Tag: Space exploration

In early June, NASA launched the Starliner spacecraft by Boeing into space for a test run. The original plan was for the spacecraft to dock at the International Space Station and return to Earth...

Space systems like GPS are essential for our daily lives, but they are vulnerable to cyberattacks. These attacks have been happening since the 1980s, but the public only woke up to the threat a...

NASA's first year-long mock Mars mission is coming to an end today, and you can watch it live on NASA TV. The CHAPEA mission began on June 25, 2003, with four volunteers sealed inside...

On the latest episode of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Isaac Arthur sat down with NASA research scientists Alina Kiessling and Jason Rhodes to discuss the complex concepts of dark...

SpaceX's Starship rocket is gearing up for its fifth fully integrated test flight, set to take place in just four weeks from now. The Starship rocket, standing at an impressive 400 feet tall, has...

The solar system we see today with eight planets orbiting the sun on a flat plane looks very different from what it was billions of years ago. Researchers now suggest that the early solar...

Mount Fuji has become a popular spot for tourists to visit and take photos, but the overcrowding and lack of respect for the local culture has become an issue. The Japanese Space Agency, JAXA,...

About 600 individuals have had the opportunity to travel to space. Most of them were middle-aged men on short missions lasting less than 20 days. However, with the emergence of private, commercial, and multinational...

Chinese astronauts, Ye Guangfu and Li Cong, were busy this week installing space debris protection on the Tiangong space station. They spent about 6.5 hours working outside the station, with Li Guangsu assisting them...

SpaceX is hinting at a new milestone in its upcoming Starship test flight. The company recently released a video showcasing highlights from the rocket's fourth flight test, which took place on June 6. The...