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If a new rocket developed by University of Glasgow engineers seems to get smaller as it burns, your eyes aren’t playing tricks. It is. The new Ouroborous-3 (sic) rocket engine conserves fuel by eating itself as it burns.Continue ReadingCategory: Space,… Continue reading Self-devouring rocket cannibalizes itself for extra fuel
The crippled Peregrine Moon Lander is heading back toward Earth, and is expected to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere on January 18, 2024. This is the conclusion of the latest tracking data from Astrobotic’s Mission Control Center.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Peregrine Moon lander to return and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere
With the usual ballyhoo, NASA and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the X-59 supersonic aircraft today. In a ceremony at the famous Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, the experimental plane was introduced to the public before a party of dignitaries.Con… Continue reading X-59 supersonic X-plane gets rolled out by NASA and Lockheed Martin
A new NASA study has discovered a new exoplanet that is almost the size of Earth and orbits a star that’s the same type as the Sun. Unfortunately, this promising candidate is also tidally locked and has one side so hot that it’s one giant sea of lava.C… Continue reading Tidally locked exo-Earth has a lava ocean hemisphere
NASA’s next Moon landing may have been put back a year, but that hasn’t stopped Axiom from showing off the practical version of its Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU). Better known as a space suit, it will protect next-gen Moonwalkers.Continue … Continue reading Axiom’s next-gen Moon suit subjected to bend and squat tests
The US Army is swapping out its Cold War fleet of prop-driven recon planes with ones based on a business jet. Under a new contract, the Army is buying a Global 6500 jet aircraft from Bombardier with options for two more for development prototypes.Conti… Continue reading US Army’s latest reconnaissance aircraft is a Bombardier business jet
NASA announced today that its next two crewed Artemis missions to the Moon have been set back at least a year. The Artemis II lunar orbiter mission will now launch in September 2025 and the Artemis III lander mission is set for September 2026.Continue … Continue reading NASA delays next two Artemis missions by a year
America’s plan to send its first lander to the Moon since 1972 has ended prematurely after the private owner and operator of the robotic Peregrine spacecraft announced that a massive propellant leak has made a lunar landing impossible.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading US Peregrine lunar landing mission scrubbed due to propellant leak
To address the prospect of parched astronauts on Mars, NASA is considering a new proposal. The agency may develop a method of using synthetic biology to remove toxic perchlorates from Martian ice deposits, thus making water from those deposits suitable… Continue reading NASA may use bacteria to make Martian water drinkable
America’s privately owned and operated Peregrine lunar landing mission may be in peril due to a malfunction. An anomaly in the lander’s propulsion system discovered shortly after this morning’s launch may require the planned February landing to be scru… Continue reading America’s Peregrine lunar lander mission in jeopardy from fuel loss