Starship goes up. Starship goes down. But is the program moving forward?
"One day, the true measure of success will be that Starship flights are commonplace."
Science // Science & Exploration
Researchers build a swimming robot that works in the Mariana Trench
New muscles and electronics setup were needed for the crushing pressures.
SpaceX recycling vehicle for second Starship launch attempt [Updated]
Musk says he is confident Starship will be ready for a lunar flight in three years.
CDC to release guide for life after vaccination—with normalcy still far off
There are small steps toward normal life, but most activities are still out of bounds.
Meet this year’s winners of the Dance Your PhD contest
This year's contest also featured a special award for best COVID-19-related dance.
Indulge your morbid curiosity about the pandemic with these ten films
New study on mid-pandemic media preferences shows some of us lean into the morbid.
Why it took so long to dial back oil production, despite the glut
Oil producers have finally started shutting down wells after demand plummeted.
Physicists identify unique signature to confirm quark-gluon plasma in Universe
Simulations show that QGP could form in immediate aftermath of neutron star merger.
NASA will pay a staggering $146 million for each SLS rocket engine
The rocket needs four engines, and it is expendable.
NIH abruptly cuts coronavirus research funding, alarming scientists
The funding went to understanding how coronaviruses jump from bats to humans.
First drug known to work against SARS-CoV-2 imaged in action
Structural details of how remdesivir keeps the virus from making copies of itself.
It seems like humans really are going to launch into orbit from America again
"We’re asking people not to travel to the Kennedy Space Center."
NASA is counting on a lot of unproven rockets for its Artemis plan
Notably, the space agency seems to have taken an upgraded SLS off the table.
The Ars COVID-19 vaccine primer: 100-plus in the works, 8 in clinical trials
Here's where we are and what may lie ahead for a vaccine against COVID-19.
Rocket Report: Starship set for static fire test, meet “The Dorado” booster
“We have frozen the program until better times.”
