• Blue Ghost: Mission Accomplished

    NASA and Firefly Aerospace plan to have a news conference tomorrow at 2pm to discuss the end of the Blue Ghost mission on the Moon. The lunar lander set down on March 2. It began its mission immediately, knowing the disappearance of the Sun on March 16 would mark the end its work. Those speaking…

  • A Different Take on the Lunar Eclipse

    If you were lucky enough to capture the total lunar eclipse last Friday, you are lucky. However, the image above shows a very different view of the event from an even luckier little craft on the Moon’s surface. That’s right, Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander took a moment away from its work to snap this…

  • Crew-10 Members Heading to ISS

    Yesterday saw the launch of the Crew-10 members from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Crew-10 members heading to the International Space Station (ISS) are NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. This new crew will relieve the current ISS…

  • Space Quote: Musk Should Exit Washington and Return to Building Rockets

    ”I swore an oath to our Constitution, to protect and defend the Constitution. I have lived that oath my entire life… [The] only oath I can think of that maybe Elon has sworn is an oath to his checking account, to his pocketbook. An oath, maybe, to ruining the lives of veterans.” -Statement by Senator…

  • Pic of the Week: The Lynds 483 Hourglass

    This week’s image is from the James Webb Space Telescope. It shows two actively forming stars that are 650 light-years away. The formation is called Lynds 483, or L483, after American astronomer Beverly Turner Lynds, who studied nebulae in the early 1960s. Here is more information about the image from NASA: The two protostars responsible…

  • Space Stories: NASA Spinoffs, Moving the NASA HQ to Ohio, and the Many Moons of Saturn

    Here are some recent stories of interest. —NASA: “NASA Releases its Spinoff 2025 Publication“ The work NASA conducts in space leads to ongoing innovations benefiting people on Earth. Some of these latest technologies, which have been successfully transferred from NASA to the commercial sector, are featured in the latest edition of Spinoff 2025 publication now available…

  • Weather Issues Impact SPHEREx Mission, But its Ready Now

    One can expect weather issues in Florida, but California? It seems that the west coast also has its issues, per a tweet yesterday from SpaceX: Due to unfavorable weather at the launch site and an issue with one of the @NASA spacecraft, we are standing down from tonight’s Falcon 9 launch of NASA’s SPHEREx and…

  • Space Quote: Hurry Up with that New Administrator

    “The global space race is accelerating, and America faces an urgent challenge in maintaining its leadership in space exploration, technological innovation, and national security – especially in the face of China’s rapidly advancing space program…Jared Isaacman is uniquely qualified to deliver strong leadership that will strengthen NASA’s core programs and ensure the United States remains…

  • The Mars Society is Looking for New Ideas from Students

    If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, and you have an interest in future settlements on Mars, then you might be interested in The Mars Society’s Fourth Annual International Mission to Mars Engineering Design Competition. Interested students are being offered a chance to attend a virtual classroom this summer while also helping…

  • A Very Mixed Week in Space

    Let’s start with the good news. This past week two U.S. commercial space companies put landers on the Moon. Both Firefly’s Blue Ghost and Intuitive Machines’ Athena are now residents of the Moon. This is a terrific accomplishment for these relatively new players. Now the bad news. Athena landed incorrectly and cannot carry out its…