British Rocketmaker Orbex Unveils Prototype of Small-Satellite Launcher By Tereza Pultarova UK startup Orbex has unveiled a prototype of its small-satellite launcher, a device that the company hopes will be lofting spacecraft at a rate of once per month by the mid-2020s.
Star Wars Lightsaber Academy Is Jedi Boot Camp By Sherri L. Smith Launching in Fall 2019 (priced at $49.99), Star Wars Lightsaber Academy will let you train with up to five Masters in the force -- either Sith or Jedi via an app-connected lightsaber.
NASA Wants Help from Private Companies to Land Astronauts on the Moon by 2028 By Doris Elin Salazar This week, NASA made a formal request for private companies to propose future lunar technologies, with responses due by the end of next month.
Postcards from Mars: The Amazing Photos of Opportunity and Spirit Rovers By Tariq Malik Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars rovers, have done groundbreaking science on the surface of the Red Planet. Take a look at some of their latest Mars photos.
NASA's New Millennium Program: Taking Risks to Reduce Future Danger By Nola Taylor Redd The New Millennium Program explored new technology in space to reduce mission costs.
Some Assembly Required: Giant Next-Generation Space Telescopes Could Be Built Off Earth By Hanneke Weitering When it comes to telescopes, size matters.
The Strange History of Real-World Laser Weapons: Q&A with Author Jeff Hecht By Chelsea Gohd In his latest book, Jeff Hecht details the incredible and incredibly weird history of real-life laser weapons.
Kite-Blown Sled Climbs Antarctic Ice Dome, One of the Coldest Places on Earth By Megan Gannon For the first time, an expedition climbed Fuji Dome in the interior of East Antarctica using a wind-blown vehicle.
Astronaut Suits Up in 'Smart' Astroskin Jersey on Space Station By Jasmin Malik Chua A Canadian Space Agency astronaut has deployed for the first time a new "smart" jersey designed to monitor real-time changes in its wearer's physiology without disrupting the flow of daily activity.
Students Relive Apollo 11 Moon Landing with NASA's 'Next Giant Leap' Challenge By Meghan Bartels If you could put anything on the moon to represent you and your community, what would you choose?
This Wild Moon Base Idea Came from Architecture Students (Video) By Samantha Mathewson Architectural students working with the European Space Agency have created a new concept for a sustainable lunar habitat.
This Is the Purest Beam of Light in the World By Rafi Letzter The device, built to be portable enough for use in space, produces a beam of laser light that changes less over time than any other laser humanity has created.
Coffee Lovers May Someday Brew Their Java with Space-Roasted Beans By Sarah Lewin There's gourmet coffee, and then there's coffee roasted by the searing heat of re-entry into Earth's atmosphere from the edge of space.
China Has a Robot Ship that Launches Small Rockets ... for Science By Meghan Bartels China has built the world's first robotic, partially submersible boat for launching sounding rockets — a technology that will help meteorologists better understand the atmosphere over Earth's oceans.
Israel Aerospace Industries Partners with OHB On Moon Delivery Services By Jeff Foust The Israeli company that built a privately funded lunar lander scheduled for launch next month is partnering with a German firm to offer similar landers for future European Space Agency missions.
