This summer, director Fede Alvarez returns the infamous Alien franchise to its monster-movie roots, feeding a group of hapless young space colonists into a nest of “xenomorphs.” It remains to be seen whether Alien: Romulus will be more than a loving tribute to Ridley Scott’s original 1979 Alien, but it hardly matters—Alien is a series… Read More »
Space travel has evolved tremendously over the last quarter century, moving from government-led missions of exploration to a more dynamic and commercially focused field. In 1999, there were 79 orbital launch attempts, including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) tests. Most of the tasks were performed by respected people space shuttleThe Delta and Soyuz rockets are led… Read More »
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have successfully tested a next-generation microgravity 3D printer called SpaceCAL. The tests were conducted as part of the Virgin Galactic 07 mission, a crewed sub-orbital spaceflight that launched on Monday (June 8). During the 140-second test run, SpaceCAL 3D-printed four items from a liquid plastic called PEGDA, including… Read More »
Dan sat there in the room, watching the children play with a space explorer rover with six sturdy wheels, perfect for navigating imaginary planet surfaces. But during the 30-minute “playtest,” the rover didn’t use its wheels even once. Instead, the boys “zoomed” the rover up and down in the air, “landed” on the table only… Read More »
In a quiet part of rural Arizona, hundreds of people die almost instantly from blood clots. Some die in the middle of the road, while others “quietly go crazy” before killing themselves, often in a bizarre manner. It turned out that the cause was a satellite from space that brought with it a deadly pathogen.… Read More »
For someone at the cutting edge of the UK’s space travel industry, Steve Bennett’s life couldn’t be further away from the likes of Elon Musk. The CEO of Starchaser Industries, who has just celebrated his 60th birthday, told the MEN that he spent his time ‘relaxing’ on his narrowboat in Nantwich. Starchaser Industries is a… Read More »
Over the next few decades, NASA aims to land humans on the Moon as part of the Artemis program, establish a lunar colony, and use the lessons learned to send humans to Mars. While researchers know that space travel can stress space crew members both physically and mentally and test their ability to work together… Read More »