The launch attempt was called off roughly two hours ahead of the planned liftoff.
To date, only five nations, the U.S.,Russia, China, Japan and India, have completed a successful soft landing on the moon. But bolstered by evidence of the presence of water and other natural resources, many more nations and private companies are now seeking to get to the moon. And whoever is able to establish a significant lunar presence first could have big implications on Earth as well as the cosmos.
Whether up in orbit or down on Earth, Columbia professor and former astronaut Mike Massimino uses these three pieces of NASA wisdom when he faces a conflict.
For decades, much of the discourse around UFOs has been confined to science fiction movies and novels. In the absence of government commentary on the topic, conspiracy theories around the U.S. hiding alien life and technology in secret compounds like Area 51 have run rampant. In an attempt to address potential national security questions, Washington, D.C. has taken up the charge to publicize and legitimize the study of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs, as the military is calling UFOs.
The Biden administration is spending big on industrial policies, such as the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, to bring semiconductor and electric vehicle manufacturing to the U.S. But some economists warn against the dangers of the government playing favorites in a free market. So how exactly is the U.S. government convincing manufacturers to return? And will that high-stakes bet pay off?
Space offers a unique environment for research and development because its higher levels of radiation, microgravity and near vacuumless state allow companies to come up with new manufacturing methods or materials that are not possible on Earth. CNBC spoke with two companies, California-based Varda Space Industries and UK-based Space Forge, to see how the startups hope to make manufacturing in space a profitable business.
NASA's been using the current spacesuits on the International Space Station for decades and they are showing their age. The agency has had issues not only with finding the proper sizes to fit its increasingly diverse astronaut corps, but also with degradation of some suit components. Now NASA is turning to two commercial companies, Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, to build and maintain its new generation of spacesuits.