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Nobel Prize in Physics Winners; Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rainier Weiss We don't know yet whether or not the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize conferred on Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, and Kip Thorne is an example of work, as the Nobel Prize describes, the "greatest benefit to mankind," but we do know their achievement was the first direct detection of a gravitational wave in history. The proof that Einstein was right. The three were awarded the Nobel in Physics "for decisive contrib

On October 14th, 2024, Europa Clipper, a NASA Flagship mission, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket. This Falcon Heavy marked the 11th launch of the world’s most powerful operational rocket, but this launch marked the first time a NASA Flagship planetary science mission had launched using reusable side boosters. SpaceX Falcon Heavy on Launch Pad 39A NASA Flagship Mission Europa Clipper. Credit Spacepoint Those side boosters (B1064 and B1065) last launched the NASA

7:02 AM Central Time, November 18th, Starship Integrated Test Flight 2 (IFT-2) lifted off from Pad 1, Starbase, Texas. Starship's IFT-2 booster engines ignited at T-3 seconds and the largest most powerful rocket in the world lifted off the pad at T+0. A stark contrast to Starship Integrated Flight Test 1 (IFT-1) when Starship sat on the orbital launch mount a harrowing 8 seconds before liftoff. This time was noticeably different, sudden, deliberate. Starship IFT-2 Lifts of

The scope and scale is unprecedented. Never has the world seen a Rocket this size. The access is undeniable. Never has a rocket company been this transparent and never has the average person been afforded the opportunity to be this close to a launch vehicle on any given day. Starship Integrated Flight Test 1 (IFT-1) Ready for Test Flight. Credit: Spacepoint As Starbase sits on a narrow strip of private land surrounded by a federally protected wildlife refuge, the contras

The hazy golden atmosphere of Titan, target of the NASA New Frontiers Mission - Dragonfly. Credit: NASA Saturn's Largest Moon Saturn, roughly 886 million miles from the Sun, orbits our star with 293 moons, more than any other planet in our solar system. One of those moons has captured scientists' attention above all others. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is larger than Earth's moon, larger than the planet Mercury, and slightly smaller than Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. Ti

Apollo 11 July 16th, 1969, Apollo 11 Lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39B. Credit: NASA The Apollo program started with a sense of urgency and commitment rarely seen. The mission was clear, the date was decisive and the definition of success was unambiguous. "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." - President John F. Kennedy On July 16th,