Lighting a Spark With DJI’s Selfie Drone
The rumors can stop. DJI curtain has dropped on the DJI Spark, and it’s essentially what the rumors bore out. The Spark is a selfie drone for the masses,…
Astronauts Explore a Cave With a Drone Designed to Crash Into Stuff
Consumer drones from DJI to the recently kickstarted BIKI always tout their safety features. Object avoidance systems help pilots keep their expensive new toy in one piece. But there…
Microsoft Surface Pro Continues Push Into Apple’s Territory
So long to numbering the Surface Pros. Microsoft has dropped the curtain on the new Surface Pro, and it has quite the power. Yes, they get the price headlines…
NASA Preps Emergency Spacewalk to Fix International Space Station Computer System
NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer are heading back outside the International Space Station a bit quicker than expected. Tuesday morning, the pair will head outside to remove…
How Astronomers Will Try to Solve the ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Mystery
There aren’t many stars like Tabby’s Star lurking in the Milky Way Galaxy. Hell, astronomers have never seen anything like it. Formally designated as KIC 8462852, the star made…
The Third Largest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System Isn’t Traveling Alone
Millions of miles beyond Pluto in the cold, dark regions of the Kuiper Belt sits another dwarf planet. This one doesn’t have a regular name yet. Astronomers call it…
Rocket Lab Is Ready for “It’s a Test” Electron Rocket Launch
I can’t think of a more apt name for a rocket heading to space for the first time. A 10-day launch window opens on May 22, 2017 for Rocket…
The 13,000+ Pound Satellite Keeping SpaceX From Landing Its Rocket Tonight (UPDATE)
It’s nearly 23 feet tall. 133-feet across (when solar arrays are deployed). And tips the scales with a launch mass of nearly 13,500 pounds. The Inmarsat-5 F4 is a…
ISS Crew Hit 200th Spacewalk Milestone, Watch It Live
On Dec. 7, 1998, NASA astronauts Jerry Ross and Jim Newman walked into space for the first spacewalk in support of the International Space Station. Nearly 19 years later,…
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Strapped in For First Static Test Fire
A set of straps keeps the Falcon Heavy’s center core firmly on solid ground as SpaceX personnel light the engine for the first static fire test. An 18-second video…
US Air Force’s X-37B Spent Almost Two Years in Space Doing Who Knows What
It’s called the X-37B, and there’s not a whole lot we know about it. What began as a NASA project in 1999 to repair satellites ultimately turned into a…
Astrobotic Hopes to Make Worlds More Accessible With CubeRovers
CubeSats made reaching low-Earth orbit not only possible but affordable for companies and universities around the world. Companies like Planet use the tiny satellites to take thousands of images of…
ESA Looks at How to Build a Moon Base With Just the Stuff Already There
Living on another world isn’t going to be easy. The only way we can make it sustainable is figuring out how to use the stuff already on planets and…
James Webb Space Telescope – The First 30 Days After Launch
The James Webb Space Telescope promises to push our knowledge of the final frontier even further. Today’s telescopes spot exoplanets orbiting distant stars. The JWST could give us our…
Wind-Swept Sands on Mars Give a Splash of Darkness Across the Red Landscape
Mars isn’t just red. Some parts are much darker. NASA highlights one of these areas in an image captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Have a look at…
Cassini First Grand Finale Photos Show a Ghostly Saturn
There are perks to the graveyard shift. At least, at NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) Goldstone Complex in the Mojave Desert. At 2:56 a.m. EDT this morning, the DSN…