space
New horizons gets the green light from NASA to explore a world beyond pluto
Posted in Hardware on 6th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
New Horizons, that showed us Pluto up close for the first time, received NASA approval to forge ahead to an ancient target beyond Pluto.
Juno probe enters into orbit around Jupiter
Posted in Hardware on 5th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Juno satellite, which left Earth five years ago, had to fire a rocket engine to slow its approach to the planet and get caught by its gravity.
Red Planet Impact: Huge Moons May Have Crashed Into Mars
Posted in Science on 5th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
The moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, may be the only survivors of a giant impact that created many short-lived, but now-absent moons.
NASAs Mars-Bound Rocket Just Passed a Major Test
Posted in Science on 29th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
NASA successfully fired-up one of those 77-tonne rocket boosters by lighting it up at full power, all while never leaving the ground.
China successfully launched new Long March 7, to be used to launch upgraded space stations
Posted in Hardware on 28th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Long March 7 rocket is the second in a trio of new boosters China will use to launch and supply a space station.