Meet Anna Menon: SpaceX engineer preparing for NASA’s Moon and Mars missions |
Anna Menon is an accomplished American engineer and astronaut candidate whose remarkable career bridges the worlds of NASA,…
Bacteria survive rocket launch and re-entry, boosting Mars hopes
A “world’s first study” has demonstrated that bacterial spores can withstand the extreme forces associated with a space…
5 threats that make a Mars mission fatal for humans, according to NASA
For decades, the idea of sending humans to Mars has captured scientific and public imagination alike. Yet despite…
US team develops nuclear propulsion concept to shorten Mars trip
The Ohio State University is developing a new nuclear thermal propulsion system called the centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket…
Robot dog trains on White Sands dunes for future Mars exploration
The silent and vast dunes of White Sands National Park stretch endlessly, but these days their stillness is…
Elon Musk says one of the “hardest engineering challenges” that exist is…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed one of the biggest and hardest engineering challenges the company is facing…