There is a new space race developing, with higher stakes and more ambitious goals than just going back to Earth orbit or the Moon. The U.S. has developed a sizable technological lead in rockets and satellite technology, which has in turn grown our national and global space ambitions.
Nuclear fission and fusion power will be essential to accomplishing these and other ambitions. These technologies can deliver the performance—including immense power levels, longevity and reliability—required to take large people and cargo astronomically long distances, and support the power requirements for long-term colonies far removed from the safety net of Earth.
NASA inches closer to printing artificial organs in space | MIT Technology Review
In America, at least 17 people a day die waiting for an organ transplant. But instead of waiting for a donor to die, what if we could someday grow our own organs?
Last week, six years after NASA announced its Vascular Tissue Challenge, a competition designed to accelerate research that could someday lead to artificial organs, the agency named two winning teams. The challenge required teams to create thick, vascularized human organ tissue that could survive for 30 days.
China's space station core module receives first group of residents - Global Times
Global Times reporter tracking China's space programs and cutting-edge science and technology projects.
Three Shenzhou-12 astronauts, Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming (from left) salute after entering the Tianhe core module on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
The Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft and the Tianhe core module complete the rapid autonomous rendezvous and docking. Photo: Xinhua
The crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, June 17, 2021. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua)
Who bought space travel with Jeff Bezos for $ 28 million?
The company Blue Origin , with American origin, auctioned a seat of four aboard the new suborbital rocket New Shepard . This bid closed last Saturday with a final price of $ 28 million, which will be donated to the Club for the Future foundation as they seek to inspire young scientists to continue their studies and dedicate themselves to space.
Apparently, the bidder still had to pay 6% more for a commission, this is not yet identified by name or appearance. But, according to a video the company posted on its website, it will be released in the next two weeks. He competed against nearly 7,600 people from 159 countries for more than a month.
Orbital Assembly's Quest to Build Hotels in Space - dot.LA
Orbital is working on autonomous robots that can build luxury hotels in space and could eventually create a floating interstellar cruise ship.
Orbital Assembly CEO Rhonda Stevenson said that while the idea might seem far-fetched, proving that the technology works on the ground is the first step to convincing people to use it in outer space.
Already, the space tourism industry is taking off. SpaceX recently announced it'd sell four tickets to launch private citizens into space as early as 2021 -- and Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said he'd fly into orbit himself as soon as this July .
Jefferson research looks to outer space to learn about human health on Earth
Next year, Dicker and fellow researchers at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University will launch three studies of how space travel affects aspects of the human body — immunity, microbes in urine, and stress — as part of the first private mission to the International Space Station. Researchers believe that the unique environment in space can also shed light on human health on Earth.
"I never thought I'd ever do a project in space," said Paul H. Chung, assistant professor of urology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, who is involved in one of the space studies. "Most people don't even know the logistics of how someone would do a project in space."
Louis Vuitton Resort 2022 Collection | Vogue
This is Nicolas Ghesquière's second resort collection for Louis Vuitton without a destination show. A year ago in the early months of the pandemic he staged a studio shoot, but this time around he filmed a short movie at Axe Majeur, a sculpture park outside of Paris conceived by the late Israeli environmental artist Dani Karavan that rivals previous LV show locales in scale and grandeur, if not in distance from the house's headquarters.
In fact, Ghesquière said the prospect of public space travel inspired the collection's anachronistic prints, which set an escalator, a basketball court, and a roadside motel, among other things, amidst alien landscapes. There were also parachute pleats on minidresses, pants with the padded quilting of spacesuits, and nods to the iconic vinyl of André Courrèges, the French designer whose streamlined Space Age creations of the 1960s still read as futuristic (and au courant) half a century later.
NASA chief calls for 'rigorous' space rules before commercial flights take off | Fox
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson tells FOX Business exclusively that the organization is working on setting regulations for commercial space travel. Hillary Vaughn with more.
NASA and the FAA are bracing for commercial space travel and reportedly in talks to create private-sector regulations.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told FOX Business exclusively that the organizations are working on rules "in order to achieve safety" when sending non-astronauts into space.
Space tourism sounds fun. But it could be terrible for the planet.
Space travel has environmental costs. For research, it might be worth it. To send Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and other wealthy tourists into orbit? That's debatable.
Companies including SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Space Adventures want to make space tourism more common. And people are interested.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa spent an undisclosed sum of money to SpaceX in 2018 for a private trip around the moon and back. The trip is penciled in for 2023, although the Starship rocket still needs to prove it can reliably take off and land without exploding .
Get 'Down to Earth' with former NASA astronaut Terry Virts in new podcast | Space
Former NASA astronaut Colonel Terry Virts' has launched an entertaining new podcast that promotes discussions about issues that matter here on Earth.
" Down to Earth with Terry Virts " covers a range of topics including science, politics, film, sport, and of course space, with a variety of fascinating guests.
Related: Retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts, aviators set world circumnavigation speed record to honor Apollo 11
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