Orbital science, astronomy, remote sensing, and what lies beyond the atmosphere.
The U.S. Department of War has published another batch of declassified and historical files on unidentified anomalous phenomena, bringing fresh military records and decades-old reports into a public archive built for government UAP material. The release gives scientists, historians and the public a wider look at cases that span modern military sightings, Cold War-era paperwork…
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NASA Ames Research Center has highlighted one of human spaceflight’s strangest sensory details: after astronauts return from a spacewalk, their suits and tools can carry a sharp odor that crews have compared to hot metal, welding fumes, gunpowder and seared steak. The NASA account describes a smell that appears when astronauts come back inside, remove…
A Nature Astronomy study by Tianwen-3 mission scientists outlines China’s plan to launch a Mars sample-return mission around 2028, collect at least 500 grams of Martian material and bring it back to Earth around 2031. If the mission succeeds on that schedule, it could deliver the first physical samples ever returned from the surface of…
On November 12, 2014, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission made spaceflight history when its Philae lander touched down on Comet 67P/Churyumov – Gerasimenko. It was the first time a spacecraft had achieved a soft landing on a comet, after a ten-year journey through deep space. The landing became even more remarkable once engineers reconstructed…
