Tag Archives: NASA

In 2027 NASA will send the unique Dragonfly rotorcraft to Saturn’s moon Titan. Designed specifically for the Titan atmosphere, a concept was tested in September 2021 in the Imperial Dunes of California.

In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we talk about the technological imperatives that convinced NASA that it needed a new spacecraft before going to the Moon with the Apollo program.

The sunshield of the James Webb Space Telescope is fully unfurled. The newly launched NASA observatory – which includes Canadian contributions – passed this engineering milestone on Tuesday (Jan. 4), less than two weeks after launching on a flagship mission to better understand the universe's evolution and various cosmic objects. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, …

In this weeks Space Economy podcast my special guest is John Mankins and we talk about Space Based Solar Power, has its time come?

The announcement by NASA that the White House had committed to extend the operations of the International Space Station (ISS) to 2030 will not surprise many. Though the announcement came on New Year's Eve, it sets the stage for negotiations that are expected to conclude in 2022, including a Canadian commitment. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, …

It’s been a big year for the International Space Station (ISS) with countless research experiments performed, visits from astronauts other than the station partners along with spaceflight participants.

Another day, another few items finished on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to do list as the observatory makes its way to L2.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will sail past the Moon today after completing two important events over the weekend.

At 7:20 a.m. EST (12:20 UTC) the powerful Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from its tropical launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana with the James Webb Space Telescope safely nestled within its fairing. It takes with it the hopes of thousands of people from 14 countries who contributed to this mission, a mission designed to expand our knowledge of the universe.

If humanity is to explore the Moon and beyond with long-duration astronaut missions, then we’ll need to learn how to grow food in different environments beyond Earth.