Tag: space
From ‘Project Hail Mary’ to Artemis II, spaceflight captures audiences when...
Scott Solomon, Rice University
The central premise of the blockbuster film “Project Hail Mary” is a long-shot mission with...
NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon...
Margaret Landis, Arizona State University
Almost as tall as a football field, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and capsule...
NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US...
Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi
When Apollo 13 looped around the Moon in April 1970, more than 40...
Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space...
Martin Elvis, Smithsonian Institution
After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully...
Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting...
Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College
After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or...
Most normal matter in the universe isn’t found in planets, stars...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of...
25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us...
Justin St. P. Walsh, Chapman University
The International Space Station is one of the most remarkable achievements of the...
Office of Space Commerce faces an uncertain future amid budget cuts...
Michael Liemohn, University of Michigan
When I imagine the future of space commerce, the first image that comes to...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
