NASA’s Commercial Partners Make Progress on Low Earth Orbit Projects
NASA and its commercial partners continue to drive innovation in space exploration, achieving milestones that will ultimately benefit human spaceflight...
Space Exploration
Firefly sets January launch date for first lunar lander mission
WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace says it is planning a launch of its first lunar lander mission in January, meaning that...
Wicked xenomorphs invade in new teaser for Hulu’s ‘Alien: Earth’ (video)
Alien: Earth | Teaser - Reflections | FX - YouTube Watch On Next summer might seem like a faraway destination,...
Uranus and Neptune have weird magnetic fields — this might be why
Back to Article List New models using Voyager 2 data from the 1980s show that separate layers in the planets’...
Mini NASA Robot Takes a SWIM
A 16.5-inch-long prototype of a robot designed to explore subsurface oceans of icy moons is reflected in the water’s surface...
Pentagon underestimated supply chain fragility, now racing to fix gaps
WASHINGTON — Supply chain challenges that have disrupted military satellite programs, while initially seen as temporary, have emerged as systemic...
James Webb Space Telescope ‘pushed to its limits’ to see most distant galaxies ever
The James Webb Space Telescope has potentially smashed one of its own records again —- if scientists are correct, this...
Kepler to Build Larger but Less Satellites in Strategy Shift
Kepler Communications announced a significant strategy shift last week making changes to its optical data relay network to reflect changes...
How long would it take for an observer using binoculars to notice the Moon’s terminator moving?
Back to Article List From the January 2016 issue At the Moon’s average distance, it would take about four hours...
NASA, JAXA XRISM Mission Looks Deeply Into ‘Hidden’ Stellar System
XRISM’s Resolve instrument has captured the most detailed X-ray spectrum yet acquired of Cygnus X-3. Peaks indicate X-rays emitted by...
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