November 30, 2018 NASA chief tells Elon Musk to stop drinking and smoking pot Elon Musk will have to lay off the booze and pot if he wants to continue doing work for NASA, the agency’s chief warned this week, while laying into the SpaceX founder for his recent erratic behavior.
November 30, 2018 How America can get its slice of the $1 trillion space economy As the level of interest in space continues to grow, some analysts believe the space economy could be worth $1 trillion – and America stands to capture a significant portion of that.
November 29, 2018 NASA says Lockheed Martin, 8 other companies will help bring astronauts back to the Moon and Mars NASA announced that Lockheed Martin and eight other companies will compete for $2.6 billion worth of contracts to help take American astronauts back to the Moon and Mars.
November 29, 2018 Moon rocks retrieved by Soviet space mission sold for $855G Three tiny Moon rocks brought back from space by the unmanned Soviet Luna-16 mission were sold for $855,000 at auction on Thursday.
November 29, 2018 Recovered Hubble Telescope nabs nifty new picture After taking a short break from observing the cosmos, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is officially back up and running, and the observatory captured a stunning new view of a distant, star-forming galaxy.
November 28, 2018 Space could fry your phone: How space tourists can protect their electronics (and data) Before the space-tourism industry takes flight and passengers start taking their electronic devices into orbit, there had better be a way for travelers to protect their digital data from the harsh environment of space.
November 28, 2018 What NASA's Mars InSight Lander reveals about us Like many others, I cheered as NASA’s InSight spacecraft landed gingerly onto the Martian surface after its six-months-long, fingernail-biting journey across space. On numerous radio interviews this week, however, I’ve been asked, “Why do we spend millions of dollars to explore a desolate rock more than thirty million miles away? Why in the world do we even care about it, given our truly serious problems here on Earth?”
November 28, 2018 To the Moon and back: Apollo 11 Lunar Checklist offers glimpse into historic mission A checklist that traveled to the surface of the Moon and flight plans used by the Apollo 11 astronauts will be auctioned in New York this week.
November 28, 2018 Extremely rare full Gemini spacesuit up for auction An extremely rare complete American spacesuit from the Gemini space program is expected to sell for up to $150,000 at auction this week.
November 27, 2018 Moon rocks retrieved by Soviet space mission expected to raise up to $1 million at auction Three tiny Moon rocks brought back from space by the Soviet Luna-16 mission are expected to sell for more than $1 million when they go up for auction later this week.