Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 17, 2024
In a provocative recent article published in Nature, astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch proposes that the ongoing quest to detect life on Mars may need a complete rethinking. His comment underscores that while NASA's Viking landers were groundbreaking for their time, the experimental approach taken might have inadvertently hindered the detection of Martian life by using methods unsuitable for it

Washington (AFP) Nov 16, 2024
Should NASA return to the Moon, or go straight to Mars? Maintain its focus on climate science, or pivot away? President-elect Donald Trump's second term, alongside SpaceX CEO and new consigliere Elon Musk, could mark a Big Bang for the US space program. The brash billionaire duo share a knack for disruption and a hunger for making history - qualities tailor-made for space exploration.

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2024
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works (NYSE: LMT), collaborating with NASA Aeronautics, has commenced engine run testing on the X-59, marking the last significant system evaluation before taxi trials and the aircraft's inaugural flight. This milestone represents the first instance of the X-59 operating entirely on its internal power systems. During this phase, Lockheed Martin aims to confirm the per

Beijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2024
China is expected to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base on Friday, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the station's bricks could be made from the Moon's own soil. Brick samples will blast off aboard a cargo rocket heading for China's Tiangong space station, part of Beijing's mission to put humans on the Moon by 2030 and build a permanent base there by 2035.