space
I Saw the Artemis II Lift Off. It Was the Dawn of a New Era.
I had the tremendous privilege of watching four NASA astronauts launch from the Kennedy Space Center on the Artemis II mission, which will take them closer to the Moon than anyone has been in more than 50 years. Watching the…
Trump delivers vaguely belligerent, somewhat contradictory speech on Iran war
President Donald Trump delivered a prime-time address about the Iran War that could have been a Truth Social post. The rambling 19-minute speech resembled Trump's frequent social media posts: vaguely belligerent and at…
Artemis II Launch Sends 4 Astronauts to Deep Space
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration successfully launched four astronauts into deep space for the first time in more than 50 years. Artemis II launched the crewed Orion spacecraft at 6:35 p.m. EST from NASA’s…
Artemis II begins a new era of lunar exploration
On December 14, 1972, Eugene Cernan became the last human to walk on the moon. More than 53 years later, NASA is finally—cautiously—taking the first steps toward sending astronauts back. The four-person crew of Artemis II…
NASA Sends Astronauts on First Deep Space Mission in 50 Years
NASA is set to launch four astronauts on a 10-day mission into space. Artemis II will test NASA’s crew capabilities in deep space and gather more information that could ultimately help send astronauts to Mars. The astronauts…
In space, regulators seek to boldly go where no bureaucrat has gone before
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) faces delays in meeting its schedule for returning to the Moon, according to a new report by the agency's inspector general. Nevertheless, the project moves…
Google, SpaceX, and Blue Origin plan to put AI in space
The growth of the U.S. economy is being fueled by the hectic quest to build out massive data centers to run increasingly popular generative AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini. The power-hungry AI data centers…
Starlink is connecting rural America faster than government programs
Elon Musk's satellite internet service, Starlink, announced a new milestone in November: 8 million users worldwide, up from its previous high-water mark of 7 million in August. Many of these users would otherwise have no…
Smithsonian’s ‘Futures in Space’ exhibit is oddly backward-looking
The jewel of the new "Futures in Space" exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is a Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule. Visitors who come to the museum to be in the presence…
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