Space

T-Minus: $11B Mars rocks, Voyager 1’s resurrection, and more

Freethink’s weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring NASA’s Mars rock request, the Dragonfly mission, and more.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

T-Minus: SpaceX’s military launch, a rocket family’s final flight, and more

Freethink’s weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a new kind of military satellite, the solar eclipse, and more.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

T-Minus: SpaceX’s first “Bandwagon” launch, NASA’s future moon vehicles, and more

Freethink’s weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a new SpaceX service, a request for “moon time,” and more.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

NASA plans to destroy the ISS in 2031

NASA will deorbit the International Space Station in 2031 by sending it plunging into the Pacific Ocean's “spacecraft cemetery.”

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Toyota is building a “Lunar Cruiser” for Japan

Toyota's pressurized moon rover, the “Lunar Cruiser,” could help astronauts live on the moon — and help us combat climate change on Earth.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

New space plane would fly directly into orbit from a runway

Radian Aerospace is building a first-of-its-kind space plane that flies directly into orbit after taking off horizontally from the ground.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

A space film studio is launching into orbit in 2024

A new space module designed for the recording and livestreaming of movies and sporting events is expected to attach to the ISS in 2024.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Chinese lander finds first onsite evidence of water on the moon

The first onsite evidence of water on the moon suggests that subterranean lunar rock contains larger stores than can be found on the surface.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

China builds “artificial moon” on Earth

China’s artificial moon, which uses magnets to mimic lunar gravity, could help with the creation of future moon colonies.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

Astronomers have found the biggest group of rogue planets yet

Using ground telescopes and satellite observations taken over decades, researchers have identified the largest number of wandering rogue planets yet.

B. David Zarley

Aerospace

SpaceX’s Starship is ready for its first trip into space

SpaceX's Mars-bound Starship — the largest spacecraft ever built — is expected to undergo its first orbital test flight in March 2022.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

MIT is testing a levitating space rover

MIT engineers have designed a levitating space rover that could allow us to explore parts of the moon that are too rough for rolling rovers.

Kristin Houser

Clean Energy

The plans to generate electricity on the moon

Scientists at TalTech are working on solar cell technology using microcrystals that are only about the size of a grain of sand — hoping to power a moonbase.

Teresa Carey

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