The Opticron Explorer 8×42 is packed with premium features that are typically found in much more expensive monoculars. It boasts not only BAK-4-coated prisms for superior image clarity but also…
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US astronauts upbeat seven months into eight-day mission
Les astronautes Butch Wilmore (tout à gauche) et Suni Williams (à droite), accompagnés des astronautes Nick Hague et Don Pettit, dans la Station spatiale internationale (ISS), le 8 janvier 2025.…
SpaceX to launch Starship megarocket’s Flight 7 test mission on Jan. 13
SpaceX’s Starship will fly for the seventh time ever early next week, if all goes according to plan. SpaceX announced today (Jan. 8) that it’s targeting Monday (Jan. 13) for…
NASA won’t decide on Mars Sample Return plan until mid-2026
NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth, but the agency won’t pick a winner for another 18 months or so. Analysis of those…
Coordinating risk assessments for radiation in outer space
In the next few decades, crewed missions to the moon and Mars will likely become frequent. One of the main challenges faced by these future missions will be the need…
Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas geysers and explosions (photos)
Instead of chilled glasses and champagne bubbles to ring in the New Year, how about gassy geysers and frosty avalanches? That’s exactly what you can expect as the Martian New…
Bezos’s Blue Origin poised for first orbital launch next week
In this handout photo courtesy of Blue Origin the New Glenn rocket is seen during a hot-fire test at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida on…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 142 — 2025 in Space
2025 in Space – The Year’s Most Anticipated Space Missions & Developments – YouTube Watch On On Episode 142 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk…
