Axiom Space Names First Private Crew to Visit Space Station
The four men will voyage to orbit in 2022 aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft
The four men will voyage to orbit in 2022 aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft
Associate administrator Steve Jurczyk, who has worked at the space agency since 1988, will serve as its interim leader during the presidential transition
The company is targeting Sunday, January 17 for sending its LauncherOne rocket to space from the belly of a 747 jet
GN-z11’s light signatures helped researchers estimate its distance from Earth
One goal laid out in the new policy is the testing of a fission power system on the moon by the mid- to late 2020s
Despite its “rapid unplanned disassembly,” the company’s highest-yet flight of its next-generation rocket was a success
Gathered by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, the material from asteroid Ryugu will deepen scientists’ knowledge of early solar system history
The ambitious mission is the first effort since 1976 to bring lunar material back to Earth
The hanging structure crashed through Arecibo’s dish after major cable failures
After a 44-year hiatus, humans are on the verge of returning fresh material from the moon
SpaceX’s first 4-astronaut mission for the agency is a milestone in human spaceflight
After a special election in Arizona, the veteran spacefarer is set to become a senator
Twenty years after the famed orbital outpost went up, scientists and engineers are deciding how and when it will come back down
The spacecraft will deliver the pristine material from asteroid Bennu back to Earth in 2023
“Shifting and stacking” method could unveil the elusive world and other objects in the outer solar system
The mission team is working to stow the sample as fast as possible to minimize losses
The spacecraft attempted to collect samples from the asteroid for eventual return to Earth
The discovery around a white dwarf suggests planets can survive their star’s demise
A team of scientists will examine the astrobiological prospects for phosphine on Earth’s hellish twin
Boosted by sunlight, “bubblecraft” might reach Proxima Centauri after a 185-year voyage
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