Space News
Beyond exits: Entrepreneurs look back on forming and selling space startups
Space News - 24 Dec 2020 16:34
In recent commercial space acquisitions, founders largely have remained with the businesses they established or moved on to form new space companies. Two exceptions are Roccor co-founder Doug Campbell and Scott Larson, w...
NORAD tracks Santa Claus in cosmic trip to the International Space Station
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2020 14:40
NORAD and AGI are tracking Santa's flyby of the International Space Station, which comes just in time for Christmas during the station's 20th anniversary year of crewed missions.
'The Expanse' Season 5 premiere reminds us what makes quality, cerebral sci-fi
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2020 22:30
Strap yourselves in as the crew of the Rocinante return for a fantastic fifth season of The Expanse.
Op-ed | Not all space capabilities should reside in Space Force
Space News - 24 Dec 2020 22:00
Opinion: The decision the Joint Chiefs reach in the next year will be as seminal for the future development of military space as any except the actual creation of Space Force. SpaceNews
Relive SpaceX's Starship SN8 test launch with this epic recap video
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2020 21:29
SpaceX dropped an early Christmas present to space fans everywhere this week with an epic recap of its first high-altitude Starship test launch.
Foust Forward | A tale of two launch vehicle programs
Space News - 24 Dec 2020 20:01
There was no clearer set of contrasts between how SpaceX and NASA approach launch vehicle development than the dueling tests the two performed in early December of Starship and Space Launch System, respectively. SpaceNew...
A Half Century Later, the Journey of Apollo 8 Still Inspires
Scientific American - 24 Dec 2020 18:00
On Christmas Eve 1968 people worldwide stepped back from the throes of crises and recognized themselves as citizens of a tiny, fragile planet --
Japanese spacecraft's gifts: Asteroid chips like charcoal
Phys.org - 24 Dec 2020 17:06
They resemble small fragments of charcoal, but the soil samples collected from an asteroid and returned to Earth by a Japanese spacecraft were hardly disappointing.
If a planet has a lot of methane in its atmosphere, life is the most likely cause
Phys.org - 24 Dec 2020 16:58
The ultra-powerful James Webb Space Telescope will launch soon. Once it's deployed and in position at the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 2, it'll begin work. One of its jobs is to examine the atmospheres of exoplanets and look...
International Space Station Expedition 64 Crew Holiday Message
SpaceRef - 24 Dec 2020 15:00
Members of the International Space Station's Expedition 64 crew, spending this holiday season orbiting the Earth, wrap up 2020 with a message of hope for their fellow Earthlings....
NASA probe snaps 'great conjunction' photo of Jupiter and Saturn from the moon
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2020 14:00
Earthlings weren't the only ones who watched the planets align.
NASA's SLS megarocket 'hot fire' test delayed after early shutdown in fueling trial
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2020 13:57
NASA and Boeing engineers are evaluating how to move forward with the final test of the Space Launch System moon-bound megarocket after an early shutdown during a "wet dress rehearsal" on Sunday (Dec. 20).
The moon has way (way) more craters than we thought
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2020 13:53
The moon has many more craters than we thought, a new study finds.