After several delays, three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are preparing to leave the International Space Station this Wednesday. Their departure was initially pushed back due to issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Recently, bad weather, including Hurricane Milton, has been the main
Imagine you're heading to the moon. Last year, Prada and Axiom Space teamed up to design a fancy new spacesuit for NASA's Artemis III mission. It's the first time humans will set foot on the moon since 1972. The suit was just unveiled at an astronautical congress in Milan, and it's not your average
NASA and China are both planning to set up bases on the moon. NASA's Artemis program and China's International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) aim to land astronauts at the lunar south pole. This region is special because it might have lots of water ice, which is crucial for making rocket fuel and sup
NASA is making progress toward deciding a revised plan for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission by the end of this year. The goal? To lower costs and speed up the timeline. Recently, NASA received 12 studies exploring different approaches to MSR. These studies come from companies like Blue Origin, L
Ever heard of black holes having crowns? Well, they do! These crowns, called coronas, are super-hot plasma regions around black holes. NASA's IXPE spacecraft recently studied 12 black holes to figure out what these coronas look like and how they're connected to the swirling disks of matter around th
Did you know NASA isn't just about rockets and space shuttles? They also fly some pretty impressive aircraft! NASA was created in 1958 to explore space and improve aeronautics. Over the years, they've sent astronauts to the moon and even built their own space station. But what about their aircraft?
NASA is making a big change in how it talks to space. Instead of using its own satellites, like the Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), it's switching to commercial ones. This is happening on November 8th. These new satellites are made by companies like SpaceX and Inmarsat. NASA will use them
Ever wondered how NASA plans to send humans back to the moon? In a recent episode of "WHAT THE TRUCK? ! ? ", host Dooner chats with NASA’s Logan Kennedy about the logistics of the Artemis missions. We get to peek behind the scenes at how NASA is gearing up to land humans on the moon again. The episo
After nearly a decade of planning, NASA's Europa Clipper is finally ready for lift-off. Designed to explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa, the spacecraft will travel over 1. 8 billion miles. Launched on October 14, 2024, at 12:06 EST, it will take a Falcon Heavy rocket to get there. Once in Jupiter's or
Israel's recent airstrikes on Lebanon caught many by surprise. The targets weren't military bases or weapons caches, but branches of a financial institution linked to Hezbollah. What's the story behind this move? Hezbollah, a powerful Shiite militant group, has been a thorn in Israel's side for dec
