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

Astronauts take historic ride in used Dragon capsule

Four astronauts are en route to the International Space Station via a recycled SpaceX rocket and Dragon capsule — a first in spaceflight.

Kristin Houser

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter just flew on Mars

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has made history on Mars, achieving the first controlled flight on another planet.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

This startup’s goal is to be the “Henry Ford of space”

The startup Phantom Space is using other manufacturers’ parts to build its rockets, rather than developing them in-house like most space companies.

Kristin Houser

Scientists measure Mars’ core — and it is shockingly big!

For the first time, scientists have measured Mars’ core — and found it is much bigger than expected.

Teresa Carey

Can Hall thruster tech cut the cost of space exploration?

The spacecraft NASA is sending to study the Psyche asteroid will be powered by Hall thruster technology — marking its first use for deep space exploration.

Kristin Houser

Will the next space station be made of fabric?

NASA is considering an inflatable space habitat designed by Sierra Nevada Corporation as a potential space station of the future.

Kristin Houser

This “hamster ball” robot could explore lunar caves

The spherical Daedalus robot may explore lunar caves during future ESA moon missions, looking for places that could potentially host human settlements.

Kristin Houser

Space bacteria could help astronauts grow plants on Mars

A brand new species of bacteria has been discovered on the International Space Station — and it could one day help astronauts grow plants on Mars.

Kristin Houser

The golden box that could create oxygen on Mars

MOXIE, an instrument designed to create oxygen on Mars from carbon dioxide, is now ready for testing on the Red Planet.

Kristin Houser

New black hole image reveals swirling magnetic fields

A new black hole image depicts one of the supermassive objects in polarized light, making it possible to see its magnetic field lines.

Kristin Houser

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