18 January 2021
New study looks at how to harness energy from a black hole
... prevents it.” Long before humanity works out how to technologically harness the power, the process of energy extraction envisioned by Comisso and Asenjo might, in the meantime, aid astronomers to better estimate the spin of black holes, say...
22 July 2021
Factory of the future for Orion capsules
..., Assembly, and Resource Center, or STAR Center, begins with the Orion vehicle for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission envisioned to return US astronauts to the Moon’s surface for the first time in the modern era. The new factory...
09 August 2021
Problem for Perseverance's first Mars sampling attempt
... samples from Mars has been a goal of planetary exploration since missions to the Red Planet were first envisioned. Although Curiosity has been drilling holes on the martian surface for years, it has never tried to collect...
17 September 2021
NASA funds project to mine the Moon with swarms of autonomous robots
... train the robots here on Earth, so they can practice before heading to the Moon. Ultimately, the researchers envision a fully autonomous swarm of robots that doesn't need to receive instructions from Earth to mine materials and construct...
05 November 2021
Blue Origin loses NASA lawsuit over SpaceX lunar lander contract
... provider for its Human Landing System (HLS) with its Starship proposal. Its creator, Elon Musk, envisions that eventually Starship will be used a fully reusable launch and landing system designed for travel to the...
01 December 2021
SpaceX risks bankruptcy due to Raptor problems, says Musk
... stainless steel transport vehicle created to deliver goods and up to 100 people to the moon and eventually Mars. Envisioned to eventually stand 120m (394ft) -tall once sat atop a rocket called Super Heavy, Musk confirmed earlier...
