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- artemisMar 28, 20265 min read
The Long Road Back: Inside Artemis II’s Final Countdown
More than half a century after Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan became the last human to step off the lunar surface, NASA is days away from sending four people deeper into space than any crew since that December night in 1972. Artemis II will not land on the Moon—but what it will do is arguably more consequential: prove that America can get there with humans aboard, wring out a spacecraft named “Integrity” that has never carried a living soul through deep space, and light the runway for the lunar landing that follows. With Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen now standing on Florida’s Space Coast after more than three years of training, engineering triumphs, and at least one heart-stopping setback at the pad, the countdown is live.
- spacexMar 27, 20265 min read
SpaceX: Seven Years of Unstoppable Achievement
From a parking lot in Florida to the surface of the Moon — SpaceX didn't just join the space race. It rewrote the race entirely. Every booster that lands itself, every civilian who orbits Earth, every Starlink beam that reaches a rural school, every chopstick arm that catches a skyscraper-sized rocket in mid-air is a data point in the same unmistakable argument: the private sector has arrived in space, and it's not leaving.
- nasaMar 26, 20265 min read
Ignition Sequence: Inside NASA's Plan to Return to the Moon and Explore the Universe
Artemis II is about to send humans back to the moon for the first time since Apollo, and NASA just gave us a front-row look at what life inside the Orion capsule will actually be like. Paired with a candid leadership summit on the future of space stations and a full science mission pipeline ranging from Europa to Titan to Mars, NASA's agenda for the next decade is ambitious, urgent, and closer to launch than ever.
- artemisDec 26, 20245 min read
Artemis Delayed: NASA’s Race to Overcome Challenges and Land on the Moon
Heat shield failures, Starship development setbacks, and supply chain disruptions have pushed NASA's crewed lunar landing to 2027 — here's a full breakdown of what went wrong and what's at stake.
- technologyJul 30, 20235 min read
5 Milestones Achieved by NASA’s Artemis Program
From completing the most powerful rocket ever built to forging the Artemis Accords with international partners, NASA has quietly racked up five landmark achievements on its road back to the Moon.
- nasaJul 12, 20205 min read
NASA Returns to Human Spaceflight Again
After a nine-year gap, NASA returned American astronauts to orbit on May 30, 2020 — launching Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon in a defining moment for commercial spaceflight.
- technologyApr 19, 20205 min read
NASA Details Future Exploration on the Moon
NASA's Artemis blueprint goes far beyond a single landing — the agency is planning lunar terrain vehicles, a surface habitat, and an orbiting Gateway station to establish a sustained human presence on the Moon.
- technologyAug 19, 20195 min read
Lunar Rovers: then and today
Boeing built the original Apollo lunar rover in just 17 months under budget constraints — compare that engineering sprint to the sophisticated sky crane, autonomous navigation, and plutonium-powered systems behind today's Mars rovers.
- technologyAug 11, 20195 min read
NASA Mars Helicopter
Riding along with NASA's next Mars rover is something never attempted before — a small autonomous helicopter designed to prove powered flight is possible in the thin Martian atmosphere.
- nasaJun 21, 20195 min read
50 Years After Apollo 11
Half a century after Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon, NASA is reaching back to the ambition that defined the Apollo era — and asking whether a new generation is ready to fund what comes next.
- nasaJun 20, 20195 min read
NASA Returning to the Moon
With a $1.6 billion budget boost and a newly accelerated 2024 target, NASA's Artemis program is moving fast — but mixed signals from the administration and a key strategic partnership with JAXA are shaping what the mission will actually look like.
- technologyJun 18, 20195 min read
Privatizing the ISS by 2025 is Lofty Goal
NASA's own inspector general told a Senate subcommittee that no single market sector — or combination of them — can generate the $1.2 billion annually needed to keep the ISS self-sustaining by 2025. NASA, unsurprisingly, sees it differently.
- technologyJun 18, 20195 min read
Space Robotics Market slated to surpass $3.5bn by 2025
AI-powered robotic arms, autonomous rovers, and a surge in government and commercial exploration missions are driving the space robotics market toward a $3.5 billion valuation — and the technology is accelerating fast.
- spacexJun 18, 20195 min read
SpaceX Successfully Launches RADARSAT Satellites
SpaceX's Falcon 9 carried Canada's next-generation RADARSAT constellation into orbit in June 2019 — a mission 15 years in the making that will provide critical Earth imaging data in support of climate monitoring.
- nasaApr 1, 20195 min read
5G Roll Out and Weather Forecasting
NASA and NOAA are sounding the alarm over 5G's rollout in the 24 GHz band, warning the FCC that next-gen wireless networks could blind the passive microwave sensors that weather forecasters depend on for accurate storm predictions.