Space News
Starliner test flight slips to early April
Space News - 18 Feb 2021 13:35
A second uncrewed test flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle will be delayed by a little more than a week to replace hardware damaged during processing of the spacecraft. SpaceNews
Raytheon to challenge Lockheed Martin's acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne
Space News - 18 Feb 2021 00:23
Raytheon plans to formally oppose Lockheed Martin's proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne, Raytheon's CEO Gregory Hayes said Feb. 17. SpaceNews
Report calls for revamped cost-conscious vision for Mars exploration
Space News - 18 Feb 2021 14:38
With NASA's Mars Perseverance rover set to begin its multiyear mission to collect rocks and soil for future retrieval, planetary scientists are concerned other Mars research goals could suffer during the decade-long wait...
It's landing day on Mars! NASA's Perseverance rover will touch down on the Red Planet today
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2021 14:11
It's landing day for Perseverance and all eyes are on the Red Planet.
What time will NASA's Perseverance rover land on Mars today?
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2021 14:03
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet today (Feb. 18) at 3:55 p.m. EST (2055 GMT) -- or at least that's when NASA will find out if it landed.
Russia's Progress 77 Cargo Droid Docks With ISS
SpaceRef - 18 Feb 2021 05:59
Russia's uncrewed ISS Progress 77 resupply ship is pictured moments after docking to the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment....
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 17 February, 2021 - Progress 77 Cargo Delivered
SpaceRef - 18 Feb 2021 23:56
Russia's ISS Progress 77 resupply ship delivered over a ton of nitrogen, propellant and oxygen early Wednesday morning to the International Space Station....
Quebec invests in Telesat Lightspeed constellation
Space News - 18 Feb 2021 23:53
The Quebec government will invest 400 million Canadian dollars ($315.5 million) in Telesat's Lightspeed low-Earth orbit communications network, MDA will produce the constellation's phased array antennas and prime contrac...
U.S. Space Command to recommend investments in space infrastructure
Space News - 18 Feb 2021 23:34
"As we move forward, we're going to want to find ways to be more mobile in space," said Lt. Gen. John Shaw, deputy commander of U.S. Space Command. SpaceNews
Perseverance lands on Mars
Space News - 18 Feb 2021 23:10
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars Feb. 18, completing a nearly seven-month journey from Earth and beginning a years-long exploration of the red planet. SpaceNews
Perseverance Has Landed! Mars Rover Begins a New Era of Exploration
Scientific American - 18 Feb 2021 23:00
NASA’s latest mission to the Red Planet will seek out signs of ancient life, gather samples for return to Earth, and even fly a first-of-its-kind interplanetary helicopter --
NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life
Phys.org - 18 Feb 2021 22:58
A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars.
Touchdown! NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet
NASA Breaking news - 18 Feb 2021 22:42Morpheus opens U.S. office and names chief revenue officer
Space News - 18 Feb 2021 21:56
German propulsion startup Morpheus Space has opened a Los Angeles office and named a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer and fighter pilot as its chief revenue officer. SpaceNews
We Could Find Extraterrestrial Civilizations by Their Air Pollution
Universe Today - 18 Feb 2021 21:42
Upcoming telescopes will give us more power to search for biosignatures on all the exoplanets we’ve found. Much of the biosignature conversation is centred on biogenic chemistry, such as atmospheric gases produced by s...
Perseverance Mars rover: how to prove whether there's life on the red planet
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2021 21:11
We'll soon be able to properly start asking the question: "Are we alone in the universe?"
Mars InSight: why we'll be listening to the landing of the Perseverance rover
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2021 21:04
As I write this, NASA's Perseverance Rover is hurtling toward Mars at a speed of more than 80,000 km/h and is set to land at the Red Planet on February 18.
First black hole ever detected is more massive than we thought
Phys.org - 18 Feb 2021 21:00
New observations of the first black hole ever detected have led astronomers to question what they know about the Universe's most mysterious objects.
The Skycrane: How NASA's Perseverance Rover Will Land on the Red Planet
Discover - 18 Feb 2021 21:00
The "Skycrane" maneuver that will soon place Perseverance on Mars' surface was once considered a crazy idea -- even within NASA.
'7 minutes of terror': A look at the technology Perseverance needs to survive landing on Mars
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2021 20:00
This month has been a busy one for Mars exploration. Several countries sent missions to the red planet in June last year, taking advantage of a launch window.
Get ready for the Perseverance Mars rover landing with this epic NASA documentary
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2021 19:36
It's "Mars madness" day for space fans NASA's Perseverance rover mission targets an epic landing today (Feb. 18). A NASA documentary takes a close look at the mission.
NASA's Perseverance rover team will have to live on 'Mars time' after landing on the Red Planet
SPACE.com - 18 Feb 2021 19:25
The Perseverance team will return to a time-honored tradition at NASA these past few decades -- the tradition of living on "Mars time."