NASA Wants To Drop Helicopter Drones On Mars To Scout For Manned Landing Sites
The mission, called Skyfall, would use a capsule to drop down towards the Martian surface, open up before it impacts, and out will fly the six helicopters.
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European Space Agency Is Building A Hypersonic Spaceplane
There have been several attempts over the decades to build a so-called Single Stage to Orbit (SSTO) vehicle, but thus far, none have succeeded.
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SpaceX Whines To The Feds About Another Company Flooding Orbit With Satellites
In fairness, SpaceX may have a point. AST SpaceMobile's proposed satellites are the size of a tennis court and would be visible to the naked eye from the ground
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NASA Employees Know They Can Only Save Themselves From A Trump-Forced Turndown
287 current or former NASA employees signed a letter detailing the destructive decisions that threaten to endanger lives and harm the public good.
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Smithsonian Fights Back Against $85 Million Space Shuttle Kipnapping To Texas
When President Trump signed the "Big, Beautiful Bill" into law, he also set aside $85 million for a Congress-authorized heist of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
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In Its First Year, Rubin Observatory Will Gather More Space Data Than All Other Telescopes In History Combined
In just its first ten hours of activity, a single new observatory discovered 2,104 asteroids, or 10% of the entire astronomical community's annual job.
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UFO Obsessives Are Not Happy That The Pentagon Has Been Deceiving The Public For Decades
When conspiracy theories are inevitably debunked, the debunking is quickly counter-debunked, usually with a fresh ratcheting of the whole conspiracy framework.
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You Can Buy The Largest Martian Meteorite Ever Found (And A Sick Dinosaur Skeleton Too)
Out of the 122 lots, the main event is NWA 16788, a Martian meteorite that is the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.
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Trump Megabill Tosses $1 Billion At Space Force's Boeing Spaceplane
The $1B dedicated to the X-35B is part of a $11.3B budget increase for Space Force amid the White House leaving civilian spaceflight on a shoestring budget.
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Boeing Is Building Next-Gen Satellites To Control America's Nukes
These satellites are the sort of thing you really hope that nobody ever has to use. But if the very worst ever happens, you'll really, really want them to work.
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Lockheed Martin Wants To Bring Mars Rover's Samples To Earth If NASA Can't
While originally conceived as an in-house job, NASA has since realized that its version of the plan would cost at least $7 billion.
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NASA's Most Experienced Staff Are Taking Trump's Buyouts
In a classic case of trying to lose weight by cutting off your own head, it appears that over 2,500 employees are preparing to depart the space agency.
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Disaster Looms As President Trump Plans To Defund Satellite Crash Avoidance Service
The U.S. Space Force and the entire private space industry are telling Congress this is a recipe for disaster.
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Air Force Halts SpaceX Hypersonic Cargo Rocket Tests To Save Seabirds From Potential Blasts
The U.S. Air Force announced last Thursday that it's suspending plans for testing hypersonic rocket delivery systems on a remote Pacific atoll.
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NASA Plans To Leave The ISS After 2030 - Here's What Will Come Next
The ISS has been operational for well over two decades, but its days are numbered. Here's what the plan for human habitation in space is after 2030.
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Object Spotted From Outside Solar System The Same Day As In The Documentary Film 'Independence Day'
The object is likely a 12-mile wide asteroid or comet from way, way out of town that just happens to be passing through our neighborhood, but you never know...
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Texas Tries To Use 'Big Beautiful Bill' To Steal Space Shuttle Discovery From The Smithsonian
Texas Senators are trying to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from its current home at the Smithsonian to the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Space Funeral Craft Crashes, Ejects 166 Remains At Sea
When your space-obsessed loved ones die, you can spend $3,500 to send their cremated remains out into orbit.
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Lauren Boebert Giggles Her Way Through Faked Moon Landing And A Few Other Top Conspiracy Theories
Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert isn't going to turn down a chance to do the conspiracy thing, even if she probably thinks it's all an inside joke.
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Scientists Detect Radio Burst From Deepest Space, Then Realize It's Just A Satellite, Then Realize The Satellite Was Signaling From Beyond The Grave
Space is a vast, weird place, and even our brightest minds are still only just scratching the surface of all it has to tell us.
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Lockheed's Infamous Skunk Works Actually Tested Metal That Was Part Of A UFO Con Job
Lockheed Martin's supersecret lab that developed stealth technology wound up getting a mysterious, possibly extraterrestrial metal fragment from the military.
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NASA Plows Forward, Testing A Moon Rocket That The White House Is Trying To Cancel
Despite the White House's desire to cancel the Space Launch System, the Artemis program's primary launch vehicle, NASA continues to test the rocket.
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Inhaling Moon Dust Is Somehow Less Toxic Than Urban Air Pollution
Without the looming threats of long-term health issues, NASA could use moon dust to build its base on the surface.
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China Is Close To Being Able To Refuel Satellites On-Orbit (And Maybe Already Has)
Up until now, satellites have not even been designed with refueling in mind, because, well, it wasn't possible. That will change if China can prove otherwise.
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SpaceX Lights Up Texas Night With Massive Starship Fireball
Elon Musk touts the SpaceX Starship as the spacecraft that will deliver humanity to Mars, but the massive rocket has rarely made it to space without exploding.
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Honda Launches A Reusable Rocket And It Didn't Even Explode
Honda, the automotive, motorcycle, small-engine, and robotics company, pushed Japan several steps closer to its outer space ambitions.
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The Department Of Defense Has Spent Decades Encouraging Americans To Believe In UFOs
The Pentagon wanted to keep its Cold War weapons programs top secret, turning to the oldest trick in the book to distract friend and foes alike: misdirection.
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