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The U.S. Space Academy Is More of a Workforce Bet Than an Astronaut School
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (874+ words) The United States has announced a Space Academy, but nobody can apply to it. There is no campus, budget, course catalogue or opening date. President Donald Trump's executive order creates a commission that has 120 days to design the institution and…...
How Digital Twins Could Help Crisfield Prepare for Flooding
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (714+ words) Crisfield does not need a computer model to prove that flooding is disruptive. Water can reach streets, affect homes and businesses, limit access and put pressure on local infrastructure. The harder question is how different parts of the city respond…...
Watch: SpaceX fires all six Starship engines in a spectacular multi-angle static fire
15+ hour, 55+ min ago (144+ words) starlust.org Watch: SpaceX fires all six Starship engines in a spectacular multi-angle static fire Rubin Observatory reveals a breathtaking deep view packed with hundreds of thousands of galaxies NASA's James Webb found newly formed stars glowing just outside the…...
Sirius Space Fires Complete STAR-1 Rocket Engine for the First Time
13+ hour, 49+ min ago (177+ words) French launch startup Sirius Space Services has successfully test-fired a complete prototype of its STAR-1 rocket engine for the first time. The company announced the milestone on 12 September, stating that it had conducted the first hot-fire tests of the complete…...
Venus Aerospace Opens New Test Site At Houston Spaceport
18+ hour, 6+ min ago (279+ words) Sun, Sep 13, 2026 Venus Aerospace, a rocket propulsion startup, unveiled its new test stand at the Houston Spaceport on Thursday. The Houston-based company specializes in improvements to rocket engines and propulsion. The new facility develops rotating detonation rocket engines (RDRE), which…...
SpaceX Rehearses Catching Starship Ship 42 With Its New Pad 2 Tower
17+ hour, 41+ min ago (532+ words) SpaceX ran its first dedicated catch-position rehearsal on Starbase's new Pad 2 tower on September 11 and 12, lifting Ship 42 into full catch posture without stabilizer arms. The test preps the second tower for Flight 15, which could attempt the first catch of a…...
NASA Answers President Trump???s Call to Establish the United States Space Academy
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (439+ words) NASA-led work is in full swing to make the academy a reality and shape the future of America’s aerospace workforce and leadership. Home » Home » NASA Answers President Trump’s Call to Establish the United States Space Academy Executive Order was signed…...
An 82-year-old woman climbed into a rocket in Texas on July 20, 2021, sixty years after passing the same medical screening tests used for the Mercury astronauts in a privately run program that never sent any of its women to space. She applied to NASA four times without getting in, logged 19,600 flying hours and taught more than 3,000 people to fly.
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (386+ words) In 1961, a young pilot named Mary Wallace Funk took the same medical tests NASA had used to screen its Mercury astronauts. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 11, 2026 · How we edit In 1961, a young pilot named Mary Wallace Funk took…...
Venus Aerospace Opens New Propulsion Test Stand at Houston Spaceport
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (173+ words) Sep 10, 2026, 19:21 ET HOUSTON, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Venus Aerospace today officially opened its new propulsion test stand at the Houston Spaceport, adding critical infrastructure to support the continued development and maturation of its rotating detonation rocket engine technology. The test stand was…...
NASA Answers President Trump’s Call To Establish United States Space Academy
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (412+ words) Less than two weeks after an Executive Order was signed to create the first United States Space Academy, NASA-led work is in full swing to make the academy a reality and shape the future of America’s aerospace workforce and leadership....