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Blue Origin New Glenn: Why NASA’s Moon Plan Depends on It
A ground-test explosion destroyed Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket and damaged its Cape Canaveral launch pad — putting real pressure on NASA's 2028 Artemis IV lunar landing schedule. Blue Origin says it will fly again before year's end; here's why that timeline matters and whether it's credible.
Mayo Clinic & NASA’s STEM Program Trains 1,000+ MN Students
The Innovation Scholars program has placed more than 1,000 undergraduates from 15 Minnesota private colleges inside Mayo Clinic and NASA, training students to both conduct research and evaluate its commercial viability—a dual model few programs attempt at the undergraduate level.
NASA X-59 Supersonic Plane’s Quieter Sonic Boom Explained
NASA's X-59 broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.4 on June 12, 2026—and the shockwave it produced was closer to a car door closing than the window-rattling boom that banned supersonic flight over the U.S. in 1973. Here's the engineering behind that achievement.
Firefly Aerospace’s $75M NASA Moon Drone Mission
NASA's $75 million MoonFall contract tasks Firefly Aerospace's Elytra spacecraft with acting as a deep-space drone carrier, releasing four autonomous hopping robots from lunar orbit 50 kilometers above the Moon's South Pole. Because the Moon has no atmosphere, these 'drones' fly on rocket thrust — not aerodynamic lift.
Farmed Salmon Omega-3: More Out Than In, New Study Finds
A new study using a nutritionally focused metric called neFIFO finds that farmed Atlantic salmon in the Faroe Islands can deliver more edible omega-3 to human plates than the marine ingredients used to raise them — directly challenging aquaculture's fish-in, fish-out reputation.
Swift Space Telescope Reentry: NASA’s Rescue Race
NASA estimates a 50 percent chance the Swift space telescope falls uncontrollably by June 2026, so the agency has contracted Arizona startup Katalyst Space Technologies to attempt the first-ever robotic rescue of an unprepared satellite. Losing Swift would sever a two-decade-old gamma-ray burst alert system with no replacement in sight.Load More
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