Tag: NASA
The Boeing Starliner has returned to Earth without its crew –...
Michael E. Fossum, Texas A&M University
Boeing’s crew transport space capsule, the Starliner, returned to Earth without its two-person...
Space travel comes with risk − and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can’t survive unprotected in a pure...
Polaris Dawn mission to Earth’s orbit will test SpaceX’s capabilities for...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University
SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one....
SpaceX’s Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this...
Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Johns Hopkins University
Elon Musk officially endorsed Donald Trump for president of the United States on July...
Japan is now the 5th country to land on the Moon...
Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology
Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on...
From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several...
Ali M. Bramson, Purdue University
The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA’s...
Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements
Johann Rafelski, University of Arizona
For centuries, the quest for new elements was a driving force in many scientific...
Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren’t the...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
After a journey of seven years and nearly 4 billion miles, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft...
EXPLORING NATURE
Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...
Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...
