Did China just copy SpaceX’s Starship?
China's redesigned Long March 9 rocket signals a shift toward reusable, Starship-like spacecraft.
Tag: space travel
Expiring medicine could be yet another problem for long-term space missions
Any long-term mission will require a supply of medicine — but after expiration, medicine can become ineffective or even harmful.
Astronaut kidneys might not survive a mission to Mars
"I’d say that while an astronaut could make it to Mars they might need dialysis on the way back," researchers ...
The booming space tourism industry may undo decades of ozone layer regeneration
Going to space is a fantasy many are willing to pay a lot of money to fullfill, but is the ...
SpaceX has something major in the works, and we’re really excited
Normally, when people say they're working on "the coolest thing ever", we raise our eyebrows in skepticism; but when SpaceX ...
UK project brings us closer to Mach5 air travel
Image via Reaction Engines. If you thought research in airplanes only applies to the military, you're wrong. While most of ...
NASA to conduct unprecedented twin experiment: one twin will spend a year circling the Earth, while the other stays grounded
It's something that puzzled me for years now: consider a pair of identical twins; say, one gets a job as an ...
China tests new rocket engine and slates moon landing for 2013
China is set on covering a lot of lost ground in its race of becoming a full fledged space super ...
Inflatable heat shield passes atmospheric re-entry test flawlessly
For the past couple of years NASA has been testing a new atmospheric re-entry system, designed to offer pods and ...
100 year starship program seeds the future for mankind
Someday, in the next 100 years, Star Trek's Enterprise might pass to the realm of reality. This weekend one of ...
Electric Solar Wind Sail to Power Future Space Travel In Solar System
Two years ago, the Finnish Meteorological Institute made public the fact that they had created an electric solar wind sail. ...
Space tourism – just 2 years away?
Recently, a small Aerospace company located in California has announced a new type of sub-orbital spaceship that can make your ...
