Why Artemis II Stops Short of the Moon Landing
Orbiting the Moon? That’s straightforward to explain. What’s tough comes next every single thing NASA must confirm before people walk…
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Why a Major Solar Flare Isn’t Delaying NASA’s Artemis 2 Launch
A violent outburst on the sun is the kind of problem that should, in theory, halt the mission to the…
Survey Crews May Not Need Ground Control on Every Drone Job
Working without GCPs is a totally new chapter for earthworks, Wingtra’s senior product manager Julian Surber said when the company…
SpaceX Packs 119 Payloads Into One Falcon 9 Launch
One Falcon 9 flight, packed with 119 separate items, reveals just how much getting to orbit has changed no longer…
Webb and Hubble Expose Saturn’s Hidden Weather Engine
What makes an ordinary ringed planet turn into a dynamic world of waves, storms, and layered chemistry? Paired images of…
Solar Flare Radio Blackouts Put Artemis 2 Communications in Focus
“We need to pay attention to radio bursts now.” This is the message given by solar physicist Tamitha Skov, and…
How the SR-71 Used Radar Tricks to Defeat Missile Locks
Everything had to be invented. Everything, Kelly Johnson said of the aircraft that became the SR-71 Blackbird, and that line…
NASA’s Moon Crew Will Test the Hardware Behind a 2028 Landing
NASA’s next moon mission is less about replaying Apollo than proving that its modern deep-space hardware can carry people safely…
Why the U-2 Spy Plane Still Needs a New Radar Shield
At altitudes above 70,000 feet, the U-2 still flies in an air space that, until recently, seemed almost untouchable. The…