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No Man’s Sky Players Are Competing to Create the Goofiest Spaceships Imaginable

No Man’s Sky Players Are Competing to Create the Goofiest Spaceships Imaginable

By Victor Tangermann

A satellite designed monitor hidden methane emissions has been declared lost after mission operators lost contact.

Major Satellite Suddenly Disappears

By Frank Landymore

ChatGPT could perform surprisingly well when put in charge of navigating space inside a simulated spacecraft, researchers have found.

Rocket Scientists Hooked Up ChatGPT to the Controls of a Spaceship, and the Results Were Not What You Might Expect

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists launched a design competition for a massive multi-generational spaceship that could sustain humans on the way to the next star.

Researchers Plotting Giant Spaceship That Could Carry Generations of Humans

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA spacecraft with sails being propelled solely by the rays of the Sun just made contact with operators back on Earth.

NASA Prepares to Unfurl Large Solar Sail From Spacecraft in Orbit

By Sharon Adarlo

The European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite, after almost three decades in orbit, finally met its end this week.

Epic Shots Show Derelict Satellite Hurtling To Its Doom

By Frank Landymore

The spacecraft, developed by Varda Space Industries, has spent over a year in space manufacturing protein crystals used to develop drugs.

Drug Manufacturing Spacecraft Finally Cleared to Return to Earth

By Frank Landymore

In a rare acquisition by the launch provider, SpaceX saved a venerable parachute vendor that was on the verge of bankruptcy.

SpaceX Is Buying a Company That Makes Parachutes for Spacecraft

By Frank Landymore

Normally limited to use in Earth orbiting satellites, Hall thrusters may be able to punch above their weight even more than expected.

Test Suggests Ion Thrusters Could Power Crewed Interplanetary Missions

By Frank Landymore

The NG-18 Cygnus cargo spacecraft has failed to deploy one of its solar arrays during its journey to ressuply the International Space Station.

Advanced Transport

Cargo Spacecraft Breaks Down En Route to Space Station

By Frank Landymore

NASA dropped an update on its official blog detailing the causes of their satellite's dropout. In a nutshell? A bad command and a software error.

We Finally Know Why NASA Lost Contact With Moonbound Spacecraft

By Frank Landymore

With so much unknown about the mysterious substance scientists call "dark matter," the possibility for discoveries and uses are endless — and could very well include a new energy source.

Scientist Says Dark Matter Could Likely Be Incredible Fuel for Spacecraft

By Noor Al-Sibai

It’s finally happening: the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will soon reach its forever home — but it needs to clear one last hurdle first.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope Is Reaching Its Final Destination Today

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of scientists found that they could power a drone mid-flight using microwaves, and they say the same tech could someday launch spacecraft.

Japanese Scientists Propose Microwave-Powered Spacecraft

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just funded a project that wants to explore the clouds of Venus with a swarm of kite-like spacecraft that glide through the atmosphere.

Science & Energy

NASA Funds Spacecraft “Swarm” to Explore Venus

By Dan Robitzski

According to state media, China's mysterious recently launched spacecraft made it's way safely back down to Earth after spending two days in orbit.

China’s Mysterious Reusable Spacecraft Just Spent Two Days in Orbit

By Victor Tangermann