space

SpaceX successfully launches top-secret Zuma spacecraft and lands booster

Posted in Science on 9th Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

SpaceX has successfully launched its first mission of 2018, after capping a record year last year in 2017 with 18 total launches.

Satellites Could Help Forecast the Next Cholera Outbreak

Posted in Software on 5th Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

Using satellite data and specialized algorithms, one group was able to accurately predict an outbreak weeks in advance.

Chinas moon mission to land rover on the far side of the moon

Posted in Hardware on 1st Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

China may achieve a feat never attempted by the US or USSR landing on the far side of the moon.

U.S. and China Both Want to Launch a Mars Sample Return Mission Before 2030

Posted in Science on 1st Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

NASA is working through ideas to collect Martian rock and return it to Earth, but the Chinese space program might beat them to it.

DARPA and NASA Team Up to Design Refuelling Satellites

Posted in Science on 1st Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

Robotic satellites could approach and refuel friendly satellites or meddle with unfriendly ones.