Scientists Successfully Test an Air-Breathing Satellite Thruster
How to make atmospheric drag work for satellites, instead of against them. Continue reading Scientists Successfully Test an Air-Breathing Satellite Thruster
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Astronauts Will Welcome a Free-Floating Robot Head to the ISS This Summer
It’s like the HAL-9000, but with less homicidal mania and more interest in Rubik’s Cubes. Continue reading Astronauts Will Welcome a Free-Floating Robot Head to the ISS This Summer
Proxima B May Not Be Such a Great Second Home For Humanity After All
Unless you like radiation blasts to the face. Continue reading Proxima B May Not Be Such a Great Second Home For Humanity After All
The Race to Launch the First Student-Built Rocket into Space Is On
The all-student team Space Enterprise at Berkeley plan to unveil their Eureka-1 rocket later this spring. Continue reading The Race to Launch the First Student-Built Rocket into Space Is On
The World’s Biggest Underwater Cave Is Full of Maya Bones and Artifacts
Mexico’s San Actun cave system contains pottery, bones of extinct giant sloths, and a 9,000-year-old human skull. Continue reading The World’s Biggest Underwater Cave Is Full of Maya Bones and Artifacts
Forget Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dogs: Purdue’s Microbots Are the Real Nightmare
The microTUMs are coming. Continue reading Forget Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dogs: Purdue’s Microbots Are the Real Nightmare
Trump’s Plan to Privatize the ISS Exposes Rifts in Spaceflight Community
A proposal to cut federal support for the ISS in the 2020s amplifies the wider debate over the interplay between the public and private space spheres. Continue reading Trump’s Plan to Privatize the ISS Exposes Rifts in Spaceflight Community
Smartphone Data Predicts How Survivors Would Respond to Nuke Attack on DC
What would happen if a nuclear bomb detonated over K Street? Continue reading Smartphone Data Predicts How Survivors Would Respond to Nuke Attack on DC
Scientists Isolate the Mechanism Behind the Sun’s Most Mysterious Flares
As our civilization increasingly depends on electronic infrastructure, we need to brace for the impacts of space weather. Continue reading Scientists Isolate the Mechanism Behind the Sun’s Most Mysterious Flares
Russian Scientists Have Been Trying to Make a ‘Space Motorcycle’ for Decades
Orbital commutes made easy. Continue reading Russian Scientists Have Been Trying to Make a ‘Space Motorcycle’ for Decades