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Forget Earth - NASA plans to launch a robotic maglev on the moon in the 2030s

Maglev or magnetic levitation train is a train on magnetic suspension, powered and controlled by magnetic forces. Despite the fact that the technology is still underdeveloped on Earth, NASA plans to launch this miracle railway on the Moon in the next...

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Starliner didn't take off: first manned flight of Boeing spacecraft canceled due to oxygen valve problems

Another launch attempt may be scheduled for Friday, however delays have become typical of the mission due to constant problems with the development of the spacecraft. NASA postponed the launch of Starliner, the first Boeing crewed spacecraft that wa...

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China showed the project of a space base on the Moon - for some reason there was a NASA shuttle, decommissioned back in 2011

The video from the Chinese National Space Administration extensively describes the large lunar outpost, interestingly featuring CGI of a NASA space shuttle taking off from the surface of the Moon. The project is known as the International Lunar Resea...

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Mysterious Inca city on Mars attacked by 'black spiders' - what did satellite images really show?

Arachnophobes can rest easy - new ESA satellite images showing clusters of black spiders on Mars actually reveal a seasonal phenomenon familiar to the planet. Dark funnel-shaped formations were spotted in the city of Inca (southern polar region of Ma...

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Who will pay? Florida resident turned to NASA for compensation - his house was damaged by debris ejected from the ISS

In March, a one-kilogram piece of metal punched through the roof and floor of a two-story house belonging to Florida resident Alejandro Otero. It turned out to be space junk — specifically, a support beam for a battery pallet weighing 2630 kg, which ...

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Legendary Voyager 1 "called" home after 5 months of no communications

On April 20, the NASA spacecraft "Voyager 1", which is currently outside the Solar System, updated data on the state of its "health" and sent quite suitable information for analysis after transmitting gibberish for 5 months. This relates to informati...

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"Works like an air defense system". Paris startup creates a jet-powered "boxing glove" that will push space debris out of orbit

Interceptors, a spacecraft, will be launched by a rocket from a specially equipped aircraft. When it reaches the upper layers of the atmosphere, the rocket will ignite its engine, and the spacecraft will detach from it in orbit. The Interceptor will ...

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NASA has confirmed that a cargo pallet prop that was dropped from the ISS back in 2021 has fallen on a house in Florida

Space debris was simply thrown out of the station - it was supposed to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, but one of the fragments "survived" and pierced the roof and floor of a two-story house of a Florida resident. Hello. Looks like one of those ...

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NASA has released a video of the solar eclipse that is currently underway

NASA demonstrates in X Twitter a video of a total solar eclipse that can now be observed in the Mexican city of Mazatlan. The concise message says, "Enjoy this. We are getting the first shots of the 2024 total solar eclipse, when the shadow [of the ...

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The 3.2-gigapixel digital camera for the LSST telescope - the largest ever built - has been completed

Specialists from the National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC marked a historic event lasting more than two decades — the completion of the construction and testing of the 3.2-gigapixel (!) LSST digital camera. This is the largest camera ever created, an...

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NASA has selected three companies that will create a "lunomobile" for the astronauts of the Artemis missions

Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab will participate in NASA's competition to develop a lunar vehicle that will allow movement on the Moon - a contract with a potential value of $4.6 billion for the next 13 years. The Lunar Terra...

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The White House has directed NASA to create a "new time zone" for the moon by 2026

Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) will establish an official time that will help manage future lunar missions. The memorandum, made public by the Biden administration on Tuesday, envisions collaboration between NASA and the Departments of Commerce, Defen...

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NASA's supercomputers are outdated and use almost no graphics cards - official report

NASA is working with cutting-edge global technologies and making important discoveries for humanity. However, according to a special report from NASA's Office of Inspector General, NASA's supercomputers are outdated and insufficient to complete tasks...

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"Voyager 1" briefly made contact and offered hope for the resumption of NASA's historic mission

A month ago, it was believed that the 46-year-old space probe was "lost" due to a memory error. In fact, there was communication with the spacecraft, but it was meaningless - its messages were in gibberish. In early March, the spacecraft "Voyager-1"...

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SpaceX has announced the next Starship launch. It will take place on Pi Day, March 14

SpaceX has announced the date of the third test flight of Starship. It will take place on the beautiful day of March 14. The first Starship test took place in April of last year, and progress slowed down after that, as SpaceX had to build a flood pr...

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