Aerospace & Spaceflight Artemis 2 Moon Crew Captured a Milky Way View Earth Never Gets David WhitakerApril 14, 2026June 5, 20260 The first crew to visit space in nearly half a century did not take long before snapping a new photo…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Artemis II’s Toilet Isn’t the Failure Orion’s Waste System Still Has a Critical Weak Point David WhitakerApril 13, 2026June 5, 20260 The Artemis II toilet issue may pass without much impact on mission success, yet it is impossible to overlook how…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Why Hypersonic Reentry Still Loses Contact at the Worst Moment David WhitakerApril 13, 2026June 5, 20260 “Celestial navigation through the plasma sheath is a reliable way for reentry systems to navigate during GPS and radio blackout…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Second Starlink Breakup Puts Orbital Debris Risks Back in Focus David WhitakerApril 13, 2026June 5, 20260 But low Earth orbit (LEO) may not be so forgiving anymore. Just last month, it was revealed that a second…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Artemis II Can’t Land on the Moon for One Crucial Reason David WhitakerApril 13, 2026June 5, 20260 What prevents a moon mission from turning into a moon landing? For the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft…
Aerospace & Spaceflight NASA’s Moon Crew Flight Puts Orion and SLS Under Pressure David WhitakerApril 10, 2026June 5, 20260 A lunar crewed flight cannot simply be seen as going back to where America had been. The flight represents the…
Aerospace & Spaceflight NASA’s Psyche May Reveal a Lost Planetary Core David WhitakerApril 10, 2026June 5, 20260 “We can’t get to the cores of Earth or Mars or Venus, but maybe we can get to the core…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Artemis II Earth Photos Show What Orion Must Do Next David WhitakerApril 9, 2026June 5, 20260 Artemis II’s early Earth images matter because they are more than postcard views from deep space. Imagery collected by Orion…
Aerospace & Spaceflight How NASA Plans to Shield Artemis 2 Crew From Solar Radiation David WhitakerApril 8, 2026June 5, 20260 In other words, the main threat facing the crew of Artemis 2 does not lie in any kind of danger…