Exploring Valles Marineris on Mars with Helicopters, Not Rovers
What are the best methods to explore Valles Marineris on Mars, which is the largest canyon in the solar system? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th…
Sols 4522-4524: Up on the Roof
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources…
Space Force embraces commercial tech in major overhaul of surveillance satellite program
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper partners with L3Harris to develop military communication solutions
L3Harris’ Sam Mehta: ‘We can actually get in on the ground floor and help influence some of the requirements since they’re at the beginning of their launch cycle’ The post…
See photos snapped in space by Europe’s 1st private reentry capsule
A European reentry capsule notched some important milestones on its first-ever spaceflight last week — and took some photos to commemorate the trip.
FCC opens new battlefront in satellite power struggle
The FCC unanimously voted April 28 to review its satellite spectrum sharing rules, opening a new front in the power struggle between legacy operators in geosynchronous orbit and non-GSO upstarts.…
How to Contribute to Citizen Science with NASA
8 Min Read How to Contribute to Citizen Science with NASA A number of NASA projects use mobile phone apps to put satellite data into the palm of your hand,…
NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95
It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon…
Robots, Rovers, and Regolith: NASA Brings Exploration to FIRST Robotics 2025
What does the future of space exploration look like? At the 2025 FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston, NASA gave student robotics teams and industry leaders a first-hand look—complete with…
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket fails during launch, falls into the sea near Antarctica
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket suffered an anomaly during its sixth-ever launch today (April 29), resulting in the loss of its payload, a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration.