NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II’s record-breaking lunar flyaround. The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will provide a pair…
A blue micromoon will make a rare appearance this weekend, offering skywatchers a sight they won’t have a chance to witness again until the very end of 2028. The blue micromoon is a blue moon that’s the most distant and smallest-looking full moon of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, people will see the upcoming…
Blue Origin rocket explodes in spectacular fireball – CBS News Watch CBS News An unmanned rocket owned by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin exploded on a Cape Canaveral launchpad as testing occurred before a planned June launch. Mark Strassmann reports. Source link
A giant Blue Origin rocket, taller than the Statue of Liberty, went up in a spectacular fireball on Thursday in Florida. It meant the loss of years of work and untold millions of dollars. The loss of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket could also be a major setback in the space race with China….
The destruction of Blue Origin’s unmanned New Glenn rocket in a catastrophic launchpad explosion, along with apparently severe damage to the company’s only launch pad, sent shock waves through the U.S. space community Friday. The company could now be facing flight delays stretching months — if not longer — and could cause serious delays in…
Blue Origin explosion sparks space race concerns – CBS News Watch CBS News Blue Origin is assessing damage after a rocket exploded during a test run in Florida on Thursday. Source link
Despite the Blue Origin explosion setback for NASA this week, its plan to return to the moon took a giant leap forward, ordering rovers for its planned lunar base. Kris Van Cleave has more details. Source link
Despite a spectacular launch pad explosion last week, Jeff Bezos’s rocket company Blue Origin said Tuesday the damage was not as severe as initially feared and that the company plans to resume New Glenn rocket launches by the end of the year. Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp, in a post on the social media platform…
As it passed behind Mars six months ago, NASA’s MAVEN probe was still working normally, studying how the solar wind impacts the Martian atmosphere. But during that 20- to 30-minute pass behind the red planet, out of contact with Earth, something went wrong, and the spacecraft has not been heard from since. On Wednesday, after…
Three solar flares burst from the sun toward Earth this week, scientists said, and the enormous beams of energy, light and high-speed particles may increase the odds of seeing the northern lights for people across the United States as they travel closer to our planet. Solar flares are giant eruptions of electromagnetic radiation, including X-rays…
