‘Will move to Mars if there’s Netflix’

‘Will move to Mars if there’s Netflix’

There are three movies from my youth that shaped how I felt about space: E.T., Cocoon and Independence Day. While the first two presented extraterrestrial life as wrinkly, cute and more or less benign, watching spaceships obliterate the White House didn’t give me the best feeling about what was out there in the universe. It […]

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This Japanese startup wants to become the Moon’s very own FedEx

This Japanese startup wants to become the Moon’s very own FedEx

An intensifying US-China space rivalry and Elon Musk’s ambitious Mars program have fired up scores of startups across the world chasing lucrative contracts, as humans race for resources that could foster life beyond Earth.Among those is a small Japanese company seeking to make a mark next month with what could be a first for a […]

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Five interesting facts you need to know about the Moon

Five interesting facts you need to know about the Moon

After two unsuccessful attempts at launching its Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, NASA engineers are now conducting maintenance works on the Space Launch System rocket while it is still at Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. While the American space agency works on it its mission that will chart the path to […]

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NASA moon rocket on track for launch despite lightning hits

NASA moon rocket on track for launch despite lightning hits

Astronauts could return to the moon in a few years, if this six-week test flight goes well. Astronauts could return to the moon in a few years, if this six-week test flight goes well. NASA’s new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning […]

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