A Common Food Emulsifier Could Solve One of Rocketry’s Oldest Fuel Problems
Reported by Universe Today
In propulsion system design, engineers have long faced a trade-off between solid and liquid rocket fuels. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and in an effort to try to min/max the efficacy of different types of fuel, researchers have long placed an emp...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:22 +0000
Astronauts Across Generations Share the Stage
Reported by NASA
On Nov. 6, 2026, Purpose Entertainment hosted the Artemis Celebration Gala at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Florida. Held on the eve of NASA’s MAX POWER event, the gala celebrated the explorers, innovators, and ...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:56 +0000
MAX POWER: NASA’s Inaugural Aerospace Expo Ignites America’s Future
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Thousands gathered over several days in early November to experience MAX POWER – NASA’s first exhibition of America’s superiority in space, aeronautics, and technology on and around the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The multi-day, famil...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:07 +0000
NASA’s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars
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NASA’s two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft have each successfully completed a powered Earth flyby, using Earth’s gravity in combination with a sustained engine burn to slingshot themselves toward Mars. With t...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:01 +0000
A Stellar Odd Couple at an Unusual Stage of Evolution
Reported by Universe Today
Millisecond pulsars are fascinating objects that serve as natural clocks in the Universe. They form by drawing material and angular momentum from a companion. This mass transfer can rapidly accelerate the companion's evolution to a white dwarf. Astronomers...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:39 +0000
CHAPEA Mission 2 Crew Reflects After 378 Days on Simulated Mars
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After 378 days without windows, the sounds of the outside world, or real-time calls with family and friends, four research volunteers stepped out of NASA’s Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Oct. 31, completing the agency’s second yearlong Mars surface simulat...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:00 +0000