space
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PublishedMarch 9, 2022
Successful test another step on Brunswick startup’s journey to the stars
BluShift Aerospace, which hopes to launch research projects and satellites into space with its environmentally-friendly rockets, celebrated a successful first test of its MARVEL 2.0 rocket engine March 1.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2022
Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon
An asteroid tracker says the object is likely the 3rd stage of a Chinese rocket that sent a test sample capsule to the moon and back in 2014, but China says the junk isn't theirs.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
NASA’s new space telescope reaches its final stop – a million miles out
The telescope will enable astronomers to peer back further in time than ever before, all the way back to when the first stars and galaxies were forming 13.7 billion years ago.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Space station remains at high risk from debris from Russian weapons test
NASA and the State Department have condemned the missile strike, saying it also puts satellites and China’s space station at risk.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2021
Maine Voices: Billionaires’ space tourism is a farce
Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson think we should applaud them for leaving the planet instead of spending to fix problems here on Earth.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2021
Commentary: No need to keep gushing over rich guys and their space joy rides
The solutions to our problems will more likely be found in working together instead of warring with one another here on Earth.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2021
Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship
His space-tourism company, Virgin Galactic, plans to start taking up paying customers next year.
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PublishedJune 29, 2021
Cosmic gulp: Astronomers see black hole swallow neutron star
The collision was more than one billion light-years away.
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PublishedJune 25, 2021
Our View: Maine student ‘cubesat’ competition part of growing industry
Middle and high schoolers who created their own mini-satellites will put them to the test this weekend. Future launches are sure to come.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2021
NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’
The Perseverance rover will spend the next two years exploring the dry river delta and drilling into rocks that may hold evidence of life.
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