components for the world’s […] The post “Standardization, automation, and industrialization are no longer optional” appeared first on SpaceNews.
SpaceX is building Starship as a full reusable heavy-lift rocket to fly astronauts to the moon and Mars. Continue ReadingNASA officially adds SpaceX’s giant Starship megarocket to its launch roster
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for evidence of past life on Mars. This is because, on Earth at least, relatively complex, long-chain of carbon molecules are involved in biology. These molecules could actually be fragments of fatty acids, which are found in, for example, the membranes surrounding biological cells.
A team of biomedical engineers at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science working with a team of bio-scientist colleagues from NASA Ames Research Center, both in the U.S., has found that test mice living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) experience a significant amount of bone loss in their femurs compared to control mice on Earth.
