How ‘First Man’ became a casualty of pop culture’s new political meat grinder

IN DEFENSE OF ELON MUSK

Airbus is developing a 9-tonne living quarters and research lab module for astronauts aboard Nasa's Gateway space station that will orbit the MOON by 2024

Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that could determine whether Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies can censor their users

NASA to make huge decision in the hunt for alien life on Mars

NASA astronaut describes close call following failed launch

50 years after Apollo moonshots, will rivalry with China spark a new space race?

Moon Express Signs Agreements With Seven Canadian Organizations – To Open Toronto Area Office

NASA's 'brilliant' plan for a cloud city of airships in the atmosphere of Venus

SpaceX begins huge dirt pile removal to pave way for BFR spaceship hop tests

A Brother on the Moon

On a December day in 1967, a pilot whose jet fighter is in the process of cracking up ejects a moment sooner and therefore lives when he otherwise might have died. A life that would have ended on the tarmac at Edwards Air Force Base continues on. Six years later, Major Robert Lawrence, United States Air Force, becomes the first black American to walk on the Moon.

Old narrative: Robert ‘Beto’ O’Rourke is doing surprisingly well in Texas New Narrative: Beto O’Rourke’s War Chest Bothers Some Democrats as He Struggles Against Ted Cruz

Jeff Bezos predicts we'll have 1 trillion humans in the solar system, and Blue Origin wants to help get us there

Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter

Wanted: Non-Chinese rare-earth elements

After briefly going offline, NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope is back in action

Chiefs of NASA, Russian Space Agency Pledge Swift Return to Soyuz Launches

Waking Up to China’s Space Dream

In such a future, where China establishes space dominance, it is likely that we will see the establishment of China-driven “specially managed zones” and China-led adjudication courts to settle disputes. It is highly likely that China will establish dispute mechanisms for space once it establishes “specially managed zones,” say on the lunar surface, or establishes a permanent space presence. That has been the trajectory of its international initiatives here on earth, to include its behavior in the Antarctic.

Imperialism

A space-based survey, not luck, must be our plan against hazardous asteroids

Beta, Wildside, Israeli Trio Team On Drama ‘German Moon’ About NASA Space Mission

HOW WILL NASA TRANSFORM BY JOINING FORCES WITH PRIVATE SPACE TRAVEL

Sino-Dutch team claim cleaner coal-to-liquid fuel conversion

SpaceIL's spacecraft in a series of environmental tests on its way to th...

Israel shoots for the moon.

Space Station May Be Stranded; Here's When U.S. Rockets Can Get There

'First Man': A Giant Step for America

‘White Women’ Becomes a Disparaging Term

NASA Is Cooler Than Ryan Gosling

You’re about to see a bunch of libs attack Trump about Robert E. Lee. Shockingly, it’s all BS or the mainstream media flunks Civil War history

Pizzas must shrink or lose their toppings under Government anti-obesity plan This make me quite happy that we split from Great Britain. Shrinking Pizza?

American Exceptionalism — Not! First Man Falters

NASA Space Historian: 'First Man' Is "Not a Movie About the Moon Landing"

New ALPHA-g Detector Poised to Search for Signs of Anti-Gravity

Russian Soyuz rocket failure leaves NASA with no ride to International Space Station

NASA and the Roscosmos, the Russian state enterprise that handles spaceflight for that country, now has a big problem on their hands.

A Soyuz spacecraft headed for the International Space Station experienced a launch failure early Thursday. The good news is that the two passengers, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin have landed safe and have been picked up by a search and rescue helicopter. The bad news is that there is now no reliable means of taking crew to and from the ISS.

Israel’s first mission to the moon – to launch on a Falcon 9 – delayed a few weeks

Moon matters: Why NASA, SpaceX and others are aiming for lunar missions

18,000 Pages Of NASA Archives Uncover JFK's Speech Strategy That Inspired The Moon Landing

Japanese startup ispace is tapping Apollo-era expertise to build lunar landers for NASA

So Can We Terraform Mars or Not?

Update on Opportunity Rover after Martian Dust Storm

What "First Man" Gets Right About the Apollo Moon Landing

Mysterious Deep-Space Flashes: 19 More 'Fast Radio Bursts' Found

Interstellar Visitor Found to Be Unlike a Comet or an Asteroid

American Flag Backlash Could Hurt ‘First Man’ at the Box Office

Astronauts make emergency landing after Russian Soyuz launch experiences failure This is going to complicate things for the next few months until, it is hoped, commercial crew starts flying.

The program to build NASA’s moon rocket could double in price to $9 billion, IG says

Europa or Enceladus? If NASA switches from SLS to Falcon Heavy, it won’t have to choose

However, a way may be found to do both. The Europa Clipper and Europa Lander are envisioned to be launched to Jupiter space by NASA’s planned heavy-lift Space Launch System. The SLS will be able to lob huge payloads toward Jupiter on a direct flight path, avoiding the time-consuming gravity assist maneuvers that previous probes to the outer planets have had to use.

The problem with the Space Launch System is that it is a fully expendable rocket that could cost between $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion to launch. NASA is struggling to make the SLS more affordable to operate, but the sad fact is that using the heavy-lift rocket is a great expense for the missions to Europa. NASA does have the option of using a commercial rocket, say the SpaceX Falcon Heavy, to launch the twin missions to Europa.

Draper bids on NASA commercial lunar lander competition

Defying Henry VIII And you thought Trump was not a man to be crossed.

There’s a new report on SLS rocket management, and it’s pretty brutal Apparently Boeing has screwed the pooch on this one.

Hubble Space Telescope Malfunction Won't Last Long, NASA Says

The Universe Has A Speed Limit, And It Isn't The Speed Of Light

Scientists connect 3 actual human brains

How to avoid a bloated Space Force

Children of Apollo (3 Book Series) July, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 has triumphantly returned to Earth. In this alternate history thriller, President Richard Nixon puts into a motion a scheme to ramp up the space race to pressure the Soviets into making diplomatic and military concessions. Thus begins a story of high adventure on the final frontier and of low intrigue in the corridors of power back on Earth. It will prove to be the fulfillment of a dream for Wendy Pendleton to be the first woman to walk on the moon. It will be a nightmare for Cal Lauren, a political operative determined to stop the space race at all costs to fund the social programs he holds dear. A science fiction alternate history like none other.

Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic will be in space for test flights 'in weeks not months'

Japan space tourist says moon training 'shouldn't be too hard'

Democrats Are Losing Because They Believe Their Own Press

Europa Lander Could be Greeted by Massive Ice Spikes

The 7 Wild Energy Technologies That Just Got a Billion-Dollar Boost

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is offline after a steering component failed

Intergalactic light beams might be just the ticket for making contact with space aliens

Melania Trump And Her Imperialist Hat Are Traveling In Africa

SpaceX Aces First-Ever Rocket Landing in California After Spectacular Satellite Launch

Destination, Asteroid: NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Starts Final Approach