Getty For less than a century, humans have been sending objects, both organic and inorganic, into space. We have not yet managed to travel beyond our galaxy, but our descendants will possibly find a way to travel to distant galaxies in the future. Although human exploration of space is in …
Read More »The house appropriators reduced NASA’s moon landing funds; Will the Senate do better?
The Trump administration proposed in its budget presentation to NASA for fiscal year 2021 that $ 4.7 billion be allocated to exploration research and development (R&D), including the Human Landing System (HLS). The numbers were designed to ensure that NASA could return astronauts to the moon by 2024. However, House …
Read More »NASA, China and the UAE will send missions to Mars in July.
Starting in July, the window opens when missions to Mars can be easily dispatched across the interplanetary gulf. If all goes well, three of those missions, ridden by NASA, China, and the United Arab Emirates, will leave Earth for the Red Planet. The number of missions, who is launching them …
Read More »SN7 spacecraft prototype ‘appears’ during cryogenic pressure test until failure
The development of the spacecraft has accelerated in recent weeks. On Tuesday, June 23, SpaceX took the fuel tank of the SN7 prototype for yet another test. This time, it was the cryogenic pressure test for failure in Boca Chica, Texas (via Space.com). The test began by filling the fuel …
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