Space
Space, Technology
NASA Tests New Rocket Engine
by JOHN ADAMS •
NASA enjoyed a successful test of a heavy rocket, and both the federal agency and private enterprise are pushing ahead with rockets powerful enough to support a mission to Mars. A booster for the most powerful rocket in the world, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), successfully fired up Tuesday for its second qualification ground test…
Poll, Space
Friday Poll: Offer for a Meteorite
by JOHN ADAMS •
$20,000 for a Meteorite In Portland, Maine, the a police officer’s dashcam captured video of a meteorite streaking across the sky. A museum that plans to open next year has now offered a reward of $20,000 for anyone who can find and deliver to the museum a significant part of the meteorite. For today’s question:…
Space, Technology
Blue Origin Rocket Landing
by JOHN ADAMS •
Nature, Space
Mercury’s Transit Across the Sun
by JOHN ADAMS •
Space
360 View of SpaceX Rocket Landing
by JOHN ADAMS •
Science/Nature, Space
NASA’s Next Great Space Telescope
by JOHN ADAMS •
Science/Nature, Space
The Special Ingredients of Earth
by JOHN ADAMS •
Science/Nature, Space
Moons
by JOHN ADAMS •
Space
Close Encounters with Jupiter
by JOHN ADAMS •
Nature, Space
The Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever
by JOHN ADAMS •
Space, Technology
A Virtual Look Inside Apollo 11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Space, Technology
SpaceX Tests a Capsule’s Ability to Hover
by JOHN ADAMS •
Eight SuperDraco thrusters, positioned around the perimeter of the vehicle in pairs called “jet packs”, fired up simultaneously to raise the Crew Dragon spacecraft for a five-second hover, generating approximately 33,000 lbs of thrust before returning the vehicle to its resting position. This test was the second of a two-part milestone under NASA’s Commercial Crew…