Rocket Lab’s Electron small launch vehicle blasts off from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand on May 25. Credit: Rocket Lab. The U.S.-based aerospace company Rocket Lab successfully executed the first test launch of its Electron small launch vehicle from a private...
Photo courtesy of HI-SEAS. Xploration Station—an educational/informational channel dedicated to STEM programming for teens and families—is holding its third-annual #StudentAstronaut video contest! One lucky student will be flown to Hawaii Island for a three-part...
PISCES facilitated the RESOLVE ISRU test mission at a planetary analog test site location on Hawaii Island. The mission employed Canada’s Artemis Jr. rover to develop a method for extracting regolith to make resources like oxygen, water and rocket fuel. Credit:...
Photo: MDRS Crew 173. Image taken by Niamh Shaw for Mars Desert Research Station. An international team of six leading scientists, engineers, artists and leadership experts just completed an exciting Martian simulation at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in...
An artist’s rendering shows NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flying by its next target destination: Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69. Credit: NASA/Alex Parker NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history almost two years ago when it completed a flyby of...
Image: For the next eight months, six scientists will live inside this 36-foot diameter dome on the slopes of Mauna Loa to study the effects of isolated living in deep-space. Photo courtesy of HI-SEAS. Six “Martian astronauts” just entered the HI-SEAS...
