The Mars Phoenix Lander completed its mission—sending back info to determine if organic materials are in Martian soil. But now the lander is dead. For now. Back From the Dead? NASA equipped the Phoenix with a “Lazarus mode” which may allow the vehicle to start transmitting again. If all goes well, the Phoenix will re-charge [...]

NASA has the Ares 1-X assembled and ready for a test flight on October 31st. Happy Halloween…because the scary thing is that the rocket may be heading for oblivion. With an impossibly tight budget and a commission scheduled to make recommendations for the future of NASA’s manned flight program, many think the rocket will be [...]

Bigelow Aerospace, a company that is developing inflatable space stations (and hotels!) is seeking astronauts. Seems premature and slightly bizarre…but Bigalow is probably a real player. Their space stations won’t exactly be “inflatable”—that was tongue in cheek—but they do expand after launch. The founder of Bigelow, Robert Bigelow, made his money from his company Budget [...]