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DARPA Planning Responsive Launch Competition
February 14, 2018 | ArticleThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which has a checkered history of supporting development of new launch vehicles, is planning to start a competition offering prizes for responsive launch systems.
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Searching for Earth-Like Worlds Just Got Easier Thanks to This ESPRESSO Instrument
February 14, 2018 | ArticleThe search for Earth-like planets just got a major upgrade: The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile successfully integrated the light from all four of its 8.2-meter (27 feet) unit telescopes into a new instrument.
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How NASA Tech Helps Predict Snowfall for the 2018 Winter Olympics
February 13, 2018 | ArticleSnowfall is crucial to Earth's life-giving water cycle, and fresh snow is a special bonus to Olympic athletes whose careers depend on sliding, gliding or jumping over it.
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Experimental Supersonic Plane Gets Full Funding Under Trump's NASA Budget Proposal
February 13, 2018 | ArticleThe Trump administration's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal for NASA includes full funding for an experimental supersonic airplane that could one day transport commercial-airline passengers faster than the speed of sound.
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The Next Falcon Heavy Will Carry the Most Powerful Atomic Clock Ever Launched into Space
February 12, 2018 | ArticleA toaster-sized atomic clock will hitch a ride on the next SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch.
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The Most Interesting Thing Shot into Space Last Week Wasn't a Tesla
February 11, 2018 | ArticleThere was a second payload on board the SpaceX Falcon Heavy that launched Tuesday (Feb. 6), and (unlike the Tesla Roadster) it's built to last 14 billion years.
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Military Certification the Next Big Test for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy
February 09, 2018 | ArticleThe inaugural launch on Tuesday of the world's most powerful rocket sets the stage for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to begin the qualification process to compete for lucrative U.S. government contracts.
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NASA Tests Implantable Device in Effort to Curb Astronaut Muscle Loss
February 08, 2018 | ArticleThe device, currently being tested on mice aboard the International Space Station, is designed to deliver medication to reduce deterioration in muscle mass among astronauts — and potentially for people on Earth.
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'A Car in Deep Space': Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Leaves Earth With 'Easter Eggs'
February 07, 2018 | ArticleStarman is entering the solar system, riding in the driver's seat of a midnight cherry Tesla Roadster. The improbable scene captured in a video sent back to Earth unfolded live as a finale to the first launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.
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SpaceX's First Falcon Heavy Rocket to Launch 4th Electric Car to Leave Earth
February 06, 2018 | ArticleSpaceX is ready to make history by sending the world's fourth electric car into space.
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