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Since Elon Musk sent a Tesla Roadster in space in 2018, cars made on Earth by humans have made their entrance onto the intergalactic stage. For all you alien readers out there, we created this special section where you can read all about the novelties, plans and dreams human kind will use to conquer your planets. Make sure to bookmark this page or follow via RSS if you’re into space exploration, NASA rovers, SpaceX and everything space-related.
Northrop Grumman Builds a New Solid Rocket Motor in Less Than a Year, Fires It Up
Northrop Grumman Builds a New Solid Rocket Motor in Less Than a Year, Fires It Up

11 Dec 2023, 07:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman is running an R&D program called SMART Demo that allowed it to make a new rocket motor in less than a year

 
Russian-Made Kliper Spaceplane Would Have Looked Like a Penguin Floating in Orbit
Russian-Made Kliper Spaceplane Would Have Looked Like a Penguin Floating in Orbit

6 Dec 2023, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new CGI video breathes life into yet another spacecraft project that was never realized, the Kliper spaceplane imagined in Russia.

 
NASA Goes Over the Limits in Testing Artemis Rocket Engines, RS-25s Hold
NASA Goes Over the Limits in Testing Artemis Rocket Engines, RS-25s Hold

4 Dec 2023, 11:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA announced the completion of the third-of-12 certification tests for the Artemis V moon rocket engines

 
There's a New 230,000 Pounds of Thrust Rocket Engine in Town, Miranda Will Power Antares
There's a New 230,000 Pounds of Thrust Rocket Engine in Town, Miranda Will Power Antares

29 Nov 2023, 13:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Firefly Aerospace announced the completion of the first hot fire test on a new rocket engine called Miranda

 
Almost 900,000 Humans Are Going to Jupiter's Moon Europa in Name
Almost 900,000 Humans Are Going to Jupiter's Moon Europa in Name

28 Nov 2023, 13:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA will launch in October of next year the Europa Clipper mission, sending with it to Jupiter close to 900,000 human names.

 
DARPA Once Planned to Fit Cargo on Top of the Space Shuttle External Tank, CGI Shows How
DARPA Once Planned to Fit Cargo on Top of the Space Shuttle External Tank, CGI Shows How

27 Nov 2023, 14:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Space Shuttle was the source of many spaceship design ideas, one of them, the Hammerhead, callled for a fairing to be fitted on the fuel tank

 
There Are 500,000 Stars in This Image and Among Them Hide Unexplained Needle Structures
There Are 500,000 Stars in This Image and Among Them Hide Unexplained Needle Structures

21 Nov 2023, 12:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the Milky Way galactic center, half a million stars, and a couple of mysteries

 
The Glorious Photos of Starship's Second (Dis)Integrated Flight Test
The Glorious Photos of Starship's Second (Dis)Integrated Flight Test

20 Nov 2023, 07:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On Saturday, November 18, SpaceX conducted the second test flight of the Starship rocket. It too failed, but not before achieving hot-stage separation

 
The Airbus Detumbler Is Here to Stop Satellites From Going Head Over Heels in Orbit
The Airbus Detumbler Is Here to Stop Satellites From Going Head Over Heels in Orbit

15 Nov 2023, 08:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / French aerospace company Airbus is getting ready to test a device meant to dampen a satellite's tumbling motion once it reaches the end of its life

 
Fleet of Spaceships Going for the Moon Is How Wernher von Braun Imagined the Future
Fleet of Spaceships Going for the Moon Is How Wernher von Braun Imagined the Future

13 Nov 2023, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new Hazegrayart video shows an animation of spaceships and landers heading for the Moon, as envisioned by German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun

 
Hubble and James Webb Telescopes Team Up to Snap Amazing Compound View of the Cosmos
Hubble and James Webb Telescopes Team Up to Snap Amazing Compound View of the Cosmos

10 Nov 2023, 18:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Safe to say, this probably won't be the last time that America's two most famous and powerful telescopes work together. far from it.

 
Aliens Shown to Congress Are Not Fake, Experts Confirm in Second Hearing
Aliens Shown to Congress Are Not Fake, Experts Confirm in Second Hearing

9 Nov 2023, 12:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The aliens of Nazca, Peru are back in the spotlight in Mexico, as ufologist claiming the discovery brings body of evidence to support his theory

 
NASA's Two Most Important Space Telescopes Team Up To Find Record-Breaking Black Hole
NASA's Two Most Important Space Telescopes Team Up To Find Record-Breaking Black Hole

7 Nov 2023, 20:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / While Chandra observed the more apparent X-ray blasts emitted in the foreground of the above composite image, JWST used its infrared sensors to fill the blanks.

 
NASA Can't Make its Mind Up Over Who Builds the Next Lunar Rover, Delayed Four Months
NASA Can't Make its Mind Up Over Who Builds the Next Lunar Rover, Delayed Four Months

6 Nov 2023, 18:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Had all gone according to plan, NASA intended to have the contracts signed and production orders put in place for the Artemis program by November 27th, 2023.

 
Sierra Space Completes Construction of Dream Chaser Tenacity, First Launch Due Next April
Sierra Space Completes Construction of Dream Chaser Tenacity, First Launch Due Next April

6 Nov 2023, 16:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Should all go according to schedule, Dream Chaser Tenacity is due to launch its first orbital test flight to the ISS out of Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida.

 
James Webb Space Telescope Snaps Newborn Star Throwing Cosmic Temper Tantrum
James Webb Space Telescope Snaps Newborn Star Throwing Cosmic Temper Tantrum

6 Nov 2023, 15:33 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The peculiar stellar object in question snapped by JWST is known as Herbig-Haro (HH) 212. As a cosmological mish-mash of stellar dust and stars.

 
SpaceX Wants To Launch Starship's Second Test Flight This Month, FAA Has Final Say
SpaceX Wants To Launch Starship's Second Test Flight This Month, FAA Has Final Say

4 Nov 2023, 17:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As per the latest report from the Starship section of SpaceX's web page, the second flight of Starship could take place as early as November 13th.

 
Long Dead NASA Probe Discovers Exoplanet System Scorched by Savage Mother Star
Long Dead NASA Probe Discovers Exoplanet System Scorched by Savage Mother Star

3 Nov 2023, 18:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Say hello to the Kepler 385 system. It has more in common with the modern conception of hell than any resemblance to our own Solar System.

 
New NASA App Lets Amateur Observers Track and Spot the ISS With Ease
New NASA App Lets Amateur Observers Track and Spot the ISS With Ease

3 Nov 2023, 13:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / From first-time stargazers to experienced veterans, there's not a space junkie out there that can't benefit observing the ISS a little easier.

 
NASA’s Juno Probe Detects Potential Organic Compounds on Ganymede, Is It Ancient Life?
NASA’s Juno Probe Detects Potential Organic Compounds on Ganymede, Is It Ancient Life?

2 Nov 2023, 18:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Previous observations of by the Galileo space probe and the Hubble Space Telescope from low-Earth orbit have insinuated the planet was hiding something.