Astronomical news, space exploration, and advances in rocket design and technology.
SpaceX sending Japanese tourists around moon while livestreaming in VR
In 2023, if all goes to plan, Elon Musk will send SpaceX’s yet to be built BFG spacecraft (Big Falcon Rocket) around the moon with its first paying passenger. After…
Elon Musk is a Martian God
Is it crazy to believe the human race could leave this planet and settle on another? Are the physical, biological, social and scientific obstacles insurmountable? Shouldn’t we fix our own…
Can you get dizzy in space?
Watch astronaut Tim Peake attempt to become dizzy in space. While being spun mercilessly by fellow astronaut Tim Kopra, it appears almost impossible. Apparently after twenty-four hours in zero-g, the…
Star Trek: Bridge Crew VR game
While we wait for No Man’s Sky to be released in VR, Ubisoft has shown off a new Star Trek based virtual reality experience at the E3 gaming conference in…
Elon Musk sending people to Mars in 2024
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla, has outlined SpaceX’s ambitious plans to send people to Mars as early as 2024. Speaking at the 2016 Recode Conference, he explained he intends to start…
Onboard SpaceX footage of rocket’s first stage landing
SpaceX has now managed to land the first stage of its satellite-launching rocket, the Falcon 9, four times in a row. Three of those landings amazingly have been on barges…
Why do we never see the moon’s dark side?
While different parts of the moon are lit up at different times, we never see it all as it rotates with only one side facing the Earth. The Moon’s dark side…
China aims for the moon’s dark side
Chinese state media has announced it will launch a probe to the moon’s dark side in 2018. While NASA’s Apollo missions and various spacecraft have orbited the moon’s dark side before, no country has…
SpaceX animation demonstrates Falcon Heavy rockets potential
Developed by SpaceX, the company founded and run by CEO Elon Musk, the upcoming Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful rocket created since NASA sent men to the moon…