Blue Origin accelerates LC-36 recovery via hybrid plan
Despite how many caught the news of Artemis II, only a fraction engaged with it. According to one poll, an estimated 20% of U.S. adults actively followed the Artemis mission, as opposed to passively seeing updates. Just as someone might know that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged — end of story — someone might…
Two of our leaders have won a major award. The American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences has named Casey Dreier, our chief of space policy, and Jack Kiraly, our director of government relations, as recipients of the 2026 Harold Masursky Award for exceptional service to planetary science and space exploration. The recognition comes on…
The past 250 years of optical telescopes have seen revolutionary discoveries and technology that the telescope’s inventor, a seventeenth century spectacle-maker by the name of Hans Lippershey, maybe wouldn’t have believed possible. When we look back through the annals of telescope history, we find that a significant turning point came, coincidentally, just five years after…
It’s safe to say that our existence wouldn’t be possible without molecules. Even beyond all the matter on Earth, molecules are what shaped the Universe into what it is today. But what was the first molecule to lay the foundation? It all started with a helium hydride ion (HeH+), which researchers investigated in a new…
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Now that the Space Force has launched satellite into orbit on less than 17 hours’ notice, the companies operating the satellites involved in the mission involved…
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org A B-2 Spirit on June 27 used a ship-killing missile to strike a decommissioned amphibious transport vessel during a Pacific exercise, marking a significant expansion of…