SpaceX's Elon Musk Unveils Interplanetary Spaceship to Colonize Mars
Now we know how Elon Musk plans to get 1 million people to Mars. At a conference in Mexico today (Sept. 27), the SpaceX founder and CEO unveiled the company’s Interplanetary Transport System (ITS), which will combine the most powerful rocket ever built with a spaceship designed to carry at least 100 people to the […]
Milky Way Bone Hunters Turn Up Huge New Bounty
A new study has identified 54 cold, dense gas filaments found the Milky Way galaxy. These features are also sometimes called galactic “bones.” To source
SpaceX's Big Mars Announcement: What We Already Know
Artist’s illustration of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule landing on Mars. Elon Musk is set to unveil SpaceX’s ambitious Mars colony plans today (Sept. 27), but not everything he says will be a big reveal. The billionaire entrepreneur — who has repeatedly said he founded SpaceX in 2002 primarily to help colonize Mars — has been dropping […]
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SpaceX's Interplanetary Transport System for Mars Colonization in Images
The booster will accelerate the spaceship to a speed of about 5,375 miles per hour (8,650 km/h). When it exits Earth’s atmosphere, the rocket booster will provide 138 meganewtons (31 million lbs.) of thrust. This is almost 4 times as much power as NASA’s Saturn V rocket, which carried astronauts to the moon. You can […]
NASA’s Hubble Spots Possible Water Plumes Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Europa
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. This finding bolsters other Hubble observations suggesting the icy moon erupts with high altitude water vapor plumes. To source
Tectonically Active Planet Mercury
New NASA-funded research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet. Images obtained by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft reveal previously undetected small fault scarps— cliff-like landforms that resemble stair steps. To source
Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX Raptor Engine Test for Interplanetary Transport
A photo tweeted by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Sept. 25, 2016, shows the Raptor rocket engine undergoing testing for the first time. In this tweet, Musk pointed out a wave pattern called “Mach diamonds” that appears in supersonic-speed exhaust plumes. SpaceX has successfully test-fired the new Raptor rocket engine that will launch the company’s planned […]
Moon and Mars on a plane
Who wouldn’t want to run an experiment in lunar or martian gravity? ESA is offering European researchers the chance to test their theories on aircraft flights that offer 20 seconds of reduced gravity. To source
A universe to explore
ESA is exploring Earth’s immediate surroundings, from low orbit with the International Space Station to the Moon, Mars and beyond To source
Astronaut Artifacts Included in New African American History Museum
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden donated his astronaut flight suit, among other items, to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. Artifacts representing some of the United States’ first black astronauts are included within the inaugural collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened its […]
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