Starship V3 Faces a Pivotal Test After Months of Delays
Why is yet another Starship test date so exciting? Because Flight 12 isn’t merely another test of this system; it’s…
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Blades Crossed Mach 1 for a Reason
For a mission to Mars, the point of transition to supersonic velocity makes aerial transportation a matter of utility rather…
SpaceX Dragon’s Quiet Sixth Flight Carries Crucial ISS Science
A resuable cargo craft making its sixth journey to orbit used to be headline news in its own right. During…
Giant Telescope Locked Onto Artemis 2 Crew Beyond 213,000 Miles
How does one confirm that a crewed spacecraft, swinging far outside of Earth’s low orbit, is in fact where you…
Why NASA Sent Two Small Orbiters to Chase Mars’ Vanishing Air
How could a planet manage to lose its atmosphere that was sufficient for rivers and lakes to exist there? This…
Quantum Radio Sensors Could Change Communications in Heavy Jamming
Current trends are placing the burden of increasing stress on radio systems, highlighting a limitation in current technologies: traditional antennas…
Giant Solar Hole Could Push Northern Lights Farther South
Does a dark hole in the sun’s atmosphere give northern skywatchers an opportunity to spot auroras this week? It appears…
Starship V3 Faces Its Biggest Test on May 19
What specifically needs to come together to make Starship Version 3 significant? Starship V3 is the name SpaceX gave its…
How Rubin’s Giant Sky Survey Could Rewrite the Dark Energy Debate
Dark energy is currently the biggest conundrum in modern cosmology since it appears within the equations describing the expansion of…