July 25, 2019 SpaceX aborts Starhopper spaceship prototype 'hop' test in dramatic video A dramatic video shows the moment when SpaceX aborted its attempt to “hop” its’ Starhopper rocket prototype 65 feet into the air.
July 25, 2019 Red wine could help astronauts stay strong on Mars While astronauts floating around in the International Space Station (ISS) would have access to exercise machines to counteract these effects, they would have no such equipment on Mars. The gains they'd have from pumping iron at the Gold’s Gym ISS would be gone fast. However, researchers might have found a dietary supplement that can counteract this problem: resveratrol, an antioxidant found in grape skin, blueberries and perhaps most famously, red wine.
July 25, 2019 Scientists discover 'plasma tsunamis' are responsible for sunspots Rolling waves of plasma known as "solar tsunamis" could be causing the sudden end of solar cycles, according to scientists.
July 25, 2019 50 years after Apollo 11, a new Moon rush is coming The moon is coming back into vogue.
July 24, 2019 Massive Moon rocks set to go on show The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is set to showcase massive chunks of the Moon that have crashed into the Earth as meteorites.
July 24, 2019 Apollo 11 splashdown heroes remember recovery efforts: ‘Proud to have been part of it’ On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 splashdown, two men who were part of that mission remember the historic day.
July 24, 2019 Apollo 11: Former officer on recovery ship USS Hornet recalls watching astronauts' 'amazing' return with President Nixon On July 24, 1969, Dick Powers was a 23-year-old Navy lieutenant on the Apollo 11 Recovery ship USS Hornet. Picked by the carrier’s captain to serve as the aide to President Nixon, Powers recounts the events of the remarkable day when the Apollo 11 astronauts returned to Earth.
July 24, 2019 Neil Armstrong's family received $6 million in malpractice settlement 2 years after astronaut's death: report An Ohio hospital agreed to pay $6 million to Neil Armstrong’s surviving family members to settle allegations that medical malpractice after an emergency heart surgery caused the astronaut’s death, a report said.
July 23, 2019 At Ohio State Fair, butter brings Apollo 11's moonmen to life For over a century, the Ohio State Fair has featured its signature sculpture of a cow and calf.
July 23, 2019 New York Times corrects piece on NASA’s gender bias: ‘Testing included both men and women, not only men’ The New York Times issues an embarrassing correction to an essay on gender bias in American space exploration that was largely lampooned even when it was presumed to be accurate.
