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Jeff Foust / SpaceNews.com
2024-04-27T17:02:49.647772-07:00 S

SpaceX making progress on Starship in-space refueling technologies

NASA says SpaceX is on track to demonstrate in-space refueling of Starship next year, a critical technology for returning humans to the lunar surface.


Kevin Holden Platt / Forbes
2024-04-27T17:00:58.790260-07:00 S

Robot-Explorers, Futuristic SpaceX Starships Set To Transform The Moon

Simultaneous revolutions in creating AI-enhanced space robots and in spaceflight with SpaceX's super-advanced Titan-size Starship capsules, are set to transform the Moon.


Seth Kurkowski / Space Explored
2024-04-27T11:21:27.277341-07:00 S

Starship and Blue Moon get cargo variants to deliver Artemis rovers

Over the last few weeks NASA has announced a plethora of partnerships and contracts for lunar rovers that astronauts will...


Jeff Foust / SpaceNews.com
2024-04-27T11:11:14.533564-07:00 S

Advisory committee recommends moving FAA commercial space office out of the agency

An advisory committee for the Federal Aviation Administration’s commercial space office has recommended that the office be moved out of the FAA.


Andrew Parsonson / European Spaceflight
2024-04-27T04:40:06.866546-07:00 S

ESA Selects OHB SE to Take Over ClearSpace-1 Mission Leadership

The European Space Agency has decided to make significant changes to ClearSpace-1, including the mission's target.


John Ruwitch / NPR
2024-04-26T12:37:03.504880-07:00 S

China launched 3 astronauts bound for the country's homemade space station

China blasted three astronauts into space on Thursday. The mission is part of an ambitious program which will help pave the way for China to put a person on the moon before 2030.


ET Online / Economic Times
2024-04-26T23:21:27.012343-07:00 S

NASA shared 10 images of space that are a must-see

Cosmic marvels captured by NASA, from red nebula bursts to stellar clusters and the ethereal dance of auroras.


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