NASA

BEAM's first year on ISS expands potential of inflatable space habitats

Posted in Hardware on 29th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), a prototype inflatable space station module, has now been attached to the ISS for a year.

Moon as unprospected eighth continent that will produce trillionaires

Posted in Science on 13th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

Moon Express is one of only two teams in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition with a verified launch contract for its 2017 lunar mission.

NASA's mission to Mars includes a year-long stay on the moon

Posted in Science on 12th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

The agency aims to send a crew to live in cislunar space by 2027.

NASA Wants to Launch a Giant Magnetic Field to Make Mars Habitable

Posted in Science on 8th May, 2017
by Alex Muller

A bold plan that could give Mars its atmosphere back and make it habitable for future generations of human colonists.

Martian Soil Could Be Used to Build a Colony

Posted in Science on 28th Apr, 2017
by Alex Muller

Engineers from the University of California in San Diego have created bricks composed of simulated Martian regolith (soil).