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Space Tango Plans In-Orbit Manufacturing
November 21, 2018 | ArticleSpace Tango, a Kentucky startup focused on research and manufacturing in microgravity, announced plans Nov. 15 to launch in the mid-2020s an autonomous in-orbit manufacturing facility.
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European Researchers Baked Fake Moon Dust into Money and Screws
November 18, 2018 | ArticleWhy did the European Space Agency create a whole bunch of fake moon dust and use it to 3D print small screws, gears and even a fake coin?
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At Small Satellite Conference, Frustration About Lagging Efforts to Deal With Space Junk
November 18, 2018 | ArticleA harpoon that grabs orbital debris sounds cool, but putting up more hardware in space to clean up debris is probably not a sustainable proposition, said the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Technology Office.
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Here's How NASA's Mars InSight Will Phone Home After Its Dramatic Landing
November 17, 2018 | ArticleLike any dutiful creation, NASA's Mars InSight lander has promised to phone home upon safely reaching its destination on Nov. 26.
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These Organic-Inspired Planetary Landers Could Help NASA Reach Other Worlds
November 14, 2018 | ArticleNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Autodesk, a software company, have engaged in a multiyear collaborative research project to investigate new approaches for building interplanetary landers.
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Want to Use a Drone to Watch the Antares Rocket Launch? NASA Has Rules
November 13, 2018 | ArticleTraditionally, the most frequent reasons for scrubbing rocket launches are technical problems and weather — and NASA would like your help keeping it that way.
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Japanese Space Capsule Prototype Survives Fiery Fall to Earth
November 13, 2018 | ArticleAfter leaving the International Space Station last week, a Japanese cargo spacecraft dropped a small capsule of science experiments into the Pacific Ocean before falling to its fiery demise in Earth's atmosphere.
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Living on 'Mars 2': The Real Tech Behind Nat Geo's Martian Colony
November 11, 2018 | CountdownIn National Geographic's "Mars" docudrama series, a group of pioneers build the first colony on Mars, complete with rovers, helicopters and other tech inspired by NASA, SpaceX and other "big thinkers" in the space industry.
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Accion's 1st Space Thrusters Could Launch on a Cubesat This Weekend
November 09, 2018 | ArticleNatalya Bailey was always interested in space, but it wasn't until she was sitting in a university class on propulsion that she realized what she wanted to do with her life.
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Future Spacesuits Should Be Beautiful — and Not Just for Space. Here's Why.
November 08, 2018 | ArticleThe stereotypical image of an astronaut is shaped by their spacesuit, with its puffy, white body and boxy backpack holding the life-support system.
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