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- Total Solar Eclipse 2017: When, Where and How to See It (Safely) May 29, 2017On Aug. 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will darken the skies from Oregon to South Carolina. Here's what you need to know about this rare celestial show.
- Amazing Solar Eclipse Pictures from Around the World May 29, 2017Amazing images of solar eclipses captured around the world.
- NASA Honors John F. Kennedy's Space Legacy on His 100th Birthday May 29, 2017President John F. Kennedy was the American president who aimed an entire country at the moon, and for that NASA will always celebrate.
- How a Total Solar Eclipse Helped Prove Einstein Right About Relativity May 29, 2017On Aug. 21, a total solar eclipse will cross the U.S. from Oregon to South Carolina. Ninety-eight years ago today, another total solar eclipse changed the world by helping to confirm Einstein's theory of general relativity.
- Curious Kids: What Plants Could Grow in the Goldilocks Zone of Space? May 28, 2017Imagine a planet like the Earth, orbiting a distant star. Could that planet have life? Well, life on Earth (the only life we know) needs liquid water. So to find life on another planet, we think that that planet would have to be "just right."
- Space Station Soundtrack: Astronaut Thomas Pesquet Shares His #Songs4Space May 28, 2017During his first stay at the International Space Station, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet documented his life in orbit by sharing his #songs4space on Twitter.
- Cassini Takes Most Dangerous Saturn Ring Dive Yet May 28, 2017The Cassini spacecraft completes its sixth dive between Saturn and its rings today (May 28), and this is the most dangerous dive yet through the inner edge of Saturn's D ring.
- Best Space Stories of The Week! May 27, 2017Juno gets a first look at Jupiter's marvelous poles, the world's largest (current) aircraft goes for a spin, Earth science loses on the proposed NASA budget and astronauts perform an urgent spacewalk — it's Space.com's top news stories of the week.
- The Most Amazing Space Photos This Week! May 27, 2017See the best photos on Space.com this week.
- Curious Kids: Does Space Go on Forever? May 27, 2017Space probably does go on forever, but the truth is we don't know. Not yet anyway. That's what makes this a great question, because science is all about finding answers to things we don't know yet.
- Hotspot for Cosmic Rays: Touring the Telescope Array Project in Utah May 27, 2017In the Utah desert, hundreds of rusty instruments scour the sky for signs of high-energy particles from space. Space.com contributor Nola Taylor Redd took a tour of the Telescope Array facility.
- NASA's Lunar Orbiter Survives 'Speeding Bullet' Meteoroid May 27, 2017NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a photograph of the moon at the same moment that the spacecraft was struck by a meteoroid traveling faster than a bullet.
- European Mars Lander Crashed Due to Data Glitch, ESA Concludes May 27, 2017The reason Europe's Schiaparelli Mars lander failed to touch down safely last fall is that conflicting data confused the craft's onboard computer, according to a newly completed crash investigation.
- The Telescope Array Project: A Photo Tour May 27, 2017Take a photo tour of the Telescope Array Project, located in the remote Utah desert, where a series of detectors hunt for signs of cosmic rays.
- The Cosmic Scales: Spot Libra Constellation in the Night Sky May 26, 2017Here's the story behind the zodiac constellation Libra, the Scales, and how to spot it in the night sky.
- NASA Sun Observatory Sees Partial Solar Eclipse in Space May 26, 2017NASA's powerful Solar Dynamics Observatory may seem to have a boring job: staring at the sun as a space weather sentinel. But every now and then, the observatory gets a lunar surprise to break up the routine.
- Citizen Scientists Identify Prehistoric Supernova May 26, 2017Over 700 volunteer citizen scientists have helped identify more than 30,000 celestial objects, including a star explosion that occurred 970 million years ago, hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs emerged on Earth.
- How to See the Best Meteor Showers of 2017 May 26, 2017This summer, try and catch one of the night sky's most spectacular and accessible shows — a meteor shower.
- Supernova Fail: Giant Dying Star Collapses Straight into Black Hole May 26, 2017It appears the path to becoming a black hole is more complex than astronomers thought. Rather than exploding into a supernova before collapsing into a black hole, as expected, one giant star skipped the pyrotechnics and went straight to the collapse.
- Image of the Day May 26, 2017An impact site on the surface of Mars looks like a fantastical alien wonderland in this colorful image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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- Why Is the Flag at Half-Staff Until Noon on Memorial Day? May 29, 2017On Memorial Day, when the U.S. honors its war dead, a whole new set of rules govern raising and lowering of the American flag.
- JFK at 100: The Science of Kennedy's Popularity May 29, 2017John Fitzgerald Kennedy consistently ranks as one of America's most popular leaders. A presidential historian argues that didn't just happen – it was the result of an effort to create an image.
- Early Collapse of Arctic Sea Ice Is Another Ominous Sign of Rapid Warming May 28, 2017The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the lower latitudes, and scientists report sea ice across the Nares Strait just collapsed two months earlier than normal.
- How Would Engineers Build the Golden Gate Bridge Today? May 28, 2017It's been 80 years since this beloved landmark opened to San Francisco traffic. In the interim, technology has advanced – is there a better way to span this strait?
- Why Do Men Run Faster Than Women? May 27, 2017Why is it that male runners tend to clock faster times than female runners do?
- Best Outdoor Activities for Staying in Shape in 2017 May 27, 2017If you still need to get in shape this year, don't fret — the balmy days of summer provide a great opportunity for exercising outdoors.
- The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week May 26, 2017Here are the most interesting, amazing and unusual things that happened in the world of science this week. A recap of Live Science's best.
- Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week May 26, 2017Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.
- Woman Has Sextuplets: The Science of Multiple Births May 26, 2017A woman in Virginia recently gave birth to sextuplets, but how does such a high-order pregnancy happen?
- Massive California Landslide Visible from Space May 26, 2017A massive California landslide that covered a huge swath of a coastal highway in rubble was captured in satellite images.
- Shopping Hungry? Psychology Trick Could Stifle Bad Food Choices May 26, 2017It's a scenario you've probably experienced: You go to the supermarket hungry, and you end up with a shopping cart filled with foods you probably wouldn't buy if you weren't feeling famished.
- Could This Backpack-Wearing Pigeon Really Deliver Drugs? May 26, 2017Police captured an unlikely drug smuggler — a homing pigeon — carrying a custom-made backpack loaded with what supposedly are 178 ecstasy pills. But are pigeons adept enough to navigate for deliveries?
- Chewbacca to Jabba the Hutt: 10 Real 'Star Wars' Beasts in the Animal Kingdom May 26, 2017From Star Wars characters Wookies to the sarlacc in the Pit of Carkoon, here are 10 creatures you might recognize in the here and now.
- Dark Energy May Lurk in the Nothingness of Space May 26, 2017The vacuum of empty space may be roiling with energy that drives the expansion of space itself, a new hypothesis proposes.
- Dads' Brains React Differently to Sons and Daughters May 26, 2017Dads with daughters interact differently with their kids than fathers with sons, a new study suggests.
- Less Invasive Autopsy Should Be Standard Practice, Study Says May 26, 2017A new, less invasive method of conducting autopsies could one day replace the traditional procedure for diagnosing the causes of many deaths, according to a new study.
- Kind of Blue: Beautiful Algae Images in Rare 19th-Century Book (Photos) May 26, 2017Nineteenth-century cyanotypes — an early form of photography — capture the delicate beauty of British algae.
- Can a Woman's Heart Rate Show When She's Fertile? May 26, 2017A woman's heart rate appears to increase slightly when she's at the most fertile point in her menstrual cycle.
- Spray-On Touch Screens? How to Turn Any Flat Surface into a Touchpad May 26, 2017With just a can of spray paint, researchers can turn flat surfaces of any shape or size into touchpads.
- Massive Marine Reptile Terrorized Squid During the Dinosaur Age May 26, 2017A newly identified, 130-million-year-old marine reptile was enormous, measuring the length of nearly three grand pianos lined up, but it wasn't a top marine predator, a new study finds.
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Masten-space.com Blog updates–X-Prize winner!
- Masten Achieves First Hot-Fire of Broadsword Rocket Engine May 11, 2017Mojave, CA – On September 30, 2016, Masten Space Systems successfully concluded the 13-month design, build, and test period for the first development unit of the Broadsword 25 rocket engine, funded as a technology demonstration under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program. This first phase of the engine […]
- What’s the Point? April 27, 2017That is a question that comes up from time to time when people see Xaero-B and Xodiac. Both vehicles seem to be doing what other rocket companies have already *demonstrated* and to greater lengths at that. The underlying premise of the question is this: you are not seeing anything that hasn’t already been done. And
- Masten’s Green Bipropellant: MXP-351 March 23, 2017As part of our partnership with NASA through the Lunar CATALYST (Lunar Cargo Transportation and Landing by Soft Touchdown) program, we have been actively developing a proprietary new bipropellant – MXP-351. This propellant is intended to be flown on our XL-1 lunar lander which is capable of bringing up to 100 kg (221 lb) softly
- Summer 2017 Internship December 5, 2016Masten is now accepting intern applications for the Summer of 2017. If you’ve followed us you know we’ve had a great history of outstanding interns working with us. There are few places like us that can deliver an internship with this level of responsibility and hands on work. We’re not looking for gophers, we’re looking for
- Introducing Xodiac and XaeroB June 7, 2016Introducing the next generation of reusable rockets – Masten’s Xodiac and XaeroB. These two new rockets are designed and built on the success of their predecessors – Xombie, Xoie, and Xaero. For those who have followed us, you will see the obvious connection to our previous vehicles. With this new iteration, we are bringing greater capability
- Masten Space Systems selected by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for XS-1 Program July 23, 2014Mojave, CA (July 23, 2014) — Masten Space Systems, Inc. (Masten) announced today that the company has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of Phase 1 of the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program to develop a reusable launch vehicle. Over the last decade, Masten has built three highly
- Astrobotic Technology And Masten Space Systems Perform Visually Guided Precision Landing June 30, 2014Contact John Thornton contact@astrobotic.com Sean Mahoney smahoney@masten.aero FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY AND MASTEN SPACE SYSTEMS PERFORM VISUALLY GUIDED PRECISION LANDING Groundbreaking effort integrates two privately developed technology platforms to validate performance of autonomous precision landing capability Mojave, CA: Astrobotic Te […]
- Project Prometheus May 19, 2014A lot has been going on in the past year, and while we have been busy with clients and flying customer payloads, the Masten Team has also been thinking about ways we could engage the broader community and increase accessibility to our VTVL vehicles. One of the largest barriers to entry for any technology developer
- NASA Partners with Masten for Lunar CATALYST April 30, 2014We’re excited to be part of opening the moon to commercial enterprises. Masten has been investing private money for years building core technologies to open the Moon for business. The CATALYST program is a great step towards unlocking the Moon’s potential. (Source: NASA)
- Masten featured on PBS documentary December 2, 2013We get asked on a regular basis what life is like working at Masten. Well, the good folks at KQED (San Francisco Bay Area PBS affiliate) came out in May to capture a slice of Mojave with a healthy dose of Masten rockets. Watch for Masten to appear around time marker 13:47. We really enjoyed hosting
Discovery Space News
- Huge Tsunamis May Have Ravaged Ancient Mars May 25, 2016When Mars was a wet world, did its oceans experience powerful tsunamis spawned by meteorite impacts?
- Collapsing Cosmic Clouds Birth Black Hole Monsters May 24, 2016Supermassive black holes occupy all known galaxies, but astronomers have little idea how they formed. Now space telescopes have found a clue.
- Mystery Plumes: Did the Sun Bruise Mars? May 24, 2016Strange plumes have been spotted high in the Martian atmosphere that have, so far, defied explanation. Now scientists think space weather is to blame.
- NASA Probe Tracks Object in Solar System's Badlands May 23, 2016While coasting through the outer solar system, NASA's New Horizons is busying itself with astronomical observations of a distant Kuiper Belt Object.
- Solar Superflares Set Stage for Life on Earth May 23, 2016Earth could have grown warm enough for liquid water as far back as 4 billion years ago thanks to massive and frequent solar flares.
- See the Red Planet with Your Own Eyes This Weekend May 21, 2016Mars reaches opposition this weekend, making Saturday and Sunday (May 21 and 22) an opportune time to see the Red Planet with your own eyes.
- Extreme Exoplanets Reveal Migration Mystery May 20, 2016A star hosting 4 massive gas giant exoplanets has been spotted -- is this how our solar system looked in its ancient past?
- How to Form Io's Mountains? Just Squeeze! May 20, 2016On Earth, mountains form along tectonic boundaries, but Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon, is awash with molten rock and dotted with solitary mountains -- how did they form?
- DNews: Meet a Black Hole 17 Billion Times the Sun's Mass May 20, 2016DNews sits down with U.C. Berkeley astronomy professor Chung-Pei Ma to learn all about supermassive black holes, including one nearby that's just honking huge.
- LHC Opens the Quantum Physics Floodgates May 20, 2016As it restarts its mission to discover weird and exotic things about our universe, the Large Hadron Collider is about to become a firehose of quantum data.
New Scientist
- If I were a Martian, I’d start running now May 29, 2017Ahead of our Explorers’ Club discussion at London's Barbican centre on 15 June, author Adam Roberts discusses science fiction's outward urge
- Tangoing pairs of hungry supermassive black holes grow in number May 28, 2017The discovery of more of these deadly duos through a fresh data-sifting technique raises the hope that their secret recipe might soon be unlocked
- Saturn’s moons could reassemble after a cosmic smash-up May 26, 2017Any surviving debris from a collision would forge a new patchwork moon – so that’s not how Saturn got its rings
- Amazing pictures show cyclones swirling above Jupiter’s poles May 26, 2017The best close-up images ever of Jupiter reveal surprising cyclones and ammonia patches that are forcing a rethink of our understanding of the planet
- Huge impact could have smashed early Earth into a doughnut shape May 25, 2017Many rocky worlds may have spent time as a newly named planetary form called a synestia – a loosely connected blob of molten rock and dust with a dented middle
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