Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikJapanese Startup Announces Stratospheric Balloon Tour PlansIwaya Giken's two-seater capsule will take a pilot and a paying passenger up to 15 miles high for just $180,000.ByRyan Erik KingPublishedFebruary 22, 2023Comments (14)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikNASA Adopts AI To Help Design Mission PartsThe software needs a substantial amount of human help, but the resulting parts can be better than human design alone.ByAmber DaSilvaPublishedFebruary 14, 2023Comments (12)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikNASA Seaplane Concept Is Designed to Study Alien LakesThe flying boat features holes along the edge of its wing to collect samples from the lakes of Titan, Saturn’s…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedFebruary 7, 2023Comments (14)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikWatch NASA Test a 3D-Printed Rocket Engine Made for Deep Space TravelNASA has big plans for the future, including a return to the moon and missions deeper into the cosmos. This is the…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedJanuary 30, 2023Comments (4)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikThese Are the Biggest Rocket Engines of All TimeSpace travel is filled with bonkers numbers that make life on Earth feel meaningless. Nowhere is that more apparent…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedJanuary 26, 2023Comments (9)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikMan Bats on the Moon: The Possible Origin of Fake News Around the Lunar LandingsConspiracy theories about the moon have existed for centuries, but they used to be a whole lot hornier.ByJosé RodrÃguez Jr.PublishedJanuary 16, 2023Comments (5)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikRussia is Launching a Rescue Mission to the ISSAfter a spacecraft was struck by a tiny meteor, Russia is launching a rescue mission to bring astronauts stranded on…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedJanuary 12, 2023Comments (2)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikNew Lunar Satellites Will Enable Autonomous Space Travel to the Moon for AstronautsThe European Space Agency and NASA are working to bring a network of satellites together to enable GPS and…ByErin MarquisPublishedJanuary 3, 2023Comments (2)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikThe Movie ‘Moon’ Wrestled With the Ethical Implications of Mining Cheap Fuel For Fusion EnergyCommercial fusion energy could be within reach in the next fifty years, but Moon depicted a future where mining…ByJosé RodrÃguez Jr.PublishedDecember 29, 2022Comments (33)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikSpace Hurricanes Over the Arctic Look Super Cool, But Could Cause Problems for SatellitesScientists believe the swirling geomagnetic storms, Aurora Surrealis, could affect communication and navigation…ByRyan Erik KingPublishedDecember 21, 2022
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikA Small Meteor May Be Responsible for the Coolant Leak from the Russian Soyuz MS-22Cosmonauts at the ISS had to abort an EVA mission after a coolant leak was seen coming from the Soyuz craft, which…ByJosé RodrÃguez Jr.PublishedDecember 15, 2022Comments (6)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikThere’s so Much Space Junk in Orbit it’s Threatening Lives Here on EarthWhat goes up, must eventually come down, and we’re edging closer to the possibility of some of that junk crashing…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedDecember 15, 2022Comments (4)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikMeet the First Civilian Crew of the SpaceX Mission to the MoonThe maiden voyage of the SpaceX Starship will be crewed by artists and athletes picked by billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.ByJosé RodrÃguez Jr.PublishedDecember 9, 2022Comments (26)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikA Former SpaceX Employee Says He Resigned Due to Age DiscriminationA 62-year old former engineer at SpaceX alleges he was pushed out despite being "quite hardcore."ByJosé RodrÃguez Jr.PublishedDecember 1, 2022Comments (14)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikWatch China Launch a Manned Six-Month Mission to Its Newly Completed Space StationThree of China's most experienced astronauts to crew the Tiangong space station.ByErin MarquisPublishedNovember 29, 2022Comments (1)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikArtemis I Passes 81 Miles Above Moon's Surface Before Heading for Record-Breaking Distance from EarthThe Orion spacecraft will reach its maximum distance from Earth of 268,552 miles next week.ByErin MarquisPublishedNovember 22, 2022Comments (3)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikEight SpaceX Employees Say Criticizing Elon Musk Led to Their FiringThe employees sent a letter in June decrying Musk's behavior on Twitter.ByAndy KalmowitzPublishedNovember 18, 2022Comments (62)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikArtemis 1 Successfully Launches NASA Back to the Moon After 50-Year WaitThe Artemis 1 finally has liftoff after many delays and a hurricane, marking NASA's return to the moon after the…ByJosé RodrÃguez Jr.PublishedNovember 16, 2022Comments (1)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikA Large Piece of the Challenger Space Shuttle Has Been Found on the Ocean FloorDivers for a TV documentary discovered the 225-square-foot piece of fuselage on the ocean floor off the coast of…ByRyan Erik KingPublishedNovember 10, 2022Comments (13)
Beyond CarsSpacelopnikBeyond CarsSpacelopnikWe Can All Now Nervously Watch as Nicole Approaches the Artemis 1A live stream on YouTube is now up so we can all share in the anxiety NASA is going through as a possible hurricane…ByJosé RodrÃguez Jr.PublishedNovember 9, 2022Comments (2)