space

DNA sequenced in space for first time on the ISS

Posted in Science on 4th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

The device, which was sent up to the space station in July, could help astronauts diagnose illness in space and allow them to identify disease-causing microbes on the ISS.

NASA's New Lander Will Finally Go to Mars in 2018

Posted in Science on 3rd Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

Insight was originally scheduled to launch this past March with the goal of collecting all kinds of data about whats happening in Marss interior.

SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch

Posted in Science on 2nd Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

A rocket operated by the aerospace company SpaceX has exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral where it was being test-fired ahead of a launch.

Moon Express to mine hydroxyl from the moon and provide it to fuel orbital and other space missions

Posted in Hardware on 31st Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Moon Express plans to create a robotic lunar hydroxyl mining machine. It will fill a small fuel tank then it will launch into lunar orbit.

SES company first to launch satellite on a 'second-hand' SpaceX rocket

Posted in Hardware on 31st Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Luxembourg-based SES says it is going to be the first commercial satellite operator to launch a spacecraft on a "second-hand" rocket.