Blue Origin accelerates LC-36 recovery via hybrid plan

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, are seen as they make the 4.2 mile journey toward Launch Pad 39B, on January 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Almost as tall as a football field, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and…

So, what’s the smallest thing in the universe? Thank you for your question. Take a piece of anything, cut it into tiny pieces, cut the tiny pieces into tinier pieces (at this point you might need a magnifying glass or microscope to see what you are cutting), and continue to cut them into yet tinier…

I’m always interested in how work on interstellar concepts gets funded. After all, although the Nancy Grace Roman telescope is now ready to fly, with a launch some time this fall, there was a real chance the project might get canceled along the way. Trying to predict what will happen to NASA’s budget is harder…

A conjunction of Venus and Regulus easily catches the eye to the right of center in this 2020 photo. A similar conjunction occurs this month, with their positions swapped. Credit: Alan Dyer Venus and Jupiter remain visible in the evening sky soon after sunset early in July, although Jupiter fairly quickly drops out of sight….

A revolutionary rapid-response system has allowed astronomers to observe a gamma-ray burst at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths within minutes of its discovery, marking the earliest observations ever achieved at these frequencies. The milestone, reported in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, demonstrates how a newly automated observing system at the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Maunakea can transform…

The California native earned an undergraduate engineering degree as a two sport athlete, while serving his community. Glover is a Naval Aviator and was a test pilot in the F/A‐18 Hornet, Super Hornet and EA‐18G Growler. He and his family have been stationed in many locations in the United States and Japan and he has…