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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.
NASA's Mars InSight Mission Tours California Before First West Coast Launch
NASA's Mars InSight Mission Tours California Before First West Coast Launch

2 Apr 2018, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA tour California to present to the locals the goal and scope on the InSight mission, the first ever to be launched from the West Coast.

 
SpaceX Video Shows Hints of Crew Dragon Capsule, New Spacesuit
SpaceX Video Shows Hints of Crew Dragon Capsule, New Spacesuit

2 Apr 2018, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX will unveil later this year the human-rated version of the Dragon capsule, with which it plans to send astronauts to the ISS and around the moon.

 
Explore NASA’s Curiosity Rover in New Google AR App
Explore NASA’s Curiosity Rover in New Google AR App

2 Apr 2018, 08:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New augmented reality app developed by NASA and Google brings several space-faring machines to Android users' fingertips.

 
NASA Curiosity Rover Turns 2,000 Sols, Sends Back Postcard
NASA Curiosity Rover Turns 2,000 Sols, Sends Back Postcard

2 Apr 2018, 08:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A second NASA rover celebrates an important milestone in the beginning of the year: Curiosity now spent 2,000 days on Mars.

 
Chinese Space Station to Come Crashing Down to Earth on Easter Weekend
Chinese Space Station to Come Crashing Down to Earth on Easter Weekend

2 Apr 2018, 08:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rogue Chinese space station will enter Earth's atmosphere soon, being expected to come crashing down sometime around Easter weekend

 
Flat Earth Manned Space Mission Begins in Homemade Rocket, Ends Seconds Later
Flat Earth Manned Space Mission Begins in Homemade Rocket, Ends Seconds Later

2 Apr 2018, 08:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mad Mike Hughes took off on Saturday in a homemade rocket, reaching an altitude of 570 m (1,870 ft) and a speed of 560 km/h (348 mph)

 
NASA to Present New Supersonic Aircraft on April 3
NASA to Present New Supersonic Aircraft on April 3

2 Apr 2018, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA to announce design and manufacturing plans for the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD) next week, preparing for the creation of the QueSST X-Plane.

 
Russia to Send a Comrade to Mars Before Elon Musk's Roadster Wrecks It
Russia to Send a Comrade to Mars Before Elon Musk's Roadster Wrecks It

2 Apr 2018, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Russian president Vladimir Putin hopes and plans to plant one of his countrymen on the Red Planet before the Americans get there.

 
NASA to Fund Astrobotic CubeRover for Lunar Exploration
NASA to Fund Astrobotic CubeRover for Lunar Exploration

2 Apr 2018, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New private rover contract handed to Astrobotic for the development of a lunar machine capable of small-scale science and exploration.

 
Chinese Space Station Breaks Up Over Pacific, Hurts No Fish
Chinese Space Station Breaks Up Over Pacific, Hurts No Fish

2 Apr 2018, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chinese Tiangong-1 space station broke apart at reentry on Monday morning, with some debris making contact somewhere in the Pacific ocean.

 
NASA Shapeshifting Robots to Occupy the Solar System
NASA Shapeshifting Robots to Occupy the Solar System

2 Apr 2018, 08:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA launches Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I, invests including in technologies to develop shapeshifting robots.