Some space farming starts on the ground. According to the Italian news agency AISE, an Italy-Brazil-Angola partnership coordinated by the IILA organisation, backed by Italy’s foreign ministry, has opened its first phase of work on space agriculture, and none of it happens in orbit. Continuer de lire Three Countries, No Orbit: A Different Kind of Space Farm
A spacecraft designed to take 80,000 years to reach another star sounds like a mistake. Fermi Explorer wants to launch it in 2029 with existing hardware. Continuer de lire An 80,000-Year Trip To Alpha Centauri, On Purpose
Six titanium spheres that may still hold toxic hydrazine washed up on a Queensland beach, debris from a rocket stage that never reached orbit. Continuer de lire Toxic Rocket Tanks From Space Are Turning Up on Australian Shores
Engineers at Tohoku University built a plasma device that makes fertilizer from air, a step toward lunar farming without shipping nutrients from Earth. Continuer de lire A Plasma Device Could Power the Moon’s Next Fertilizer Factory
A University of Florida hyperspectral tool spots crop drought stress by day five at 97% accuracy, without touching the plant, built with USDA and NASA. Continuer de lire A Non-Destructive Way to Catch Thirsty Crops Early
NASA wants a fission-powered spacecraft bound for Mars by 2028, built from reused Gateway hardware, but Congress offered 10 million dollars against 890 requested. Continuer de lire NASA’s Nuclear Mars Mission Runs On Borrowed Parts And Borrowed Time
Aboard Tiangong, the Shenzhou-23 crew harvested the first rice samples in a bid to grow two full generations in orbit without sending a seed back to Earth. Continuer de lire Rice Just Cleared Its First Checkpoint in Orbit
A CubeSat launched in July 2026 carries the first nuclear power source flown on a commercial satellite, built by City Labs to work where sunlight can’t reach. Continuer de lire The First Nuclear-Powered Satellite Isn’t Nuclear-Powered Yet
Cosmic housekeeping gone wrong? SpaceX’s Starship might accidentally destroy what scientists hope to study on the Moon. According to Popular Science, researchers from multiple institutions including NASA and Johns Hopkins University warn that the massive spacecraft’s powerful landing could contaminate pristine ice deposits in the Moon’s darkest regions. Not just a parking problem. The sheer power of Starship – a 50-meter-tall upper stage powered by … Continuer de lire Could Lunar Water Discoveries Vanish Under Starship’s Thrust?
Space travel gets real While astronauts currently spend months aboard the International Space Station, a new competition is challenging experts to think in terms of centuries. Space.com reports that Project Hyperion has launched an unprecedented contest calling for the design of an interstellar generation ship, capable of supporting human life during a journey spanning multiple generations. Engineering meets sociology The technical specifications outline a 250-year … Continuer de lire Space Contest Tackles 250-Year Journey Challenge
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