Space Exploration

Congress Defends NASA Funding for Artemis and Science Programs
Overview of the FY2026 NASA Funding Battle The House and Senate appropriations subcommittees have ...

Apollo 13 at 30: A Technical Look at Ron Howard’s Film
Introduction Ron Howard’s 1995 film Apollo 13 remains a stirring homage to NASA’s lunar ...

Trump’s FY2026 NASA Budget: 5 Major Cuts and Impacts
If enacted as proposed, the White House’s fiscal year 2026 budget would slash NASA’s ...

ispace Lunar Lander Crashes Due to Rangefinder Glitch
Tokyo, June 6, 2025 — Japan’s private space company ispace suffered its second consecutive ...

Trump’s NASA Budget Cuts Nuclear Propulsion: A Deeper Look
Picking favorites — the draconian cuts On June 2, 2025, the White House released ...

Chun Wang’s Crypto-Funded Space Mission and Earth Connectivity
For over 25 years, I've tracked human spaceflight missions with unwavering fascination—ranging from NASA's ...

Lunar Gateway’s Framework: Innovations and Challenges
After nearly a decade of oscillating mission objectives and complex engineering challenges, NASA has ...

NASA’s Scientific Leadership at Risk from Budget Cuts
The draft fiscal-year 2026 budget proposal released by the Trump White House signals a ...

Four Private Astronauts Blaze New Trails in Polar Orbit on Fram2 Mission
In an unprecedented deep-dive into uncharted low-Earth orbit, four private astronauts embarked on the ...

China’s Bold Interplanetary Vision Amid NASA Budget Challenges
China is steadily transforming the space exploration landscape by unveiling an extensive roadmap for ...

Intelligent Life and the Great Filter
The silent query, 'Where is everybody?!' has echoed through both scientific halls and speculative ...

Jared Isaacman: Rising Momentum for NASA Chief
Astro-Leader on the Horizon Introduction The nomination of private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead ...

Is Humanity Alone? Unpacking the Great Filter Debate for Intelligent Life
The Legacy of the Fermi Paradox The famous question, “Where is everybody!?”, first posed ...