Browsing: Spacecraft

February 28, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmInterstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured speeding through the solar system by Jupiter-bound spacecraftThis mysterious interstellar visitor is on…

Patches of the moon are destined to become spacecraft graveyards where dead lunar satellites and other defunct hardware can be crashed into the ground, far away…

Nasa has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade, though the US space agency said it was trying to…

November 24, 20252 min readChina to Launch Rescue Shenzhou-22 Spacecraft for Stranded AstronautsThe Shenzhou-22 is set to launch November 25By Humberto Basilio edited by Claire CameronCrew…

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has landed the booster of its New Glenn mega-rocket on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean on just its second attempt…

Blue Origin successfully launched its huge New Glenn rocket on Thursday with a pair of Nasa spacecraft destined for Mars. It was only the second flight…

new video loaded: SpaceX Rocket Launches Carrying 3 Weather-Monitoring SpacecrafttranscriptBacktranscriptSpaceX Rocket Launches Carrying 3 Weather-Monitoring SpacecraftTwo of the spacecraft are for NASA and one is for…

September 4, 20253 min readThis Sneaky Spacecraft Bacteria Can Play Dead to SurviveA type of bacteria found in clean rooms has an unexpected method of survival,…

August 26, 20253 min readSpaceX Successfully Launches Starship Spacecraft after String of MishapsOvercoming three recent failed tries, Elon Musk’s rocket company successfully flew its reusable jumbo…

Sometimes a tool — like a hammer — comes along and everything starts looking like a nail. But other times, new tools end up being more…