
NASA’s Artemis I Mission Aces Lunar Flyby
The Orion spacecraft passed just 130 kilometers above the lunar surface during a mission-critical engine burn
The Orion spacecraft passed just 130 kilometers above the lunar surface during a mission-critical engine burn
Divers working on a television documentary were searching for a downed World War II aircraft when they instead discovered the NASA artifact
An organism nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” may have what it takes to live on Mars
NASA’s EMIT instrument has found more than 50 methane super emitters in its first few months of operation—and that’s not even its main job
September 26 marks an unmissable chance to view the massive planet Jupiter, whose opposition and perigee very rarely coincide
The DART mission to redirect an asteroid could be just the beginning of a robust planetary-defense program
The MICROSCOPE mission tested the weak equivalence principle with free-falling objects in a satellite
Technical glitches and questionable weather forecasts continue to delay liftoff for NASA’s landmark lunar mission
A problem with one of the Space Launch System’s main engines has postponed the test flight until at least September 2
When humans return to the moon, they’ll likely visit one of these 13 regions near the moon’s south pole
The Space Launch System rocket could lift off on its voyage to lunar orbit as early as late August
Webb sees through dust and gas into regions out of reach of optical telescopes such as Hubble, revealing new galaxy views
The announcement comes as NASA and Roscosmos are laying plans to transition to other orbital habitats
The spacecraft will arrive in lunar orbit in mid-November to help prepare for a future moon-orbiting outpost
The impact has slightly degraded one of the observatory’s mirror segments, but NASA says the telescope has sustained no significant damage
Space agency officials promise to deliver geology results from worlds dozens of light-years away
The Starliner team is confident the malfunctions won’t prevent the spacecraft from completing its mission
The uncrewed flight includes a payload of food, provisions and a specialized flight-test dummy
Ground stations are currently tracking 16 fragments associated with the event, which occurred on April 15
The icy nucleus of Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is about 80 miles (129 kilometers) wide
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