The Latest Update on the First Crewed Flight to the Moon in 50+ Years…
NASA NASA Trains for Orion Water Recovery Ahead of Artemis II Launch (News Release – March 31) Preparations for NASA’s next Artemis flight recently took to the seas as a joint NASA and Department of Defense team, led by NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, spent a week aboard the USS Somerset off the coast of […]
MDA Space moves to acquire SatixFy in digital satellite expansion
MDA Space moves to acquire SatixFy in digital satellite expansion by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2025 MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a trusted partner in the global space sector, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SatixFy Communications Ltd. (NYSE American: SATX), a provider of advanced satellite communications technology. […]
NordSpace launches SHARP supersonic and hypersonic platform
NordSpace, the Markham-based space tech company that is building launchers and its own Canadian spaceport, has unveiled its Supersonic and Hypersonic Applications Research Platform (SHARP). SHARP is intended to serve clients wanting to fly high altitude and high speed missions, rather than sub-orbital and orbital space flights that would use NordSpace’s Taiga and Tundra boosters […]
NASA Astronauts Speak Out In First Interview After 9 Months In Space
In their first interview since returning to Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they are not looking to point fingers, don’t consider their mission a failure and that they’d go back again if given the chance. “Space flight is hard. It’s really hard,” Williams told Fox […]
The Apollo core rope memory and women’s heritage on the Moon
Between 1969 and 1972 there were six Apollo human spaceflight missions to the Moon, each leaving a complex site behind. A common joke now is that the average smart phone has more computing power than an Apollo spacecraft, and while this may be true, that these early computers could take men to the Moon and […]
ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER YOUNG STARS IN A DISTANT, METAL-POOR GALAXY USING JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE – Astronotes
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, together with former PhD student Venu Kalari and a team of international researchers, have identified young, pre-main sequence stars in the low-metallicity dwarf galaxy WLM, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). On Christmas Day 2021, NASA and ESA launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a cutting-edge successor to the Hubble […]
Fram2’s Risky Mission: Human Polar Orbit
Image credit: Fram2/SpaceX The upcoming crewed flight of the Fram2 mission into polar orbit from Florida is a risky undertaking in many ways. Riding atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, the Fram2 crew — commander Chun Wang, vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen, vehicle pilot Rabea Rogge, and mission specialist and medical officer Eric Philips — […]
See Week’s Best Space Images: Eclipse, Crescent Moon & More!
As we wrap up March, we bring you the final collection of the month’s best space images. From stunning captures of the Partial Solar Eclipse to the mesmerizing Crescent Moon and the iconic Copernicus Crater, this week’s best space images selection showcases the unique beauty of our universe. And it’s not all: scroll down the […]
NSS Town Hall April 3: ISDC 2025 Preview
The National Space Society invites you to the next Town Hall Thursday, April 3, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm Eastern A Preview of the 2025 International Space Development Conference (ISDC): Together, Beyond! Register for this Town Hall With Special Guests Get ready to launch into the future of space exploration with a front-row seat […]
SpaceX launches Fram2 private astronaut mission
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft March 31 on a private astronaut mission that is the first crewed spaceflight to pass over the poles. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 9:47 p.m. Eastern from the Kennedy Space Center, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience. The spacecraft separated from the Falcon 9’s upper stage […]