Articles
Blue Origin Aims for the Moon and ULA Inches Closer to Reuse with New NASA Tipping Point Contracts
Key technologies for both companies receive NASA funding to push them towards reality
NASA
Episodes
60: SpaceX Flight Control, CRS-15 Payloads, and Chinese Lunar Missions
The dark side of the moon will soon be getting company from a Chinese lander, and Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to build their own Avengers style tower.
Articles
NASA's Kilopower Nuclear Reactor Could Enable permanent Human Settlement on the Moon and Mars
NASA and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have successfully demonstrated a new nuclear reactor power system that could enable long-duration crewed missions to the Moon, Mars and destinations beyond.
Episodes
58: Terraforming Mars: Challenges and Misconceptions
Getting humans to Mars is a tough challenge, but making it a place humans want to stay will be even harder.
Episodes
57: Mars Rover Operations with Doug Klein, JPL Sampling Systems Engineer
We learn how Curiosity is driven from 150 million miles away, the current challenges the rover is facing, and what's next for Mars 2020.
Articles
NASA's Mars Helicopter Scout Takes to the Martian Skies
The first aircraft to take flight on another planet will be launching in 2020.
Episodes
56: Mars Cube One, the first interplanetary CubeSats with Joel Steinkraus
We sit down with JPL engineer Joel Steinkraus to talk about MarCO, the first (and second) CubeSats to leave Earth's orbit.
Articles
SpaceX doubles down on Mars Timeline at Humans to Mars Summit
While NASA carefully measures how to fit manned Mars exploration into current budgets, SpaceX reaffirms their goal of humans on Mars within a decade
Episodes
55: Digging into Mars with InSight's Troy Hudson, JPL Instrument Systems Engineer
We sit down with JPL engineer Troy Hudson to talk about NASA's newest Mars lander, and the HP^3 sensor which will dig deeper into another planet than ever before.
Hyperspectral Imaging
Space Applications of Hyperspectral Imaging
Part 2 of our series on Hyperspectral imaging dives into the satellites and applications that leverage that technology.
Science
What is Hyperspectral Imaging?
Exotic imaging techniques allow for remote sensing of our own planet and beyond
Episodes
53: NASA's New Administrator, OmegA, and Europa Clipper
As the U.S. space industry continues to evolve with new regulations and commercial developments, Russia pulls away entirely from commercial launches
